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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UNF_about-your-journey-historical_Minden-NV.html
Whichever direction your travels take you, you're going to have a similar experience to what the California-bound immigrants had. You're going to see the same country, except for the towns and ranch meadows. The big difference, though, is that you…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UN9_butch-cassidys-wild-bunch-bank-robbery-historical_Winnemucca-NV.html
First National Bank Robbed Sept. 1900 by Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch 1969
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UN3_winnemucca-world-war-i-american-legion-honor-roll-a-war-memorial_Winnemucca-NV.html
Our Men Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice Vernon Crossen · Marine William Kent Lamb · Navy Chester Arthur Lillie · Field Hospital Ole Admundsen Littleton · Infantry Harold Martin · Ammunition Train …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UMF_we-made-it-the-end-of-the-great-basin-historical_Minden-NV.html
You're now standing at the western edge of the Great Basin. If you were an emigrant headed to California, you would have entered the Great Basin 450 miles back along the trail in southern Idaho, or 500 miles back in Salt Lake City if you had taken…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UL3_originally-the-raycraft-dance-hall-historical_Minden-NV.html
Built: Spring of 1886 Foundation: Rock Building Size: 80 x 33 Feet - 16 Foot Ceiling Flooring: Best Quality Wood Available Constructed: By the Sons of Joseph Raycraft Joseph, acting as a wagon master for 300 souls, headed west with his family …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U8B_kooyooe-panunadu-pyramid-lake-historical_Reno-NV.html
America's most beautiful desert lake is a remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan, which covered some 8,450 square miles in western Nevada during the Ice Age. Caves and rock shelters along its shore have yielded evidence of Numu (Paiute) people living he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U89_guanomi-mine-historical_Reno-NV.html
This site contains natural springs that were once used but the Tribe for cultural purposes. The springs have been destroyed from years of accumulated mine waste. The mine was active in the 1920s with low metal production. It has been abandoned sin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U78_burning-man-timeline-historical_NV.html
"This here timeline was originally conceived and written by Mansonian chief Joe Oliver aka EXACT LEE. It was rewritten and gagged up and redrawn by David Silverman aka TUBATRON aka That Flaming Tuba Guy." Year of the Man 1 1986 Height…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S3J_moana-springs_Reno-NV.html
Opened as a resort on October 29, 1905, Moana Springs took its name from a famous Hawaiian spa. In addition to a large bath house with a pool fed by hot springs, Moana had a stately hotel, a clubhouse, baseball diamond and picnic grounds. Construc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S3I_huffakers_Reno-NV.html
Before the arrival, 1858, of Granville W. Huffaker driving 500 head of cattle into the Truckee Meadows, the principal settlers were Mormon. The Comstock Lode and its mining needs focused attention on the valley. Huffaker established his ranch in 1…
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