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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9B4_panaca_Panaca-NV.html
Southern Nevada's first permanent settlement and perhaps one of its most unique, was settled as a Mormon colony by Francis C. Lee and others in 1864. Poor in resources but rich in people, Panaca has changed but slowly down through the years. Altho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9B3_panaca-ward-chapel_Panaca-NV.html
Oldest building in Lincoln County, constructed in 1867-1868 of adobe from the swamps west of town. Built as a Mormon chapel, used also as a school and recreation hall, it is typical of the development in small Mormon pioneer communities in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9B2_union-pacific-depot_Caliente-NV.html
Constructed as a Union Pacific Railroad depot in 1923, this mission revival structure was designed by well-known Los Angeles architects, John and Donald Parkinson. The depot represents an imposing example of Mission Revival design. Much of its int…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6Y6_brockliss-road_Gardnerville-NV.html
This was the name given to the present Centerville Lane on the 22nd day of October 1894 when it was declared a public road by order of the county commissioners. Opening of the road was made contingent on the willingness of ranchers along the secti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6I3_valmy_Valmy-NV.html
Overlooking the Old California Emigrant Trail, Valmy was named after the Battle of Valmy in France. Established in 1910 by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company as a section point, Valmy served during the steam era as a water and fuel stop for the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQ_fridays-added-station_Gardnerville-NV.html
(back) The Pony Express Started on April 3, 1860. The original route from Johnson Pass (Echo Summit) to Genoa went through Hope Valley to Woodfords Station. On May 14, 1860 the new toll road over Daggett Pass opened to foot and horse traffic an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24H_pueblo-grande-de-nevada_Flovilla-NV.html
Indians of a highly developed civilization lived throughout Moapa Valley from 300-1100 A.D. Several hundred ancient pithouses, campsites, rockshelters, salt mines and caves of "Anasazi" people make up what is commonly known as "Lost City." These p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24G_pioneers_Flovilla-NV.html
Dedicated to those stalwart pioneers who forged an oasis out of the desert sands The St. Thomas Cemetery was established in the 1860s in the town of St. Thomas, Nevada. Anticipating inundation of the town by the waters of Lake Mead, the graves…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24E_moapa-valley-pioneers_Moapa-Valley-NV.html
In 1864 Brigham Young called for settlers to colonize the Muddy (now Moapa) Valley. On January 8, 1865, eleven men and three women arrived and began the first settlement at St. Thomas, now covered by the waters of Lake Mead. Later other settlement…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24D_lost-city-museum_Georgetown-NV.html
This property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Museum was built in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps to display artifacts of prehistoric Native American cultures.