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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBI_ruby-valley-pony-express-station_Elko-NV.html
(Reconstructed) The original location—60 miles south.April 1860 - October 1861.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA6_mary-jane-leavitt-abbott_Mesquite-NV.html
July 16, 1873 - November 30, 1956. ? from weary travelers to women and their children who would come to visit ? she never turned anyone away without feeding them. She would invite you to eat and then say ?There's plenty such as 'tis; ? Bless he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9R_history-of-mesquite_Mesquite-NV.html
Mesquite proved a total failure after several years labor. And today only a few ravines and sand-filled ditches mark the place where the village once stood. —LDS Church Historian Andrew Jensen, 1891. The remoteness of the area, the water …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9Q_william-elias-abbott_Mesquite-NV.html
October 16, 1869 - February 19, 1949. It was under William Abbott's supervision that Mesquite was founded on a firm foundation. —Howard Pulsipher, Mesquite Pioneer. At the age of eight, William journeyed from his birthplace in Ogden, U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9F_sherman-station_Elko-NV.html
Constructed on Sherman Creek in Huntington Valley, 60 miles south of Elko, by rancher Valentine Walther. It took Walther, family and friends seven years to complete and was finished in 1903. The house served as a home, post office, stage stop and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM93_the-las-vegas-mormon-fort_Las-Vegas-NV.html
In April 1855, Brigham Young, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, called thirty men to leave their families and possessions in the recently settled towns of Utah to serve a mission at the Las Vegas Springs. The verdant me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM91_the-old-spanish-trail_Mesquite-NV.html
Stretching for 130 miles across Clark County, this historic horse trail became Nevada's first route of commerce in 1829 when trade was initiated between Santa Fe and Los Angeles. The trail was later used by the wagons of the "49ers" and Mormon pio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM90_school-and-gymnasium-block_Mesquite-NV.html
Public Square, Circa 1894 · Tent Chapel and School, circa 1899.When Mormon settlers came to Mesquite Flats in 1894, they designed the southeast corner of this block as the Public Square. It was a place where the community gathered for many …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM89_humboldt-wells_Wells-NV.html
These springs, seen as marshy spots and small ponds of water in the meadows here, are the Humboldt Wells, a historic oasis on the California Emigrant Trail. Here, during the period 1845-1870, hundreds of covered wagons each year rested and refitte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM88_elko_Elko-NV.html
On December 29, 1868, representatives of the Central Pacific Railroad started laying out lots for the future town of Elko. By 1870, the thriving town had 5,000 people. There was an immense volume of freight and passenger traffic over the stageline…