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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S3H_the-great-incline-of-the-sierra-nevada_Incline-Village-NV.html
Located on the mountain above are the remnants of the "Great Incline of the Sierra Nevada." Completed in 1880, this 4,000 foot long lift was constructed by the Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Company. A unique steam-powered cable railway carried cor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S3E_the-reno-arch_Reno-NV.html
This arch was originally erected on Virginia Street at Commercial Row in 1926 to promote an exposition that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways. Electric bulbs spelled our "Reno" and "Nevada's Transcontinental Highways Ex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S3D_galena-creek-fish-hatchery_Reno-NV.html
The Galena Creek Fish Hatchery represents an attempt to make amends after Nevada's Comstock Lode ravaged the region's ecosystem in the 1860s and 70s. Fishing decimated local streams and lakes to feed a growing population. Eventually, restocking be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S3C_emigrant-donner-camp_Reno-NV.html
Upon entering the Truckee Meadows along the Truckee River, thousands of California-bound emigrants turned their wagons southwest to avoid extensive marshes and uncrossable sloughs. Here at the base of Rattlesnake Mountain the emigrants established…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S3B_emigrant-trail-truckee-river-route_Reno-NV.html
Emigrants including Donner Party camped in this area to rest and refresh their stock.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RZV_steamboat-springs_Reno-NV.html
These natural hot-springs are notable for their curative qualities. They were nationally acclaimed by President Ulysses S. Grant when he visited them in 1879.
Early emigrants so named them, because of their puffing and blowing. Located in 1860 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RZT_geiger-station_Reno-NV.html
Seven-tenths of a mile east of this marker was Geiger's Station, the largest station on the Geiger Grade Toll Road, the main thoroughfare between the Comstock Lode and the ranches of the Truckee Meadows. Located at the site were a toll house, thre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RZS_the-fight-of-the-century_Reno-NV.html
On this site on July 4, 1910, Reno hosted "The Fight of the Century," a heavyweight championship boxing match between John Arthur "Jack" Johnson, the black title holder, and James J. "Jim" Jeffries, a former champion seeking to regain the title he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RZR_lake-mansion_Reno-NV.html
Washington J. Marsh built this house in 1877. Myron C. Lake, regarded as a founder of Reno, purchased it in 1879, and ownership passed to his divorced wife, Jan, in 1881. This Italianate-style house has been moved twice and is listed in the Nation…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RQB_junction-house_Reno-NV.html
Here was located one of the busiest crossroads of pioneer Nevada, converging point for many major toll roads of the area. The earliest emigrants from the east crossed through Truckee Meadows at this point and by 1853 the intersection was known as …