Churchill

15 historical markers in Nevada

Brushed metal plaque № 48808

Fallon, NV

Ragtown. Ragtown was never a town, but the name of a most welcome oasis and hamlet.

Brushed metal plaque № 48961

Hazen, NV

Hazen. Hazen was named for William Babcock Hazen, who served under General Sherman in his “march to the sea.

Brushed metal plaque № 48985

Fairview, NV

Fairview 1905 – 1917.

Churchill County Courthouse.

Fallon, NV

Churchill County Courthouse.

Edwards Creek Valley.

Eastgate, NV

Edwards Creek Valley.

Forty Mile Desert.

Fallon, NV

Forty Mile Desert. The Forty Mile Desert, beginning here, is a barren stretch of waterless alkali wasteland.

Lahontan Dam.

Fallon, NV

Lahontan Dam. Lahontan Dam, completed in 1915, is the key feature of the Newlands irrigation project that turned Lahontan Valley into one...

New Pass Station.

Austin, NV

New Pass Station. The rocks composing the walls of this stage station and freighter stop were in neat array and roofed with bundles of...

Oats Park School.

Fallon, NV

Oats Park School. The Oats Park School was designed in 1914 by Frederick J. DeLongchamps, Nevada’s pre-eminent architect of the period.

People Of The Humboldt.

Fallon, NV

People Of The Humboldt.

Pony Express Route 1860 Sesquicentennial 2010.

Fallon, NV

Pony Express Route 1860 Sesquicentennial 2010.

Rock Creek (Cold Springs Station)

Fallon, NV

Rock Creek (Cold Springs Station).

Sand Mountain.

Fallon, NV

Sand Mountain. Sand Mountain dominates the Salt Wells Basin and is visible from Mt. Rose peak in the Carson Range 82 miles to the west.

Wagon Jack Shelter.

Eastgate, NV

Wagon Jack Shelter. The base of this cliff is the site of Wagon Jack Shelter, excavated in 1958 by Robert F. Heizer and Martin A....

Wonder.

Fairview, NV

Wonder. Located 13 miles to the north is the camp of Wonder, a major mining center in the early years of the 20th Century.

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