Douglas

17 historical markers in Nevada

Brushed metal plaque № 48901

Gardnerville, NV

Kingsbury Grade. Originally named Georgetown Trail, the Dagget Pass Trail and Pass was named after Charles Dagget who acquired the land...

Brushed metal plaque № 48904

Genoa, NV

Walley’s Hot Springs.

Brushed metal plaque № 48905

Mottsville, NV

Mottsville. This is the site of the settlement on the emigrant trail known as Mottsville, where Hiram Mott and his son Israel settled in...

Brushed metal plaque № 48908

Minden, NV

Boyd Toll Road. William H. Boyd was granted a Utah Territory franchise December 19, 1861 to provide a road to join Genoa to the...

Brushed metal plaque № 48909

Gardnerville, NV

Twelve Mile House. Proposed Text, Marker Text Plate in Prodution:Twelve Mile House was an important stop on the road to the Esmeralda...

Brushed metal plaque № 48910

Gardnerville, NV

Double Springs. Double Springs, also known as Round Tent Ranch or Spragues, was a station on the road through the south end of the Pine...

Brushed metal plaque № 48913

Gardnerville, NV

Gardnerville. Early Gardnerville served the farming community and teamsters who hauled local produce to booming Bodie.

Brushed metal plaque № 48914

Minden, NV

Minden. Minden, the seat of Douglas County since 1916, was named for a town in Westphalia, Germany, where the founder of H.F. Dangberg...

Brushed metal plaque № 48990

Stateline, NV

Carson Valley. Carson Valley below, now a broad expanse of cultivated and pasture lands, was originally a strip of meadow along the banks...

Brushed metal plaque № 49002

Glenbrook, NV

Glenbrook. Lumbering operations in the Glenbrook area of Lake Tahoe began in 1861.

Brushed metal plaque № 49008

Glenbrook, NV

Spooner Area (Logging And Lumbering Period: 1868 – 1895).

Cradlebaugh Bridge.

Minden, NV

Cradlebaugh Bridge. This marker is currently awaiting reinstallation.

De Ek Wadapush (Cave Rock)

Glenbrook, NV

De Ek Wadapush (Cave Rock).

Luther Canyon

Gardnerville, NV

Luther Canyon (Fay Canyon).

Nevada’s Birthplace.

Genoa, NV

Nevada’s Birthplace.

Sheridan.

Gardnerville, NV

Sheridan. In 1861, a blacksmith shop, a store, a boarding house, and two saloons comprised the village of Sheridan.

Spooner Summit

Glenbrook, NV

Spooner Summit TOLL ROADS Johnson’s Cutoff, also called the Carson Ridge Emigrant Road, passed over Spooner Summit and down Clear Creek...

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