Washoe

36 historical markers in Nevada

Brushed metal plaque № 48807

Reno, NV

Pyramid Lake. America’s most beautiful desert lake is a remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan which covered some 8,4513 square miles in...

Brushed metal plaque № 48819

Reno, NV

Reno. Before the arrival of the European Americans, the Washoe and Paiute people inhabited the Truckee Meadows.

Brushed metal plaque № 48849

Mogul, NV

Truckee River. Native Americans settled for thousands of years in the Truckee Valley.

Brushed metal plaque № 48866

Reno, NV

Grand Army Of The Republic Tree.

Brushed metal plaque № 48873

Sparks, NV

Sparks. Engaged in straightening and realigning the old Central Pacific trackage across Nevada, the Southern Pacific Company moved its...

Brushed metal plaque № 48898

Washoe Valley, NV

Franktown. Orson Hyde, probate judge of Carson County, Utah Territory, founded Franktown in the Wassau (Washoe) Valley in 1855.

Brushed metal plaque № 48912

Verdi, NV

The Great Train Robbery.

Brushed metal plaque № 48932

Nixon, NV

The Two Battles Of Pyramid Lake.

Brushed metal plaque № 48936

Gerlach, NV

Gerlach. Situated between Black Rock Desert on the east and Smoke Creek Desert on the west, the townsite of Gerlach lies in country...

Brushed metal plaque № 48949

Washoe Valley, NV

Bowers Mansion. BUILT— 1864 RESTORED —1967 Bowers Mansion recalls the wealth of the Comstock Bonanza.

Brushed metal plaque № 48972

Sparks, NV

Southern Pacific Railroad Yards.

Brushed metal plaque № 48974

Verdi, NV

Verdi. Modern Verdi came into being with the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad through Nevada between 1867 and 1869.

Brushed metal plaque № 48981

Reno, NV

Steamboat Springs. These natural hot-springs are notable for their curative reputation.

Brushed metal plaque № 48993

Reno, NV

N.C.O. Railroad Depot 1910.

Brushed metal plaque № 48995

Reno, NV

Galena. Galena began as an important lumbering center and mining camp.

Brushed metal plaque № 49001

Reno, NV

Geiger Station. Seven-tenths of a mile east of this marker was Geiger’s Station, the largest station on the Geiger Grade Toll Road, the...

Brushed metal plaque № 49004

Incline Village, NV

Sand Harbor (1881 1896).

Brushed metal plaque № 49009

Reno, NV

Lake Mansion Home Of Myron C. Lake Founder Of Reno 1877.

Brushed metal plaque № 49012

Reno, NV

Mount Rose Weather Observatory.

Brushed metal plaque № 49020

Reno, NV

Huffaker’s. Before the arrival, 1858, of Granville W. Huffaker driving 500 head of cattle into the Truckee Meadows, the principal...

Brushed metal plaque № 49022

Reno, NV

Coney Island. Opened to the public on June 20 1909, Coney Island was among the most elaborate amusement parks of its day.

Brushed metal plaque № 49025

Incline Village, NV

The Great Incline Of The Sierra Nevada.

Brushed metal plaque № 49048

Reno, NV

Grand Army Of The Republic Cemetery.

Derby Diversion Dam.

Sparks, NV

Derby Diversion Dam.

Emigrant Donner Camp.

Reno, NV

Emigrant Donner Camp.

Frederic Joseph De Longchamps.

Reno, NV

Frederic Joseph De Longchamps.

Glendale School

Sparks, NV

Glendale School (1864 1958) “Oldest Remaining School Building In Nevada”.

Governor Emmet Derby Boyle.

Reno, NV

Governor Emmet Derby Boyle.

High Rock Canyon.

Gerlach, NV

High Rock Canyon. This Marker has been removedThe presence of man from 3,000 B.C. to the gold-rush days is recorded on high canyon walls.

Historic Transportation.

Reno, NV

Historic Transportation.

Junction House.

Reno, NV

Junction House. One of the busiest crossroads of pioneer Nevada converged at this point, serving many major toll roads of the area.

Marble plaque № 48818

Sparks, NV

Chinese In Nevada. 1864-1964 This honors the heroism and hardihood of the thousands of Chinese Americans who played a major role in the...

Olinghouse.

Wadsworth, NV

Olinghouse. Named for a former teamster-turned-sheepman, Elias Olinghouse, who settled in a quiet canyon at the base of the Pah Rah...

The Winters Ranch Rancho Del Sierra.

Washoe Valley, NV

The Winters Ranch Rancho Del Sierra.

Virginia And Truckee Railroad Right Of Way

Reno, NV

Virginia And Truckee Railroad Right Of Way.

Wadsworth.

Wadsworth, NV

Wadsworth. From 1868 until 1884, the Central Pacific’s Truckee Wadsworth Division was located on this site.

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