The History of Sunset Park

The History of Sunset Park (HM11K2)

Location: Minden, NV 89423 Douglas County
Buy Nevada State flags at Flagstore.com!
Country: United States of America
Buy United States of America flags at Flagstore.com!

N 38° 56.969', W 119° 45.581'

  • 0 likes
  • 0 check ins
  • 0 favorites
  • 916 views
Inscription
The members of the Minden Town Board selected this site, on the Minden-Gardnerville boundary and adjacent to the telephone company offices, as a particularly appropriate location for what they have named "Sunset Park".

In the early 1900's, United Farmers Telephone and Telegraph provided telephone locally and to an expanding rural region. In the 1940s, United Farmers became California Interstate Telephone Company, which later became Continental Telephone and Telegraph, serving the South Lake Tahoe portion of El Dorado Company, as well as Alpine and and Mono Counties, all in California, and the Stateline, Topaz and Carson Valley portions of Douglas County, Nevada. In certain areas, hand-crank telephones remained in use into the 1960s, and areas such as Fish Springs received their first-ever telephone service in the 1970s.

In the early 1960s, "Dial Day" arrived, allowing telephone customers of the phone company, by using the prefix "Sunset", to dial directly anywhere in the Carson Valley without going through a switchboard (attended by as many as eight operators at one time). As recently as the 1980s, many areas in our region, such as Mono and Alpine Counties, could be reached from the Carson Valley only with operator assistance.

When the phone company in the 1970s discontinued the use of prefixes and adopted an all-numbers calling method, the old prefix Sunset became 78, numbers which remain in use today for telephone access in the towns of Minden and Gardnerville.

Sunset Park was conceived, designed, engineered, financed, and constructed as a joint effort of Resource Concepts, Inc. (Bruce Scott and Brenda Stein, Project Engineers), Landscape Architect Sandra Wendel, Casinelli Landscaping and Construction, Michael and Angel Gilbert, The Minden Town Board, and the staff of the Town of Minden. Creation of Sunset Park at this location would not have been possible without the assistance and cooperation of Douglas County, the Town of Gardnerville, neighboring landowners, and Verizon (and its predecessors, Contel and GTE).

Minden Town Board Members - September 3, 2003
Raymond G. Wilson, Chairman
David C. Sheets, Vice Chairman
Ross J. Chichester
Bruce M. Jacobsen
Robert S. Hadfield
Details
HM NumberHM11K2
Tags
Year Placed2003
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 at 1:38am PDT -07:00
Pictures
Sorry, but we don't have a picture of this historical marker yet. If you have a picture, please share it with us. It's simple to do. 1) Become a member. 2) Adopt this historical marker listing. 3) Upload the picture.
Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)11S E 260844 N 4314792
Decimal Degrees38.94948333, -119.75968333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 56.969', W 119° 45.581'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 56' 58.14" N, 119° 45' 34.86" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)775
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1550 U.S. Hwy 395 N, Minden NV 89423, US
Alternative Maps Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap

Is this marker missing? Are the coordinates wrong? Do you have additional information that you would like to share with us? If so, check in.

Nearby Markersshow on map
Check Ins  check in   |    all

Have you seen this marker? If so, check in and tell us about it.

Comments 0 comments

Maintenance Issues
  1. Is this marker part of a series?
  2. What historical period does the marker represent?
  3. What historical place does the marker represent?
  4. What type of marker is it?
  5. What class is the marker?
  6. What style is the marker?
  7. Does the marker have a number?
  8. Who or what organization placed the marker?
  9. This marker needs at least one picture.
  10. Can this marker be seen from the road?
  11. Is the marker in the median?