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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W3N_carson-trail-original-mormon-station-historical_Carson-City-NV.html
"At the... foot of the mountains, the Mormons... have established a trading post.... Passing on from this place, as fast as we could,... to save what money we had, we continued up Carson Valley" - Edward Patterson, Jul 11, 1850
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OX4_empire-cemetery_Carson-City-NV.html
Empire City was a milling town that was established in 1855. As you read this storyboard you are facing east toward Brunswick Canyon. The City of Empire was located to your right about 1/4 - 1/2 mile. At one time Empire City stretched for 3/4 of a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OKQ_historic-fraternal-site-of-carson-city_Carson-City-NV.html
This block at the historic core of Carson City was the site of many business enterprises since the city's founding in 1858. The longest standing structure was the Odd Fellows Hall. Here for some 95 years the following lodges met at one time or ano…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OK8_the-governors-mansion_Carson-City-NV.html
Reno architect George A. Ferris designed this neo-classical mansion, which cost $22,700. It is the only home ever built for Nevada's highest elected official. In July, 1909, acting Governor Denver Dickerson and his wife Una became the first reside…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OJW_v-t-1869-1950_Carson-City-NV.html
This building was headquarters for the fabled Virginia & Truckee Railroad. From Carson City rails extended in three directions: To Virginia City in 1870, to Reno in 1872, and to Minden in 1906. The line to Virginia City was abandoned in 1939; The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OJK_the-united-states-mint-at-carson-city-nevada_Carson-City-NV.html
The original Carson City building is a formal balanced, sandstone block edifice, two stories high with a centrally located, cupola. The sandstone blocks were quarried at the Nevada State prison.On March 3, 1862, Congress passed a bill establishing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OJJ_the-united-states-mint-carson-city-nevada_Carson-City-NV.html
The original Carson City building is a formal balanced, sandstone block edifice, two stories high with a centrally located, cupola. The sandstone blocks were quarried at the Nevada State prison.On March 3, 1862, Congress passed a bill establishing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OIK_stewart-nye-residence_Carson-City-NV.html
This house was built about 1860 of local sandstone for William Morris Stewart who lived here until 1862. He sold it to the Territorial Governor of Nevada, James W. Nye. The two men served as Nevada's first United States Senators after the territor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BKN_spooner-area_Carson-City-NV.html
This area bears the name of Michele E. Spooner, a French Canadian entrepreneur, who, along with others, was instrumental in establishing the wood and lumber industry which supplied the needs of the Comstock mines and mills.
In 1868 Spooner bec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BKM_spooner-summit_Carson-City-NV.html
Toll RoadsJohnson's Cutoff, also called the Carson Ridge Emigrant Road, passed over Spooner Summit and down Clear Creek from 1852 through 1854, but was rugged and little used. With discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859, Spooner Summit became a fo…