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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVGT_ervin-casey-jones-house_Mesquite-NV.html
This adobe brick building was built by Deloy Abbott circa 1932. Behind the house was another adobe building used as a chicken coop. Ervin Jones purchased the home in 1941 and lived here until his death. The house was later converted to a business.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVGS_william-abbott-home-abbott-hotel_Mesquite-NV.html
This is a two-story adobe building with a rock foundation. The walls are three adobes thick and there are six rooms on each floor. Abbott served as Bishop of the local congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints for 27 years. Hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA6_mary-jane-leavitt-abbott_Mesquite-NV.html
July 16, 1873 - November 30, 1956.
? from weary travelers to women and their children who would come to visit ? she never turned anyone away without feeding them. She would invite you to eat and then say ?There's plenty such as 'tis; ? Bless he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9R_history-of-mesquite_Mesquite-NV.html
Mesquite proved a total failure after several years labor. And today only a few ravines and sand-filled ditches mark the place where the village once stood. —LDS Church Historian Andrew Jensen, 1891.
The remoteness of the area, the water …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9Q_william-elias-abbott_Mesquite-NV.html
October 16, 1869 - February 19, 1949.
It was under William Abbott's supervision that Mesquite was founded on a firm foundation. —Howard Pulsipher, Mesquite Pioneer.
At the age of eight, William journeyed from his birthplace in Ogden, U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM91_the-old-spanish-trail_Mesquite-NV.html
Stretching for 130 miles across Clark County, this historic horse trail became Nevada's first route of commerce in 1829 when trade was initiated between Santa Fe and Los Angeles. The trail was later used by the wagons of the "49ers" and Mormon pio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM90_school-and-gymnasium-block_Mesquite-NV.html
Public Square, Circa 1894 · Tent Chapel and School, circa 1899.When Mormon settlers came to Mesquite Flats in 1894, they designed the southeast corner of this block as the Public Square. It was a place where the community gathered for many …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6H_tithing-lot_Mesquite-NV.html
Tithing LotCirca Late 1890s.The southeast quarter of this block was originally owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and was used as a tithing lot. Church members paid tithing in-kind donations of fruit, crops, etc., and items w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6E_virgin-valley_Mesquite-NV.html
Virgin Valley was traveled by Jedediah Smith in 1826 and by Fremont in 1844.
The valley served as the right-of-way for the Old Spanish Trail (1829-1848) and for the Mormon road or southern route of travel to southern California.
The areas wa…