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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UNK_humboldt-canal-historical_Winnemucca-NV.html
Built 1862-1869 Veered
to West Fifth Street
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UN9_butch-cassidys-wild-bunch-bank-robbery-historical_Winnemucca-NV.html
First National Bank
Robbed Sept. 1900 by
Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch
1969
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UN3_winnemucca-world-war-i-american-legion-honor-roll-a-war-memorial_Winnemucca-NV.html
Our Men
Who Made the
Supreme Sacrifice
Vernon Crossen · Marine
William Kent Lamb · Navy
Chester Arthur Lillie · Field Hospital
Ole Admundsen Littleton · Infantry
Harold Martin · Ammunition Train
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JFQ_winneva-building_Winnemucca-NV.html
Now Phillips Furniture
Successor to
E. Reinhart and Company
1868 — 1968
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C15_california-trail-trading-post_Winnemucca-NV.html
"Saw in this distance a flag flying denoting a trading post, rode over to it but found the most they had to sell was very poor whiskey. ... These traders get a great price for everything they sell." - Henry S. Anable, Aug. 25, 1852
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C14_california-trail-humboldt-sloughs_Winnemucca-NV.html
"The water is warm and tastes but little better than soap suds. We use acid in all the water we drink, by that means we manage to get along, although we are all anxious to get off this river" - Ephriam Brandiff, Aug. 16, 1852
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19WX_about-your-journey_Winnemucca-NV.html
Whichever direction your travels take you, you're going to have a similar experience to what the California-bound emigrants had. You're going to see the same country, except for the towns and the ranch meadows. The big difference, though, is that …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19WV_international-intrigue-and-the-humboldt-river_Winnemucca-NV.html
Before nearly quarter of a million California-bound emigrants followed the path of the Humboldt River from 1841 to 1869, someone had to have first explored the Humboldt and figured out where it went. That someone was Peter Skene Ogden, who travele…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19WU_humboldt-river_Winnemucca-NV.html
First discovered November 9, 1828 by Peter Skene Ogden on his fifth Snake Country Expedition. Entering Nevada near present Denio, Ogden came southward along Quinn River and the Little Humboldt River, emerging on the Humboldt main stem near this si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19WT_button-point_Winnemucca-NV.html
A few houses, a ferry across the Humboldt River, and Bridge Street paved with sagebrush stubs comprised the town of Winnemucca in 1873 when Frank Button and his uncle I.V. Button drove cattle into the area to begin ranching operations in the rich,…