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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQDP_jean-nevada_Jean-NV.html
Founded in 1904 as Goodsprings Junction, a station on the San Pedro, Los Angles, and Salt Lake Railroad, Jean received its current name in 1905 when the post office was opened. It was named in honor of Jean Fayle, the wife of George Fayle who had …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQDO_cal-nev-ari_Cal-Nev-Ari-NV.html
Originally known as Stage Field, this was an outlying airfield of Camp Ibis, one of the eleven camps established within the Desert Training Center, California-Arizonan Maneuver Area during World War II. Developed by General George S. Patton, Jr., …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOX6_avenue-of-flags_Laughlin-NV.html
American Legion Post No. 60 Laughlin-Nevada proudly designates this Avenue of Flags in honor of all those who served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States, protecting our country and assuring us that our flag will forever wave. Dedica…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOX5_donald-don-j-laughlin_Laughlin-NV.html
Pioneer and Founding Father of the Town of Laughlin. His vision in 1966 of the opportunities and growth for this area is what you see today.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLWN_the-camel-corps_Laughlin-NV.html
In 1855 Congress authorized $30,000 for camels as frontier military beast of burden because of their adaptability to desert heat, drought, and food.
Lt. Edward F. Beale surveyed the wagon route from Fort Defiance, New Mexico, to the Colorado Ri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLWE_in-memory-of-sergeant-john-j-clark_Hopewell-NV.html
John J. Clark was born in Canada in 1844. He enlisted as a private in Company F ofthe New York Infantry in 1862, servingactively in the Civil War. After being shotin the hand and contracting typhoidfever, he was honorably discharged 6 March 1863 a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJZS_tule-springs_Las-Vegas-NV.html
Tule Springs is one of the few sites in the U.S. where evidence suggest the presence of man before 11,000 B.C.
Scientific evidence shows this area, once covered with sagebrush and bordered with yellow-pine forests, had many springs. These sprin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJKL_the-last-spike_Sloan-NV.html
Track crews constructing west from Salt Lake City met track crews constructing east from Los Angeles January 30, 1905
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJJP_george-frederick-colton-and-the-duplex-mine_Searchlight-NV.html
George Frederick Colton can be considered to be the father of Searchlight. The Searchlight claim made on May 6, 1897 was the earliest claim of importance in what became the Searchlight Mining District. He is also credited with providing the name o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJJO_quehos-cave_Searchlight-NV.html
In 1940, Charley Kenyon and Art Schroeder located a cave above the Colorado River, about twelve miles northeast of this spot. In it were the remains of southern Nevada's last great renegade, Queho, who had been dead about six months. Queho had gro…