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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OJN_charcoal-burners-massacred-aug-18-1879_Eureka-NV.html
Giovanni PedroniMarcellus LocatelliTeodoro ZestaPompeo PattiniAntonio Canonica
Charcoal Burners Massacred Aug. 18, 1879By A Sheriff's Posse Southwest Of TheFish Creek Ranch
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JG7_hot-dusty-and-tattered_Crescent-Valley-NV.html
Looking at the broad valley of the Humboldt River before you, close your eyes and imagine how it would have been in the mid-1800s. Instead of the sounds of traffic on I-80, you can almost hear the creak of wagon wheels. You might hear the sounds o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JFS_palisade_Carlin-NV.html
Located in the tank-like depths of Palisade (12-mile) Canyon, Palisade first named Palisades - surveyed and laid out by the Central Pacific Railroad in February, 1870. During the 1870's it rivaled Elko and Carlin as a departure point on the C.P. f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JFR_argenta-station_Crescent-Valley-NV.html
In 1868, the town of Argenta was founded as the first Central Pacific Railroad station in Lander County. The town, 10 miles west of this marker, was named by Judge E.B. Crocker. A post office opened and the railroad established an eating station, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BHV_the-eureka-mining-district_Eureka-NV.html
"Mining is an art...one of the most ancient, the most necessary and the most profitable to mankind."Agricola, De Re Metallica, 1556In 1864, a group of prospectors from Austin, Nevada discovered rock containing a silver-lead mixture on Prospect Pea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BHU_diamond-valley_Belview-NV.html
The first known explorer of Diamond Valley was Colonel John C. Fremont, who mapped the area to aid western migration in 1845. Before Fremont, tribes of Shoshone and Paiute Indians long had gathered nature's bounty here.
Colonel J.H. Simpson ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BHP_eureka-opera-house_Eureka-NV.html
The opera house was constructed by Richard Ryland, Joseph Winzell, and M.D. Foley in October through December of 1880. They used the foundation of the Odd Fellows Hall. The building had been destroyed earlier in the year during a disastrous fire. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B51_beowawe-geysers_Crescent-Valley-NV.html
From this vantage point one can see the steam rising from the geysers located near the base of the far hill across the valley.
The U.S. Geological Survey has designated an area south of Beowawe a Known Geothermal Resource Area (KGRA). The area,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19X9_gravely-ford_Crescent-Valley-NV.html
7 miles southeast of here was a favorite pioneer crossing of the Humboldt River, Gravely Ford. Campsite of the Donner Party, here occurred the Snyder-Reed fight, as Snyder lashed at Reed he missed and hit Reed's wife. Reed then killed Snyder. Reed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19X7_a-tale-of-two-highways_Crescent-Valley-NV.html
You have arrived at this place by driving east on Interstate Highway 80. Did you know that since entering Nevada you have been traveling along the route of the historic California Trail? From 1843 to 1869, an estimated 250,000 people made the trek…