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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV8D_commercial-club_Pioche-NV.html
1864 - 65 this building survived the ravages of fire as well as gunfire. Probably used at first as a social center, later to be used by interested citizens and businessmen. Organized as "The Pioche Commercial Club," its purpose was to work for the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV89_pioche_Pioche-NV.html
Silver ore was discovered in this range of mountains in 1864, but no important development took place until 1869 when mines were opened and the town of Pioche appeared. Pioche soon became the scene of a wild rush of prospectors and fortune seekers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI4T_millers-point-cathedral-gorge_Pioche-NV.html
Miller's PointNamed by the Union Pacific Masonic Club February 22, 1935. Dedicated by St. John Lodge No. 18 F & A M August 18, 1935.
Cathedral GorgeNamed by Mrs. W. S. Godbe 1894. Designated a state park by Gov. Jas G. Scrugham 1926. Created a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9B4_panaca_Panaca-NV.html
Southern Nevada's first permanent settlement and perhaps one of its most unique, was settled as a Mormon colony by Francis C. Lee and others in 1864. Poor in resources but rich in people, Panaca has changed but slowly down through the years. Altho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9B3_panaca-ward-chapel_Panaca-NV.html
Oldest building in Lincoln County, constructed in 1867-1868 of adobe from the swamps west of town.
Built as a Mormon chapel, used also as a school and recreation hall, it is typical of the development in small Mormon pioneer communities in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9B2_union-pacific-depot_Caliente-NV.html
Constructed as a Union Pacific Railroad depot in 1923, this mission revival structure was designed by well-known Los Angeles architects, John and Donald Parkinson. The depot represents an imposing example of Mission Revival design. Much of its int…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6X_hiko_Hiko-NV.html
As early as 1865, a camp was established here and in the Spring of 1866, Colonel W.H. Raymond and others laid out the townsite. Hiko, situated in the Pahranagat range of mountains, is an Indian expression for "white man's town." Raymond, with East…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6P_crystal-springs_Alamo-NV.html
The discovery of silver in Pahranagat Valley in 1865 resulted in the creation of Lincoln County with Crystal Springs designated as the provisional county seat in 1866. With the intention of organizing the new county, Governor Henry G. Blasdel left…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6O_pahranagat-valley_Alamo-NV.html
"The Rolling Stones of Pahranagat," a hoax article on magnetic currents written in 1862 by Dan deQuille of the Territorial Enterprise, made this valley world famous. Its lakes are filled and its fields are irrigated by three springs, Hiko, Crystal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6M_old-boundary_Caliente-NV.html
The 37th degree north latitude is marked at this point as the dividing line between the Territories of Utah and New Mexico under the provisions of the Compromise of 1850 which originally organized the land ceded by Mexico in 1848.
When the Terr…