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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H1N_spanish-american-war-memorial-1898-1899_Reno-NV.html
In 1908, the Reno Red Cross Society and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union gave to the City of Reno, a public drinking fountain to serve people, horses, and dogs. It was dedicated to the Nevada Veterans of the Spanish-American War, in particul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GZP_renos-beginning_Reno-NV.html
A Missouri mulepacker, William C. Fuller failed to strike it rich in California gold fields. His trek home, around 1859 or 1860, included a stop in the marshy valley known as the Truckee Meadows, located north of the Comstock Mining District, it w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GZM_people-thought-i-was-crazy_Reno-NV.html
In 1909, twenty-two year old Alice Ramsey became the first woman to drive across United States in an automobile. She and her three female companions are depicted here, in her 1909 Maxwell Briscoe, crossing the Nevada desert east of the Truckee Mea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EKC_virginia-truckee-railroad-right-of-way_Reno-NV.html
Soon after the Chinese laborers graded this section during the summer of 1871, track gangs commenced laying rail south, reaching Steamboat Springs by late October. To celebrate the occasion numerous residents rode an excursion train to Steamboat o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EKB_chinese-in-nevada_Sparks-NV.html
This honors the heroism and hardihood of the thousands of Chinese who played a major role in the history of Nevada. From across the Pacific the Chinese came to California during the Gold Rush of '49 and on to the mountains and deserts of this stat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19SH_the-lincoln-highway-bridge-rails_Reno-NV.html
These are the first Lincoln Highway bridge rails ever built on the nation's first transcontinental highway. The Abraham Lincoln Highway ran from Times Square, New York, to Lincoln Park in San Francisco, during 1913-1927.
Towns all across the na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19SG_truckee-river_Sparks-NV.html
The Truckee River, seen below, runs from Lake Tahoe to Pyramid Lake. The river's first recorded discovery was by Captain John C. Fremont in January, 1844. He camped by its terminus at Pyramid, then followed it to the big bend at Wadsworth. Captain…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19SE_wadsworth_Wadsworth-NV.html
From 1868 until 1884, the Central Pacific's Truckee Wadsworth Division was located on this site. In 1882, work was started on a new site across the river, and by 1883, a new round house, shop, etc. were completed there. A fire on April 15, 1884, f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19RC_james-c-lillard-railroad-park-history_Sparks-NV.html
Railroad Park was officially dedicated on July 4, 1976, in commemoration of our nation's 200th birthday. It was officially named James C. Lillard Railroad Park, by the City of Sparks City Council on July 12, 1976, in honor of Mayor James C. Lillar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19R9_southern-pacific-railroad-yards_Sparks-NV.html
Soon after 1900, some 373 miles of the original Central Pacific (now Southern Pacific) line between Reno and Ogden, Utah was rebuilt. The work involved shortening of the line in some places. One such change took Wadsworth (Nevada), a division term…