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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTOV_frederick-joseph-delongechamps_Reno-NV.html
Frederick Joseph DeLongechamps was Nevada's foremost architect of his time. Statewide he was prolific in the number of buildings he designed. From this point one can see a group of structures that stand, collectively, as a monument to DeLongechamp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTOT_site-of-nevadas-first-public-library_Reno-NV.html
In 1895, Washoe County District Attorney, Frank H. Norcross, later a Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court and a Federal Judge, began a drive to establish Nevada's first free public library in Reno. That year, he persuaded the Nevada Legislatu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTOS_reno_Reno-NV.html
Before the coming of the white man, roving Washoe and Paiute bands inhabited the Truckee Meadows. The first whites passed through the area with the Stevens-Murphy Emigrant Party in 1844 and settlement began in the early 1850's. Charles William Ful…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTOR_lakes-crossing_Reno-NV.html
First settlement in this area was a toll station & bridge constructed on this site in 1859-60 by E.W. Fuller. It was later known as Lake's Crossing after Myron C. Lake purchased this property in 1863. Lake's land gift to the new overland railroad …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTOQ_the-truckee-river_Reno-NV.html
Flowing out of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the west, the Truckee River is Reno's most striking natural and historical feature. Shown below on a relief map of the surrounding Reno area are a few of the more significant historical sites near the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSFZ_grand-army-of-the-republic-memorial-tree_Reno-NV.html
This tree was planted in soil from Civil War battlefields and dedicated to the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic. By the National Commander in Chief June 10, 1913. Marked and Dedicated by Isaac Crist Camp No. 28Sons of Union Veterans of the…