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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26R2_goldfields-railroads_Goldfield-NV.html
Goldfield, being the largest city in Nevada in 1907, established three railroad lines to accommodate the growing population: the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad, the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, and the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad. The Las Ve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26QZ_wheres-gran-pah_Goldfield-NV.html
If you're looking for Grandpa you found him - about 26 miles south of Tonopah on US 95 - where you're standing right now. Gran Pah, in Shoshone, means "great water," and was the first name given to the mining district founded by two n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26QY_goldfield-community-center_Goldfield-NV.html
Formerly the Methodist Episcopal Church Built 1912 Dedicated March 30, 1914
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26Q8_goldfield_Goldfield-NV.html
Goldfield came to be, and nearly vanished back into the sagebrush of the desert, an almost a decade. From its humble beginnings in 1902 of only three small mining claims, also known as grubstakes, the town exploded and was the largest city in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26M6_west-side-elementary-school_Goldfield-NV.html
1908West Side Elementary School 1910 Manual training & domestic science classes 1917-1920 Goldfield School of Mines 1931 Was used by Novackclub Inc. as a golf club factory 1945 The building & adjacent land was purchased by the Nev.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26KT_old-county-courthouse_Hawthorne-NV.html
On July 1, 1883 the county seat of Esmeralda County moved from Aurora to Hawthorne. A court house was needed, so a contract to build it for $29125 was awarded. On August 16, 1883 construction began. Corruption and collusion between the contractor …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26KO_columbus_NV.html
The remnants of Columbus are located on the edge of the Columbus salt marsh, five miles to the southwest. The town was initially settled in 1865, when a quartz mill was erected at the site. This was a favorable location for a mill, because it w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26KN_historic-transportation-from-honey-lake-to-virginia-city_Reno-NV.html
The historic road corridors from the Truckee Meadows northwestward into the Honey Lake area contains a tangle of intertwined routes following the course of valleys, portions of an emigrant trail cutoff, toll roads, county roads and casual parallel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26K1_the-demise-of-sam-brown_Minden-NV.html
"Brown was a heavy man, about 200lbs, noted as a lawless desperado whose name was terror to all who know, or had heard of him. He made his brags on the day of his death, which was his 30th birthday, that he had killed 11 men, and was going to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26JW_the-new-state-of-nevada_Carson-City-NV.html
A Proclamation Whereas, The Congress of the United States passed an act, which was approved on the 21st day of March last, entitled "An act to enable the people of Nevada to form a constitution and State government," and for the admis…
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