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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEBJ_arendt-jensen-home_Gardnerville-NV.html
The Arendt Jensen, Jr. House is a 1-1/2 story bungalow style home and stands near the Arendt Jensen Mansion, the first and largest home built by the Jensen Family.
Completed in 1932, the home was built for Arendt Jensen, Jr. and his wife Minnie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEAN_adaven-building_Gardnerville-NV.html
Originally the site of the I.O.O.F. hall built by Baptiste Borda at the turn of the 19th Century. The Adaven Building has been a merchandise store, soda fountain, restaurant, and hotel. The Adaven Building also had a post office for a period of ti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEAK_the-great-fire-of-1875_Virginia-City-NV.html
Early in the morning on October 26, 1875 fire broke out in Kate Shea's Boarding House. A strong wind quickly spread the fire. Gallant attempts from the volunteer firemen to extinguish the blaze were futile.
By 11:00 A.M., most of the city had b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME9W_c-j-prescott-house_Virginia-City-NV.html
C. J. Prescott House12 Hickey StreetHas been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior1864
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME9S_perrys-dry-goods_Gardnerville-NV.html
This building has been used for many commercial purposes dating back to the late 1800's and early 1900's. The single story rear portion of the building is thought to be the original home of John and Mary Gardner, the Town's namesake. Ollie Haugner…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME98_gould-curry-offices_Virginia-City-NV.html
The Gould and Curry Mining Company was founded in the Spring of 1859 by Alvah (Alva) Gould and Abraham Curry. The original claim was just over 900 feet of the Comstock Lode between the Best & Belcher and the Savage mines. Both men later sold their…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME97_mackay-mansion_Virginia-City-NV.html
Once the residence of John Mackay, this elegant mansion also served as the office for the Gould & Curry Mining Company. Mackay, an Irish-born immigrant, was the richest man the Comstock ever produced. Built in the 1860s, this building survived the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME96_mackay-mansion_Virginia-City-NV.html
The Gould & Curry Mining Co. office escaped the 1875 fire to also become the home of John Mackay, "Boss" of the Big Bonanza, which made him the richest man in the Comstock (over $100,000,000 ). Mackay also founded the Postal Telegraph CompanyState…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME8C_virginia-city_Virginia-City-NV.html
[Located in the center of town is a monument on which there is mounted six markers commemorating historical events and people of Virginia City]
West Side - Front of Monument:In June of 1859 in Gold Canyon, a second group of Prospectors found th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME8A_devils-gate_Yerington-NV.html
It gives? "a forcible impression of the unhallowed character of the place" J. Ross Brown - 1860
This rugged reef of metamorphic rock was once one of the famous landmarks of the Nevada Territory. In June of 1850, John Orr and Nicholas Kelly unea…