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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM87_elko-airport_Elko-NV.html
On April 6, 1926, Varney Air Lines pilot Leon Cuddeback, carrying one bag of mail, landed his tiny Curtis Swallow bi-plane at Elko, Nevada, completing the first scheduled air mail run in the United States. The single engine, 90-horsepower aircr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM86_cherry-creek_Ely-NV.html
Here, at one time, was the largest town in White Pine County. Part of the Cherry Creek Mining District, Cherry Creek's years of largest gold and silver production were between 1872 and 1883. At the peak of its prosperity, the town had an estimated…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7X_wendover-will-reclaims-skyline-once-again_West-Wendover-NV.html
Wendover Will has been greeting travelers to Wendover since 1952. His name comes from the founder of the State Line Hotel & Casino, Mr. William "Bill" Smith, who started the State Line Service, a cobble stone service station, on the Utah/Nevada bo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7S_elko-county-high-school_Elko-NV.html
In 1895, Nevada established the County High School Act. Built in 1896, this was the first school building in Nevada to be constructed under this act. The structure served as the Elko County Library from 1917 to 1974, when the county offices locate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7R_artzaina-zain_Elko-NV.html
Preserving ourBasque Heritage EuzkaldunakElko Basque Club Lowell Swenseid, Artist 2000 A.D.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM71_schellbourne_Ely-NV.html
Schellbourne, in the foothills of the Schell Creek Range, was a Shoshone village site long before it began its recent historic career in 1859. Captain James Simpson passed through the site and this point, looking for a short route across the Great…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6Z_jedediah-strong-smith_Ely-NV.html
In May-June, 1827, Jedediah Smith attempted to find a route from California's central valley to the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah, and he became the first European to completely cross what is now Nevada. Because Smith's journal and map have n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6Y_settlement-of-lund_Lund-NV.html
In 1882, Congress passed the Edmunds Act causing L.D.S. Church property to be confiscated, including cattle which the receiver leased to Nichols and Parsons. Later the law was repealed and church property returned. The lessees could not fully repa…
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/HM6R_cherry-creek-school_Ely-NV.html
Built when Cherry Creek was founded in 1872, it is one of the two oldest standing Nevada schoolhouses. In November 1894 a dispute between Pat Green and Pat Dolan over the building's location turned violent with Dolan killing Green in a gunfight. W…