Nevada Historical Markers identify significant
places of interest in the Nevada's history.
The Historic Marker
Program was initiated by the Nevada State Legislature in 1967 to
bring the State's heritage to the public's attention with on-site
markers.
List of Nevada Historical
Markers
| # |
Marker name |
County |
Notes |
| 1 |
Empire and the
Carson River Mills |
|
|
| 2 |
Pioneer Memorial Park |
Humboldt |
|
| 3 |
West End of Hastings Cutoff |
Elko |
|
| 4 |
Junction House—The First
Settlement |
Washoe |
|
| 5 |
Pioche |
Lincoln |
|
| 6 |
El Dorado Canyon |
Clark |
|
| 7 |
Dayton |
Lyon |
|
| 8 |
Austin |
Lander |
|
| 9 |
Copper Country |
White Pine |
|
| 10 |
Sand Mountain |
Churchill |
|
| 11 |
Eureka |
Eureka |
|
| 12 |
Nevada's Birthplace |
Douglas |
|
| 13 |
The Comstock Lode |
Storey |
|
| 14 |
Goldfield |
Esmeralda |
|
| 15 |
Tonopah |
Nye |
|
| 16 |
Mineral County, Nevada |
Mineral |
|
| 17 |
Pershing County,
Nevada |
Pershing |
|
| 18 |
Pyramid Lake |
Washoe |
|
| 19 |
Ragtown |
Churchill |
|
| 20 |
Columbus |
Esmeralda |
|
| 21 |
The Humboldt Canal |
Humboldt |
|
| 22 |
Humboldt River |
Humboldt |
|
| 23 |
Humboldt House |
Pershing |
|
| 24 |
Olinghouse |
Washoe |
|
| 25 |
Nevada's Capitol |
Carson City |
|
| 26 |
Forty-Mile Desert |
Churchill |
|
| 27 |
Grimes Point |
Churchill |
Prehistoric Rock Art Site |
| 28 |
Mark Twain |
Storey |
|
| 29 |
Chinese in Nevada |
Washoe |
|
| 30 |
Reno |
Washoe |
|
| 31 |
The Old Spanish
Trail |
Clark |
|
| 32 |
The Old Spanish
Trail |
Clark |
|
| 33 |
The Old Spanish
Trail |
Clark |
|
| 34 |
The Old Spanish
Trail |
Clark |
|
| 35 |
Las Vegas
Mormon Fort and Rancho |
Clark |
Nevada's oldest building |
| 36 |
Moapa Valley |
Clark |
|
| 37 |
Powell of the Colorado |
Clark |
|
| 38 |
Pahranagat Valley |
Lincoln |
|
| 39 |
Panaca |
Lincoln |
|
| 40 |
Las Vegas |
Clark |
|
| 41 |
Pueblo Grande de
Nevada |
Clark |
|
| 42 |
Big Smoky Valley |
Nye |
|
| 43 |
Derby Diversion Dam |
Washoe |
|
| 44 |
Carson City |
Carson City |
|
| 45 |
Humboldt Wells |
Elko |
|
| 46 |
Pilot Peak |
Elko |
|
| 47 |
Fort Halleck
Military Reservation |
Elko |
1867-1886 |
| 48 |
Tuscarora |
Elko |
|
| 49 |
Applegate-Lassen Emigrant Trail
Cutoff |
Pershing |
|
| 50 |
Carlin Canyon |
Elko |
|
| 51 |
Schellbourne |
White Pine |
|
| 52 |
Cherry Creek |
White Pine |
|
| 53 |
Hamilton |
White Pine |
|
| 54 |
Ward Mining District |
White Pine |
|
| 55 |
Culverwell's Ranch |
Lincoln |
|
| 56 |
Virgin Valley |
Clark |
|
| 57 |
Old
Boundary |
Lincoln |
|
| 58 |
Old
Boundary |
Nye |
|
| 59 |
Stokes Castle |
Lander |
|
| 60 |
Hawthorne  |
Mineral |
|
| 61 |
Mound House |
Lyon |
|
| 62 |
Truckee River – West |
Washoe |
|
| 63 |
Truckee River – East |
Washoe |
|
| 64 |
Ophir |
Nye |
|
| 65 |
Palisade |
Eureka |
|
| 66 |
Jacobsville |
Lander |
|
| 67 |
Austin Churches |
Lander |
|
| 68 |
Wadsworth |
Washoe |
|
| 69 |
Jarbidge, Nevada |
Elko |
|
| 70 |
Bliss Mansion |
Carson City |
|
| 71 |
Methodist Church of
Carson City |
Carson City |
|
| 72 |
Nevada State Children's
Home |
Carson City |
|
| 73 |
Unknown
Soldiers |
Elko |
|
| 74 |
Wellington |
Lyon |
|
| 75 |
Government Building |
Carson City |
|
| 76 |
Eagle Valley |
Carson City |
|
| 77 |
Dat-So-La-Lee |
Carson City |
|
| 78 |
Orion Clemens' Home |
Carson City |
|
| 79 |
Civil War Plot |
Washoe |
|
| 80 |
Eureka County
Courthouse |
Eureka |
|
| 81 |
Grand Army
Of The Republic Memorial Tree |
Washoe |
|
| 82 |
Diamond Valley |
Eureka |
|
| 83 |
Rock
Creek |
Churchill |
|
| 84 |
Jedediah Strong Smith |
White Pine |
|
| 85 |
Sutro |
Lyon |
|
| 86 |
Tule Springs |
Clark |
Archeological Site |
| 87 |
Savage Mansion |
Storey |
|
| 88 |
Sparks |
Washoe |
|
| 89 |
Paradise Valley |
Humboldt |
|
| 90 |
Delamar |
Lincoln |
"The Widow Maker" (1893-1909) |
| 91 |
Stewart Indian School |
Carson City |
|
| 92 |
Candelaria and Metallic
City |
Mineral |
|
| 93 |
Panaca Mercantile
Store |
Lincoln |
|
| 94 |
The Winters
Ranch |
Washoe |
|
| 95 |
Battle Mountain |
Lander |
|
| 96 |
Round Mountain |
Nye |
|
| 97 |
Manhattan "The Pine
Tree Camp" |
Nye |
|
| 98 |
Osceola  |
White Pine |
|
| 99 |
Taylor |
White Pine |
|
| 100 |
Nevada Northern
Railway |
White Pine |
|
| 100 |
Wagon Jack Shelter |
Churchill |
|
| 101 |
Miller's |
Esmeralda |
|
| 102 |
Goodsprings |
Clark |
Mining District (1856-1957) |
| 103 |
Gypsum Cave |
Clark |
|
| 104 |
The Camel Corps |
Clark |
|
| 105 |
Golconda |
Humboldt |
|
| 106 |
Elko |
Elko |
|
| 107 |
Elko Airport |
Elko |
Terminus of the First Commercial Air Mail Route |
| 108 |
Ruby Valley Pony
Express Station |
Elko |
Reconstructed |
| 109 |
Lamoille Valley |
Elko |
|
| 110 |
Wagon Jack Shelter |
Churchill |
|
| 111 |
Edwards Creek Valley |
Churchill |
|
| 112 |
Carlin, Nevada |
Elko |
|
| 113 |
Wabuska |
Lyon |
|
| 114 |
Franktown |
Washoe |
|
| 115 |
Potosi |
Clark |
|
| 116 |
Searchlight |
Clark |
|
| 117 |
Kingsbury Grade |
Douglas |
|
| 118 |
Luther Canyon |
Douglas |
Fay Canyon |
| 119 |
Reul Colt Gridley |
Lander |
|
| 120 |
Walley's Hot Springs |
Douglas |
|
| 121 |
Mottsville |
Douglas |
|
| 122 |
Sheridan |
Douglas |
|
| 123 |
Cradlebaugh Bridge |
Douglas |
|
| 124 |
Boyd Toll Road |
Douglas |
|
| 125 |
Twelve Mile
House |
Douglas |
|
| 126 |
Double Springs,
Nevada |
Douglas |
|
| 127 |
Courthouse Site |
Lyon |
|
| 128 |
The Great Train
Robbery |
Washoe |
|
| 129 |
Gardnerville |
Douglas |
|
| 130 |
Minden |
Douglas |
|
| 131 |
Dresslerville |
Douglas |
|
| 132 |
Mackay Mansion |
Storey |
|
| 133 |
Fish Lake Valley |
Esmeralda |
|
| 134 |
Trans-Sierran Pioneer
Flight |
Carson City |
(March 22, 1919) |
| 135 |
New Pass Station |
Churchill |
|
| 136 |
Toquima Cave |
Lander |
|
| 137 |
Hickison Summit |
Lander |
|
| 138 |
Belmont |
Nye |
|
| 139 |
The Old Spanish
Trail |
Clark |
|
| 140 |
The Old Spanish
Trail |
Clark |
|
| 141 |
The Old Spanish
Trail |
Clark |
|
| 142 |
The Old Spanish
Trail |
Clark |
|
| 143 |
Sarah Winnemucca
Hopkins |
Humboldt |
1844-1891 |
| 144 |
Fort McDermitt |
Humboldt |
|
| 145 |
Unionville  |
Pershing |
|
| 146 |
McDermitt Indian
Reservation |
Humboldt |
Northern Paiute |
| 147 |
A Home of Early Man |
Churchill |
|
| 148 |
The Two Battles Of
Pyramid Lake |
Washoe |
|
| 149 |
High Rock Canyon |
Washoe |
|
| 150 |
Nevada's First State Park |
Clark |
|
| 151 |
Duck Valley Indian
Reservation |
Elko |
|
| 152 |
Gerlach |
Washoe |
|
| 153 |
Jarbidge Community
Hall |
Elko |
|
| 154 |
Belleville |
Mineral |
|
| 155 |
Silver
Peak |
Esmeralda |
Discovered 1863 |
| 156 |
Gold Point |
Esmeralda |
|
| 157 |
Lida |
Esmeralda |
|
| 158 |
Palmetto |
Esmeralda |
|
| 159 |
Ione |
Nye |
|
| 160 |
Panaca Spring |
Lincoln |
|
| 161 |
Churchill County
Courthouse |
Churchill |
|
| 162 |
Camp McGarry |
Humboldt |
|
| 163 |
Chinatown |
Lyon |
Early Name of Dayton |
| 164 |
Button Point |
Humboldt |
|
| 165 |
Nevada Test Site |
Nye |
|
| 166 |
Bowers Mansion |
Washoe |
|
| 167 |
Valmy |
Humboldt |
|
| 168 |
Arrowhead
Trail |
Clark |
|
| 169 |
Glendale School |
Washoe |
|
| 170 |
Eureka Sentinel
Building |
Eureka |
|
| 171 |
Chief Tecopa |
Nye |
|
| 172 |
Tybo |
Nye |
|
| 173 |
Beatty  |
Nye |
|
| 173 |
Tate's Stage Station |
Nye |
|
| 174 |
Blair |
Esmeralda |
|
| 175 |
Stewart-Nye Residence |
Carson City |
|
| 176 |
The Surveyors |
Lander |
|
| 177 |
Desert Well Station |
Lyon |
|
| 178 |
Hazen |
Churchill |
|
| 179 |
First Air Flights in
Nevada |
Carson City |
|
| 180 |
The Warm Springs
Hotel |
Carson City |
|
| 181 |
The Washo Indians |
Carson City |
|
| 182 |
Panaca Ward Chapel |
Lincoln |
|
| 183 |
Walker River
Reservation |
Mineral |
|
| 184 |
Ward Charcoal Ovens |
White Pine |
|
| 185 |
McCone's Foundries |
Lyon |
|
| 186 |
Union Hotel and Post
Office |
Lyon |
|
| 187 |
The Cattle Industry |
Eureka |
|
| 188 |
Gypsum Cave |
Clark |
|
| 189 |
Southern Pacific
Railroad Yards |
Washoe |
|
| 190 |
Original
Homesite of Pioneer Las Vegas, "Pop" Squires |
Clark |
|
| 191 |
Verdi |
Washoe |
|
| 192 |
Buckland's Station |
Lyon |
|
| 193 |
Historic Flume and
Lumber Yard |
Carson City |
|
| 194 |
Gardner's Ranch |
Carson City |
|
| 195 |
The Last Spike |
Clark |
|
| 196 |
The United States Mint at Carson City,
Nevada |
Carson City |
|
| 197 |
Arrowhead Trail
II |
Clark |
|
| 198 |
Steamboat Springs |
Washoe |
|
| 199 |
Camels in Dayton |
Lyon |
|
| 200 |
Hall's Station |
Lyon |
|
| 201 |
Wonder Historic Mining
Camp |
Churchill |
Historic Mining Camp—1906-1919 |
| 202 |
Fairview |
Churchill |
1905-1917 |
| 203 |
Bullionville |
Lincoln |
|
| 204 |
Jackrabbit |
Lincoln |
|
| 205 |
Crystal Springs |
Lincoln |
|
| 206 |
Hiko |
Lincoln |
|
| 207 |
Carson Valley |
Douglas |
|
| 208 |
International
Hotel |
Lander |
First commercial building constructed in Austin in 1863 |
| 209 |
Chollar Mine |
Storey |
|
| 210 |
Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad
Depot |
Washoe |
|
| 211 |
Old Geiger Grade |
Washoe |
|
| 212 |
Galena |
Washoe |
|
| 213 |
Lakeview |
Carson City |
|
| 214 |
Rafael Rivera |
Clark |
|
| 215 |
Lahontan Dam |
Churchill |
|
| 216 |
Stillwater |
Churchill |
|
| 217 |
Tate's Stage Station |
Nye |
|
| 218 |
Geiger Station |
Washoe |
|
| 219 |
Glenbrook |
Douglas |
|
| 220 |
The Fight of the
Century |
Washoe |
|
| 221 |
Sand Harbor |
Washoe |
|
| 222 |
Tannehill
Cabin—One of Eureka's First Houses |
Eureka |
|
| 223 |
Devil's Gate |
Lyon |
|
| 224 |
Kyle Ranch |
Clark |
|
| 225 |
Spooner Area |
Douglas |
Logging and Lumber Period: 1868-1895 |
| 226 |
Cave Rock |
Douglas |
|
| 227 |
Lake Mansion |
Washoe |
|
| 228 |
The Great Fire of
1875 |
Storey |
|
| 229 |
Oil from Shale |
Elko |
|
| 230 |
Mount Rose Weather
Observatory |
Washoe |
|
| 231 |
Star City |
Pershing |
|
| 232 |
Reunion in
Unionville |
Pershing |
|
| 233 |
Dayton Cemetery |
Lyon |
|
| 234 |
Moana Springs |
Washoe |
|
| 235 |
Camp Nye |
Carson City |
|
| 236 |
Piper's Opera House |
Storey |
|
| 237 |
Carson
and Colorado Railroad Freight Depot |
Mineral |
|
| 238 |
Huffaker's |
Washoe |
|
| 239 |
Stonehouse |
Humboldt |
|
| 240 |
Coney Island |
Washoe |
|
| 242 |
Southern Nevada Consolidated Telephone-Telegraph Company
Building |
Esmeralda |
|
| 243 |
Corbett—Fitzsimmons
Fight |
Carson City |
|
| 244 |
Dinner Station |
Elko |
|
| 245 |
Frederick Joseph
DeLongchamps |
Washoe |
|
| 246 |
The Great
Incline of the Sierra Nevada |
Washoe |
|
| 247 |
Site of Nevada's First Public
Library |
Washoe |
|
| 248 |
Virginia &
Truckee Railroad Right of Way |
Washoe |
|
| 249 |
Union Pacific Depot—1923 |
Lincoln |
|
| 250 |
State Printing
Building |
Carson City |
|
| 251 |
Diamondfield Jack
Davis |
Elko |
|
| 252 |
Rinckel Mansion |
Carson City |
|
| 253 |
Emigrant—Donner
Camp |
Washoe |
|
| 254 |
Nevada's Mining
Heritage |
Eureka |
|
| 255 |
Wilson Canyon |
Lyon |
|
| 256 |
Historic Transportation |
Washoe |
|
| 257 |
Nevada's First Gold
Discovery |
Lyon |
|
| 258 |
Charles
W. Friend
House, Observatory, and Weather Station |
Carson City |
|
| 259 |
The Governor's Mansion |
Carson City |
|
| 260 |
Contact |
Elko |
|
| 261 |
Spooner Summit |
Douglas |
|
| 262 |
Dayton School House -
1865 |
Lyon |
|
| 263 |
Oats Park School |
Churchill |
|
| 265 |
Governor Emmet Derby
Boyle |
Washoe |
|
| 266 |
African Americans and the Boston
Saloon |
Storey |
|
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