On Main Street just west of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling west.
Dayton (known as Chinatown 1857-1861) Dayton is the site of Nevada's first gold discovery (1849) and the state's first permanent Euro-American settlement, founded after miners created a tent town at the mouth of Gold Cañon in 1851. Initially . . . — — Map (db m160799) HM
On Farm District Road, 0.6 miles south of Farm District Road (Alternate U.S. 50), on the left when traveling south.
The Lincoln Highway was conceived and promoted by industrialists who were determined to act on the concept of creating one transcontinental highway from amongst the various and fragmented paths, trails and city streets. The LH (1913 -1927) brought . . . — — Map (db m46380) HM
On E Main Street, on the left when traveling west.
Emigrants headed for Stephens Pass and the California gold fields — dry and dirty from long, punishing water-short days on the 40-mile Desert to the northeast — rushed train by train to the “Big Bend” of the sparkling pure . . . — — Map (db m131831) HM
On Moonlight Road east of Red Rock Road, on the left when traveling north.
Along this ridge was the trail of the P/X from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento/San Francisco, California and return. This segment was from Hall's Station (Dayton) to Carson City P/X Office on the west side of Carson St. just north of 5th Street. . . . — — Map (db m184147) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m115733) HM
On Main Street (Nevada Route 342), on the left when traveling north.
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 . . . — — Map (db m21561) HM
On Main Street (Nevada Route 342) near Roses Road, on the left when traveling north.
Two well-educated brothers, Hosea and Ethan Grosh, discovered silver here in 1856 but both died in 1857 before their ore was assayed. Had they lived they might have gone on to locate the Comstock Lode. Their cabin was ¼ - mile to the South. — — Map (db m174102) HM
On Occidental Grade (State Highway 341) at Old Dayton Toll Road on Occidental Grade.
Nevada’s first mining town established in 1853. A boarding house was operated here by Eilley Orrum (Mrs. Sandy Bowers). Other prominent residents, discoverers of the fantastic Comstock Lode, included the Grosh Brothers, Peter O’Riley, Patrick . . . — — Map (db m45943) HM
The growing town of Silver City built a schoolhouse at this site in 1867-1868. Enrollment was as high as 166 students in the 1880’s. Children were educated here for nearly a century until school closed in 1958.
The building then began its . . . — — Map (db m45945) HM
Samuel S. Buckland was a true pioneer. He settled here in 1859, began a ranching operation, established a station for the Overland Stage Company, and operated a tent hotel. He also constructed the first bridge across the Carson River downstream . . . — — Map (db m61066) HM
On U.S. 95 near Fort Churchill, on the right when traveling south.
John C. Fremont and his expedition of 27 explorers rode south from Pyramid Lake and camped in this area of the Carson River on January 18, 1844 by a bend in the river, beneath the bluffs where Ft. Churchill is now located. After making observations . . . — — Map (db m189602) HM
On Cheyenne Drrive at Lincoln Highway (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling south on Cheyenne Drrive.
Located approximately one mile south are the remains of a typical stage station of the period 1843 to 1869. An era of transition between the arrival of the first emigrant wagon trains and the completion of the Trans-Continental Railroad.
Desert . . . — — Map (db m89512) HM
On Spruce Avenue east of Onyx Street, on the left when traveling east.
Originally built in 1865, on this site. It was first called Stockstore Station, then finally Stockton Well. It was one of the largest of the way stations since five trails converged at this point. One of the more famous was the old Carson . . . — — Map (db m167944) HM
Near U.S. 95 south of Fort Churcholl Road, on the left when traveling south.
In the spring of 1860, in the midst of the Pyramid Lake War, Robert "Pony Bob"
Haslam left Friday's Station (Lake Tahoe) with the eastbound mail and made his
way toward Buckland Station. When Pony Bob reached the Carson River, 60 miles
into . . . — — Map (db m171428) HM
On Ruta Estatal de Nevada/Wellington Cutoff (Nevada Route 829), on the right when traveling east.
Established by Zodak Pierce in 1875 as a hotel, grocery and feed store. It was sold in 1903 to the Reading Bros., of Bodie, who renamed it the W.E. Reading General Merchandise. Later on in 1945, Perry and Gerri Aikens acquired it and gave it its . . . — — Map (db m169796) HM
Edward P. Lovejoy was the son of Elijah Lovejoy, "the first American martyr to the freedom of the press and freedom of the slave". As a young man, Edward left the midwest for California where he served as district attorney, judge, and newspaper . . . — — Map (db m229659) HM
On Alternate U.S. 95, 1 mile north of Sierra Way, on the left when traveling south.
Wabuska (the Washoe Indian term for White Grass) was first established in the early 1870's as a station on the stage and freight road from Wadsworth on the Central Pacific to the roaring mining camps of Aurora, Bodie, Candelaria, Columbia and . . . — — Map (db m27643) HM
On Alternate U.S. 95, on the left when traveling north.
Built in 1881 by Edward P. Lovejoy, this building has served as a general merchandise & produce, hotel, restaurant, bar, grocery and post office.
After a succession of owners, Mitch first aquired the property in 1994 to operate a bar. His . . . — — Map (db m229578) HM
On Nevada Route 208 near Hoye Canyon Road, on the left when traveling south.
Early pioneers John and Mary Hoye came to the valley in 1863 or 1864. On the edge of Alkali Flat they operated a station which they later move to its present location in 1873.
Through the years there have been several owners without any . . . — — Map (db m169820) HM
On Nevada Route 208 at Wellington Cutoff (Nevada Route 829), on the right when traveling east on State Route 208.
Following the mining boom in the Aurora District in 1860, Jack Wright and Leonard Hamilton put up a bridge across the West Walker River and established a stage station at this location. Wagons and stages were repaired, horses shod and the station . . . — — Map (db m69285) HM
On NV208 (Nevada Route 208) at Smith Gage Road, on the right when traveling east on NV208.
In 1893-1894, Wellington pioneers Benjamin Dickinson and C.C. Turner established the Wellington School District from the larger Smith School District. This new district didn't have a permanent school so pupils used a converted saloon until this . . . — — Map (db m169786) HM
On N Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
Built in 1893 by Dr. Granville I. Leavitt, a local doctor and Indian reservation doctor. The upstairs was used as the Masonic Lodge meeting hall; downstairs was the Kash & Karry Unified Grocery until the late 1950’s. The hall was used by Hope Lodge . . . — — Map (db m138026) HM
On Main Street south of Virginia Street, on the right when traveling south.
Formed in the early 1890s and enduring a succession of owners. The "telephone" was introduced at Yerington in 1898. Dr. Granville Leavitt, Ed Lamb and JI Wilson were the principles in constructing the first line into town from Wabuska. Twelve miles . . . — — Map (db m171936) HM
In 1858 Henry Miller, known as the Cattle King of California, and Charles Lux, a fellow German with a keen business sense, formed one of the most successful partnerships in American history. The Miller & Lux Firm began buying up land and cattle . . . — — Map (db m116877) HM
On Nevada Route 208 just north of Copperbelt Drive.
Wilson Canyon and the Wilson Mining District were named for brothers David and “Uncle Billy” Wilson. David Wilson (born 1829) came west in 1850 during the California Gold Rush. He returned to the Midwest in 1853, married, and joined the . . . — — Map (db m143611) HM
On N California Street at Litell Street, on the right when traveling north on N California Street.
Construction began in the spring of 1912 and was completed in September at a cost of $16,600.00. The school opened for the 1912-13 school year with an enrollment of 130 students. Later, in 1935, it was enlarged on the rear and continue as a school . . . — — Map (db m138024) HM
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