Huffaker’s
Huffaker’s Overview
In 1858, Granville W. Huffaker drove cattle into Truckee Meadows and established his ranch.
In 1862, a stage line and post office were added.
For ten years, Huffaker’s was the center of the community.
In 1875, a pacific lumber and flume operation from the Lake Tahoe Basin was completed.
At the terminus of the flume, the Virginia and Truckee Railroad opened a depot and a telegraph office. They also constructed a spur where workers transferred timber
Category
- Lumber
- Person
- Railroad
- Ranching/Farming
- Telegraph
Marker Type
Blue marker
Nevada Historical Marker Number
Huffaker’s is Nevada Historical Marker #238.
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County
GPS Coordinates
39.441341 -119.771873
Nevada Historical Marker Transcription
Before the arrival, 1858, of Granville W. Huffaker driving 500 head of cattle into the Truckee Meadows, the principal settlers were Mormons. The Comstock Lode and its mining needs focused attention on the valley. Huffaker established his ranch in 1859. Langton’s stage line and the first post office were functioning by 1862. For ten years, Huffaker’s was a most active stage-stop and a center for a community. The schoolhouse was constructed in 1868. Bachelors of a jolly nature gathered here for dancing, horse-racing and “land squabbles”. The Athenian Literary Society flourished for the more cultured. In 1875, the “Bonanza Kings” completed their pacific lumber and flume operation from the Lake Tahoe Basin. For fifteen miles, trestled logs were propelled “by waters rushing faster than any train”. At the terminus of the flume, the Virginia and Truckee Railroad opened a depot and telegraph office and constructed a spur where workers transferred timber.
STATE HISTORICAL MARKER No. 238
DIVISION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND ARCHEOLOGY
SPONSORED BY
RENO CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN COLONISTS
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