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Lamoille Valley

Lamoille Valley

Lamoille Valley Overview

In order to rest their livestock in Lamoille Valley, many emigrants skirted the east Humboldt Range and the Ruby Mountains along a Shoshone Indian path before returning to the Humboldt
River.

Lamoille Valley was first settled in 1865.

The original buildings and the most recent 20-bedroom Lamoille Hotel, creamery, flour mill, and dance hall are gone.

Category

  • California Emigrant Trail
  • Ranching/Farming

Marker Type

Blue marker

Nevada Historical Marker Number

Lamoille Valley is Nevada Historical Marker #109.

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County

Elko County, Nevada

GPS Coordinates

40.727632, -115.479733

Nevada Historical Marker Transcription

Because heavy grazing and traffic denuded the grass from the main Fort Hall route of the California Emigrant Trail along the Humboldt River, many emigrants left the river near Starr Valley.  They skirted the east Humboldt Range and the Ruby Mountains along a Shoshone Indian path, rested their livestock in Lamoille Valley, and returned to the Humboldt River.

John Walker and Thomas Waterman first settled the area in 1865.  Waterman named the valley after a place in his native Vermont. In 1968, Walker erected the Cottonwood Hotel Store and Blacksmith Shop in the valley, and the settlement became known as the “The Crossroads.”  Here wagons were repaired and food and supplies could be obtained.  The original buildings, and the most recent 20-bedroom Lamoille Hotel, creamery, flour mill, and dance hall are gone.

STATE HISTORICAL MARKER No. 109

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE

NORTHEASTERN NEVADA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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