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Nevada Historical Markers

Nevada Historical Markers Overview

In 1967, the Nevada State Legislature initiated the Historical Marker Program to identify the signification places of interest in Nevada’s history to bring the state’s heritage to the public’s attention. Unfortunately, due to funding issues, the program went dormant in 2009 and has been maintained by the Nevada Department of Transportation for the past decade.

Unfortunately, some of the markers are gone due to vandalism.

Below is the list of the Nevada Historical Markers that are sortable by marker number, name, and location.

As we document each marker, we will link it in the table below to learn about each and what fun things are nearby to see and do.

FAQ

How many Nevada Historical markers are there?

There are 274 Nevada Historical Markers “slots” but not all were assigned.

What color paint is used for Nevada historical markers

The Nevada historical markers that do not adhere to a building or fence and that are not made of stone or concrete are metal signs painted blue.

What are historical markers made of?

The Nevada Historical Markers are: blue markers are metal, plaques that are attached to buildings or fences, a stone base, or a concrete base.

When did Nevada start the historical marker program?

How do I find a marker?

We have provided the GPS coordinates for each one but be aware that markers are stolen, destroyed, or haven’t been replaced.

We try to keep our information current but if you find an error, please let us know to share it with others. (It’s hard to visit them all often so we don’t know of changes unless it’s reported to us.)

Nevada Historical Markers — Historical Marker Plans Progressing The Nevada Centennial Historical Markers Committee through their chairman Don Bowers of the State Highway Department announced plans are moving __ idly ahead to provide suitable markers in every county in the state. A prototype of the final design is soon to be made in the Nevada State Prison under the direction of Warden Jack Fogliani Jack Cooney highway department architect designed the model. The maker will be a concrete slab six feet high by four and one half feet high and four inches thick. The message on the slab will be in one inch indented letters. The slab will be mounted into concrete grooved supporting posts and set on a simply built but attractive stone monument will be sturdy and lasting yet will be fairly easy to erect. The prototype model is expected to be elected near Carson City. It is anticipated the monument will be unveiled in a suitable ceremony some time in March. The committee estimates there will be as many as five such markers in each county in the state and they are studying recommended sites at this time. The committee was recently enlarged to include the following Ivan Sack US Forest Service Vincent Gianclla retired faculty member of the Mackay School Mines Forest Victor Goodwin Service William US Kohl ___ Kennicott Copper official fames Deitch director of Las Vegas News Bureau and Eric Cronkhite acting director of state parks. Previously named members of the statewide committee are Don Bowots chairman State Highway Clark J Museum Department Judge Guild Nevada State Mrs Clara Beatty State Historical Society Jack Fogliani warden state prison Jack Cooney highway department and Ralph Ottini highway department.

#	Marker Name	Cty	Coordinates
258	Charles W. Friend House, Observatory, and Weather Station	Carson City	N 39.16410 W 119.76429
70	Bliss Mansion	Carson City	N 39.16723 W 119.77213
235	Camp Nye	Carson City	N 39.16463 W 119.80463
44	Carson City	Carson City	N 39.16408 W 119.76672
243	Corbett - Fitzsimmons Fight	Carson City	N 39.16448 W 119.76006
77	Dat-So-La-Lee	Carson City	N 39.11794 W 119.75477
76	Eagle Valley	Carson City	N 39.12484 W 119.76751
1	Empire and the Carson River Mills	Carson City	N 39.18730 W 119.70637
179	First Air Flights in Nevada	Carson City	N 39.19837 W 119.77840
194	Gardner's Ranch	Carson City	N 39.15299 W 119.76717
75	Federal Government Building	Carson City	N 39.16619 W 119.76674
193	Historic Flume and Lumber Yard	Carson City	N 39.15201 W 119.76653
213	Lakeview	Carson City	N 39.20803 W 119.80309
71	Methodist Church of Carson City	Carson City	N 39.16473 W 119.76970
72	Nevada State Children's Home	Carson City	N 39.16001 W 119.76439
25	Nevada's Capitol	Carson City	N 39.16388 W 119.76648
78	Orion Clemens' Home	Carson City	N 39.16661 W 119.76959
252	Rinckel Mansion	Carson City	N 39.16408 W 119.76798
250	State Printing Building	Carson City	N 39.16385 W 119.76503
91	Stewart Indian School	Carson City	N 39.11775 W 119.75633
175	Stewart-Nye Residence	Carson City	N 39.16399 W 119.77064
259	The Governor's Mansion	Carson City	N 39.16726 W 119.77299
196	The United States Mint at Carson City, Nevada	Carson City	N 39.16724 W 119.76725
180	The Warm Springs Hotel	Carson City	N 39.16132 W 119.73903
134	Trans-Sierran Pioneer Flight	Carson City	N 39.17238 W 119.74896
181	The Washoe Indians	Carson City	N 39.11500 W 119.85864
161	Churchill County Courthouse	Churchill	N 39.47501 W 118.77737
111	Edwards Creek Valley	Churchill	N 39.53017 W 117.72615
202	Fairview	Churchill	N 39.28322 W 118.21493
26	Forty-Mile Desert	Churchill	N 39.94071 W 118.75016
27	Grimes Point	Churchill	N 39.40163 W 118.64727
178	Hazen	Churchill	N 39.56341 W 119.04791
215	Lahontan Dam	Churchill	N 39.46613 W 119.06954
135	New Pass Station	Churchill	N 39.56741 W 117.51024
263	Oats Park School	Churchill	N 39.47341 W 118.76867
147	People of the Humboldt (A Home of Early Man)	Churchill	N 39.94063 W 118.74952
271	Pony Express Route - 1860 Sesquicentennial 2010	Churchill	N 39.29325 W 118.57386
19	Ragtown	Churchill	N 39.50523 W 118.92528
83	Rock Creek (Cold Springs Station)	Churchill	N 39.39018 W 117.85441
10	Sand Mountain	Churchill	N 39.27526 W 118.41314
216	Stillwater	Churchill	N 39.52159 W 118.54660
110	Wagon Jack Shelter	Churchill	N 39.30242 W 117.88354
201	Wonder Historic Mining Camp	Churchill	N 39.28718 W 118.16210
168	Arrowhead Trail (1914-1924)	Clark	N 36.42636 W 114.46316
197	Arrowhead Trail II (Henderson)	Clark	N 35.99588 W 114.96161
6	Eldorado Canyon - Head of Steamboat Navigation in Nevada	Clark	N 35.82760 W 114.93640
102	Goodsprings Mining District 1856-1957	Clark	N 35.83226 W 115.43435
103	Gypsum Cave	Clark	N 36.21318 W 114.90131
224	Kyle (Kiel) Ranch	Clark	N 36.20370 W 115.14089
36	Moapa Valley	Clark	N 36.63328 W 114.49226
35	Las Vegas Mormon Fort	Clark	N 36.18061 W 115.13340
31	The Old Spanish Trail (1829-1850)	Clark	N 36.80407 W 114.06872
32	The Old Spanish Trail (1829-1850)	Clark	N 36.18120 W 115.13314
33	The Old Spanish Trail (1829-1850)	Clark	N 36.04684 W 115.40651
34	The Old Spanish Trail (1829-1850)	Clark	N 36.01638 W 115.50291
141	The Old Spanish Trail (Armijo's Route)	Clark	N 36.09768 W 114.90460
140	The Old Spanish Trail (Garces Expedition)	Clark	35.106519, -114.650708
139	The Old Spanish Trail (Journey of Death)	Clark	N 36.66644 W 114.52009
142	The Old Spanish Trail (Mountain Springs Pass)	Clark	N 35.99845 W 115.44774
190	Original Homesite of Pioneer Las Vegas, "Pop" Squires (1865-1958)	Clark	N 36.16462 W 115.14094
115	Potosi	Clark	N 36.00109 W 115.48535
37	Powell of the Colorado	Clark	N 36.30756 W 114.42045
41	Pueblo Grande de Nevada	Clark	N 36.51799 W 114.42635
214	Rafael Rivera	Clark	N 36.08356 W 115.07274
116	Searchlight	Clark	N 35.46925 W 114.92327
104	The Camel Corps	Clark	N 35.17212 W 114.71082
195	The Last Spike	Clark	N 35.82381 W 115.28747
270	The Morelli House	Clark	N 36.16514 W 115.13770
86	Tule Springs	Clark	N 36.32246 W 115.26936
150	Nevada's First State Park (Valley of Fire State Park)	Clark	N 36.42991 W 114.51397
188	Von Schmidt State Boundary Monument	Clark	N 35.01424 W 114.66184
40	Las Vegas (The Meadows)	Clark	N 36.17178 W 115.18946
56	Virgin Valley	Clark	N 36.80413 W 114.06850
124	Boyd Toll Road	Douglas	38.987612, -119.779225
207	Carson Valley	Douglas	38.974261, -119.877126
226	Cave Rock - De'ek Wadapush	Douglas	39.044977, -119.948432
123	Cradlebaugh Bridge	Douglas	39.046729, -119.780249
126	Double Springs, Nevada	Douglas	38.793525, -119.599536
131	Dresslerville	Douglas	38.905171, -119.706420
129	Gardnerville	Douglas	38.940808, -119.748830
219	Glenbrook	Douglas	39.081489, -119.942589
117	Kingsbury Grade	Douglas	N 38.96549 W 119.83969
118	Luther Canyon	Douglas	N 38.87047 W 119.80943
130	Minden	Douglas	38.952691, -119.761831
121	Mottsville	Douglas	N 38.93106 W 119.83998
12	Nevada's Birthplace	Douglas	N 39.00444 W 119.84528
122	Sheridan	Douglas	N 38.90125 W 119.82589
225	Spooner Area (Logging and Lumber Period: 1868-1895)	Douglas	39.106219, -119.918022
261	Spooner Summit	Douglas	39.104273, -119.895662
125	Twelve Mile House	Douglas	38.905804, -119.706766
120	Walley's Hot Springs	Douglas	N 38.98076 W 119.83351
50	Carlin Canyon	Elko	40.727940, -116.019831
112	Carlin	Elko	40.710312, -116.118394
251	Diamondfield Jack Davis	Elko	41.984799, -114.671903
244	Dinner Station	Elko	41.099749, -115.866354
151	Duck Valley Indian Reservation	Elko	41.997450, -116.132001
107	Elko Airport	Elko	40.828743, -115.780109
106	Elko	Elko	40.841389, -115.753441
47	Fort Halleck Site (1867-1886)	Elko	40.956274, -115.465769
45	Humboldt Wells	Elko	41.117892, -114.978171
153	Jarbidge Community Hall	Elko	41.875519, -115.430682
69	Jarbidge, Nevada	Elko	41.871744, -115.431220
109	Lamoille Valley	Elko	40.727632, -115.479733
229	Oil from Shale	Elko	40.825540, -115.779914
46	Pilot Peak	Elko	40.843933, -114.207478
108	Ruby Valley Pony Express Station	Elko	40.841851, -115.752835
48	Tuscarora	Elko	41.281007, -116.113917
73	Unknown Soldiers	Elko	41.261992, -114.193398
3	West End of Hastings Cutoff	Elko	40.766087, -115.919748
174	Blair	Esmeralda	N 37.78772 W 117.63651
20	Columbus	Esmeralda	38.149407, -117.947939
133	Fish Lake Valley	Esmeralda	N 37.69395 W 118.09028
156	Gold Point	Esmeralda	N 37.43746 W 117.28511
14	Goldfield	Esmeralda	37.707608, -117.233431
157	Lida	Esmeralda	N 37.45542 W 117.49966
101	Millers	Esmeralda	38.140509, -117.454420
158	Palmetto	Esmeralda	N 37.44413 W 117.69488
155	Silver Peak	Esmeralda	N 38.01833 W 117.77583
242	Southern Nevada Consolidated Telephone-Telegraph Company Building	Esmeralda	N 37.70911 W 117.23499
82	Diamond Valley>	Eureka	N 39.75556 W 116.08396
80	Eureka County Courthouse	Eureka	N 39.51231 W 115.96097
170	Eureka Sentinel Building	Eureka	N 39.51241 W 115.96168
65	Palisade	Eureka	N 40.60113 W 116.17811
222	Tannehill Cabin - One of Eureka's First Houses	Eureka	N 39.50308 W 115.95947
187	The Cattle Industry	Eureka	N 40.67977 W 116.47334
254	Nevada's Mining Heritage	Eureka	N 39.55530 W 115.99576
11	Eureka	Eureka	N 39.49994 W 115.95854
164	Button Point	Humboldt	N 41.01653 W 117.57346
162	Camp McGarry	Humboldt	N 41.39444 W 119.16618
144	Fort McDermitt	Humboldt	N 41.94297 W 117.70761
105	Golconda	Humboldt	N 40.94856 W 117.48660
22	Humboldt River	Humboldt	N 41.01664 W 117.57349
146	McDermitt Indian Reservation	Humboldt	N 41.94472 W 117.71168
89	Paradise Valley	Humboldt	N 41.49168 W 117.53460
2	Pioneer Memorial Park	Humboldt	N 40.97881 W 117.74197
143	Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins	Humboldt	N 41.97244 W 117.62274
239	Stonehouse	Humboldt	N 40.83955 W 117.19167
21	The Humboldt Canal	Humboldt	N 40.98213 W 117.72673
167	Valmy	Humboldt	N 40.78890 W 117.12897
67	Austin Churches	Lander	N 39.49101 W 117.0694
8	Austin	Lander	N 39.49833 W 117.07959
95	Battle Mountain	Lander	N 40.64189 W 116.93401
137	Hickison Summit	Lander	N 39.44440 W 116.74315
208	International Hotel	Lander	N 39.49371 W 117.07248
66	Jacobsville	Lander	N 39.49291 W 117.18389
119	Reuel Colt Gridley "Citizen Extraordinaire"	Lander	N 39.48945 W 117.06305
59	Stokes Castle	Lander	N 39.49336 W 117.07991
176	The Surveyors (Nevada)	Lander	N 39.45708 W 116.99661
136	Toquima Cave	Lander	N 39.39993 W 116.94189
203	Bullionville	Lincoln	N 37.80658 W 114.40620
205	Crystal Springs	Lincoln	N 37.53270 W 115.23354
55	Culverwell's Ranch	Lincoln	N 37.61440 W 114.51257
90	Delamar	Lincoln	N 37.61970 W 114.79495
206	Hiko	Lincoln	N 37.59670 W 115.22395
204	Jackrabbit	Lincoln	N 38.09547 W 114.58227
93	Panaca Mercantile Store	Lincoln	N 37.79039 W 114.38706
182	Panaca Ward Chapel	Lincoln	N 37.79086 W 114.38746
5	Pioche	Lincoln	N 37.92673 W 114.44923
249	Union Pacific Depotâ€”1923	Lincoln	N 37.61270 W 114.51396
57	Old Boundary (Nevada's Southern Boundary 1861-1867)	Lincoln	N 37.00204 W 116.72594
38	Pahranagat Valley	Lincoln	N 37.36221 W 115.15904
39	Panaca	Lincoln	N 37.79016 W 114.38809
160	Panaca Spring	Lincoln	N 37.79569 W 114.38511
192	Buckland's Station (On the California Emigrant Trail)	Lyon	N 39.29423 W 119.25177
199	Camels in Dayton	Lyon	N 39.23866 W 119.59134
127	Courthouse Site (1865-1907)	Lyon	N 39.23810 W 119.59114
233	Dayton Cemetery	Lyon	N 39.23345 W 119.59711
163	Dayton Chinatown	Lyon	N 39.23625 W 119.58929
7	Dayton	Lyon	N 39.23620 W 119.58930
262	Dayton School House - 1865	Lyon	N 39.23790 W 119.59254
177	Desert Well Station (Overland Mail and Stage Station)	Lyon	N 39.36417 W 119.36560
223	Devil's Gate	Lyon	N 39.26663 W 119.64326
200	Hall's Station	Lyon	N 39.23582 W 119.59247
61	Mound House	Lyon	N 39.21429 W 119.66939
257	Nevada's First Gold Discovery	Lyon	N 39.23583 W 119.59179
264	Silver City Schoolhouse	Lyon	N 39.26458 W 119.63958
85	Sutro	Lyon	N 39.27436 W 119.56457
186	Union Hotel and Post Office	Lyon	N 39.23615 W 119.59064
113	Wabuska	Lyon	N 39.14356 W 119.18180
74	Wellington>	Lyon	N 38.75190 W 119.37041
255	Wilson Canyon>	Lyon	N 38.80966 W 119.22016
154	Belleville	Mineral	N 38.22290 W 118.18031
92	Candelaria and Metallic City	Mineral	N 38.20808 W 118.00167
237	Carson and Colorado Railroad - Freight Depot	Mineral	N 38.52430 W 118.62380
60	Hawthorne (Present Mineral County Seat - Former Esmeralda County Seat)	Mineral	N 38.53250 W 118.62501
16	Mineral County	Mineral	N 38.69037 W 118.77075
183	Walker River Reservation	Mineral	N 38.95236 W 118.81050
241	Never Assigned	N/A	N/A
260	Never Assigned	N/A	N/A
268	Never Assigned	N/A	N/A
272	Never Assigned	N/A	N/A
273	Never Assigned	N/A	N/A
173	Beatty (Center of the Gold Railroads - Chicago of the West")	Nye	N 36.90593 W 116.75581
138	Belmont	Nye	N 38.59630 W 116.87584
42	Big Smoky Valley	Nye	N 38.78318 W 117.17529
171	Chief Tecopa (Peacemaker of the Paiutes)	Nye	N 36.20909 W 115.98954
159	Ione	Nye	N 38.94951 W 117.58518
97	Manhattan "The Pine Tree Camp"	Nye	N 38.57238 W 117.18101
165	Nevada Test Site	Nye	N 36.59261 W 116.02837
64	Ophir	Nye	N 38.93879 W 117.19746
96	Round Mountain	Nye	N 38.72656 W 117.11499
217	Tate's Stage Station	Nye	N 38.97835 W 117.19644
15	Tonopah	Nye	N 38.06695 W 117.22908
172	Tybo	Nye	N 38.30991 W 116.27609
58	Old Boundary (Nevada's Southern Boundary 1861-1867)	Nye	N 37.04440 W 114.98501
49	Applegate-Lassen Emigrant Trail Cutoff	Pershing	N 40.65224 W 118.16573
23	Humboldt House	Pershing	N 40.59856 W 118.25172
17	Pershing County	Pershing	N 40.18024 W 118.47664
232	Reunion in Unionville	Pershing	N 40.44801 W 118.14580
231	Star City	Pershing	N 40.55324 W 118.05161
145	Unionville (Pershing County)	Pershing	N 40.44975 W 118.07170
266	African Americans and the Boston Saloon	Storey	N 39.31054 W 119.64949
209	Chollar Mine	Storey	N 39.30194 W 119.65121
132	Mackay Mansion	Storey	N 39.30663 W 119.65022
28	Mark Twain	Storey	N 39.31009 W 119.64969
185	McCone's Foundries	Storey	N 39.29878 W 119.65555
211	Old Geiger Grade	Storey	N 39.37256 W 119.66765
236	Piper's Opera House	Storey	N 39.31093 W 119.65014
87	Savage Mansion (c. 1863)	Storey	N 39.30663 W 119.65021
13	The Comstock Lode	Storey	N 39.31613 W 119.64732
228	The Great Fire of 1875	Storey	N 39.31051 W 119.65090
79	Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery	Washoe	N 39.53613 W 119.81987
166	Bowers Mansion	Washoe	N 39.28470 W 119.84064
29	Chinese in Nevada	Washoe	N 39.53473 W 119.75346
240	Coney Island	Washoe	N 39.53503 W 119.78062
43	Derby Diversion Dam	Washoe	N 39.58903 W 119.44617
253	Emigrant - Donner Camp	Washoe	39.475754, -119.754121
114	Franktown	Washoe	N 39.27136 W 119.84077
245	Frederick Joseph DeLongchamps (June 2, 1882 - February 11, 1969)	Washoe	N 39.52492 W 119.81224
267	Galena Creek Fish Hatchery	Washoe	N 39.35272 W 119.86042
212	Galena	Washoe	N 39.36260 W 119.81754
218	Geiger Station (Magnolia House)	Washoe	N 39.37581 W 119.71594
152	Gerlach	Washoe	40.651621, -119.354357
169	Glendale School	Washoe	N 39.53455 W 119.75484
265	Governor Emmet Derby Boyle	Washoe	N 39.52513 W 119.84516
81	Grand Army Of The Republic Memorial Tree	Washoe	N 39.53636 W 119.81479
149	High Rock Canyon	Washoe	N 41.22731 W 119.49193
256	Historic Transportation	Washoe	N 39.62528 W 119.91570
238	Huffaker's	Washoe	N 39.44138 W 119.77191
4	Junction House - The First Settlement	Washoe	N 39.48881 W 119.79475
227	Lake Mansion	Washoe	N 39.52266 W 119.81607
234	Moana Springs	Washoe	N 39.49118 W 119.79999
230	Mount Rose Weather Observatory	Washoe	N 39.31264 W 119.89730
210	Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad Depot	Washoe	N 39.53098 W 119.80947
24	Olinghouse	Washoe	N 39.64990 W 119.33573
18	Pyramid Lake	Washoe	N 39.90250 W 119.56581
30	Reno	Washoe	N 39.52423 W 119.81235
221	Sand Harbor	Washoe	N 39.20050 W 119.92996
247	Site of Nevada's First Public Library	Washoe	N 39.52481 W 119.81226
189	Southern Pacific Railroad Yards	Washoe	N 39.53470 W 119.75262
88	Sparks	Washoe	N 39.53816 W 119.76654
198	Steamboat Springs	Washoe	N 39.38016 W 119.74226
220	The Fight of the Century	Washoe	N 39.53314 W 119.79648
246	The Great Incline of the Sierra Nevada	Washoe	N 39.23671 W 119.92875
128	The Great Train Robbery (Nevada)	Washoe	N 39.51745 W 119.98846
148	The Two Battles Of Pyramid Lake	Washoe	N 39.74925 W 119.33186
94	The Winters Ranch (Rancho del Sierra)	Washoe	N 39.31033 W 119.82342
63	Truckee River - East	Washoe	N 39.55008 W 119.57360
62	Truckee River - West	Washoe	N 39.50944 W 119.93696
191	Verdi	Washoe	N 39.51588 W 119.99391
248	Virginia & Truckee Railroad Right of Way	Washoe	N 39.51687 W 119.80702
68	Wadsworth	Washoe	N 39.63090 W 119.27922
274	Nevada State Hospital	Washoe	N 39.52931 W 119.77851
52	Cherry Creek	White Pine	N 39.90089 W 114.88612
9	Copper Country	White Pine	N 39.28360 W 114.96427
269	Ely, Forging the Link	White Pine	N 39.24820 W 114.89123
53	Hamilton	White Pine	N 39.35363 W 115.39451
84	Jedediah Strong Smith (Explorer of the Western Wilderness)	White Pine	N 39.29095 W 114.83899
100	Nevada Northern Railway	White Pine	N 39.25261 W 114.87867
98	Osceola (1872-1940)	White Pine	N 39.07132 W 114.44952
51	Schellbourne	White Pine	N 39.79718 W 114.74111
99	Taylor	White Pine	N 39.08891 W 114.75276
184	Ward Charcoal Ovens	White Pine	N 39.03734 W 114.84636
54	Ward Mining District	White Pine	N 39.08886 W 114.75291

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