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Nevada’s Birthplace

Nevada’s Birthplace

Nevada’s Birthplace Overview

Carson Valley is the birthplace of Nevada.

This sign covers the early settlement of area communities.

Category

Marker Type

Concrete marker

Nevada Historical Marker Number

Nevada’s Birthplace is Nevada Historical Marker #12.

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County

Douglas County, Nevada

GPS Coordinates

38.995981, -119.780024

Nevada Historical Marker Transcription

Carson Valley is the Birthplace of Nevada.  By 1851, people settled at a place they called Mormon Station, renamed Genoa in 1856.  With the early establishment of a post office and local government, the community can lay claim to the title of “Nevada’s first town.”

Thousands of emigrants moved over the old road skirting the west bank of the Carson River as they prepared to cross the Sierra, feeding their livestock on grass cut along the river.  At Genoa; at Mottsville, settled in 1852; and at Sheridan, settled by Moses Job about ’54; emigrants stopped to enjoy produce of the region’s first gardens.  Pony Express riders used this route in 1860, switching a year later to the shorter Daggett Trail, now Kingsbury Grade.

NEVADA CENTENNIAL MARKER No. 12

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE

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