Nevada’s Birthplace
Nevada’s Birthplace Overview
Carson Valley is the birthplace of Nevada.
This sign covers the early settlement of area communities.
Category
- Event
- Pony Express
- Trail/Road
Marker Type
Concrete marker
Nevada Historical Marker Number
Nevada’s Birthplace is Nevada Historical Marker #12.
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County
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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Nevada’s Birthplace