Notable People Who Are Part of Nevada's History

Notable People Who Are Part of Nevada’s History

In our research to create the travel guides for our site, we have come across the following notable people who lived in Nevada who were part of the history of establishing communities and more. We have links to the articles that each person is mentioned within.

Clark County Nevada Residents

Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort

Notable founders and residents of Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort.

Octavius D. Gass
Albert Knapp
Archibald Stewart and Helen J. WISER Stewart

St. Thomas

Notable founders and residents of St. Thomas, Nevada.

Henry Lord
Thomas Sassen Smith

Douglas County, Nevada Residents

Mormon Station State Historic Park

Notable founders and residents of Mormon Station State Historic Park

Hampton Beatie
Abner Blackburn

Lincoln County Nevada Residents

Alamo, Nevada

Fred Allen
Mike Botts
Bert Riggs
William Stewart

Caliente, Nevada

Culverwell’s Ranch

Meadow Wash area that was later Culverwell’s Ranch

Isaac “Ike” Barton and Lorenzo Dow Barton –
Charles Culverwell
William Culverwell

Delamar, Nevada

Notable founders and residents of Delamar, Nevada, and the surrounding area.

Hartwig Cohen
Captain Joseph DeLamar
J. A. Denton
John and Alden Ferguson
Joseph Sharp

Pioche, Nevada

Notable founders and residents of Pioche, Nevada

François Louis Alfred Pioche

Others in Lincoln County

William Hamblin
Francis Lee
Stephen Sherwood
J.N. Vandermark

Other Nevada Residents and Pioneers

We are working on organizing these

Dat-So-La-Lee
T’Sawhawbitts
Eilley Bowers
William Bringhurst
Julia C. Bulette
Kit Carson
Virgil & Wyatt Earp
John C. Frémont
Jack Longstreet
Rafael Rivera
Snowshoe Thompson
Mike Williams