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Tate’s Stage Station (1886-1901)

Tate’s Stage Station

Tate’s Stage Station Overview

Thomas Tate subcontracted mail routes in central Nevada for over thirty years.

In 1886, he and his wife established a station due east as an overnight stop between the county seats of Austin and Belmont.

Category

Trail/Road

Marker Type

Blue marker

Nevada Historical Marker Number

Tate’s Stage Station is Nevada Historical Marker #217.

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County

Nye County, Nevada

GPS Coordinates

38.978274, -117.196327

Nevada Historical Marker Transcription

Long after the railroads came to Nevada and branch lines were extended towards the heartland of the state, horse-drawn stages continued to transport people and mail from railhead to the hinterlands.

The principal routes were covered by such well-known lines as Overland Mail and Stage Co., William Hill Beachey Railroad Stage Lines, Butterfield’s, Wells, Fargo and Co., Pioneer Stageline, Carson and Columbus Stage Line, and other lesser-known lines.

Thomas Tate sub-contracted mail routes in central Nevada for over thirty years.  In 1886, he and his wife established a station due east as an overnight stop between the county seats of Austin and Belmont.  Stages met here and exchanged passengers and mail and obtained fresh horses.  Tommy’s wife fed and lodged the passengers, in what became a local social center.  Ester Tate organized the first school in the area.

The Tates maintained this station until 1901.  Belmont lost the Nye County seat in 1905.

STATE HISTORICAL MARKER No. 217

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE

MYRTLE TATE MYLES

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Tate’s Stage Station