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Verdi Nevada

Verdi Nevada

Verdi Nevada Overview

A log bridge was built across the Truckee River near where Verdi is now located. Known as O’Nell’s Crossing, the site served as a stage stop during the 1860s.

Modern Verdi came into being with the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad through Nevada between 1867 and 1869.

Verdi was a major mill town and terminal for the shipment of ties and construction timbers.

A fire in 1926, plus the depletion of timber reserves, resulted in Verdi’s decline.

Category

  • Lumber
  • Railroad
  • Trail/Road

Marker Type

Blue marker

Nevada Historical Marker Number

Verdi Nevada is Nevada Historical Marker #191.

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County

Washoe County, Nevada

GPS Coordinates

39.515945, -119.993731

Nevada Historical Marker Transcription

Modern Verdi came into being with the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad through Nevada between 1867 and 1869.  Verdi became a major mill town and terminal for the shipment of ties and construction timbers, with a network of logging railways reaching into the forests north and west of here.

In 1860, a log bridge was built across the Truckee River near where Verdi is now located.  Known as O’Nell’s Crossing, the site served as a stage stop during the 1860s on the heavily traveled Henness Pass Turnpike and Toll Road and the Dutch Flat and Donner Lake Road.

In 1864, the Crystal Peak Company laid out a town on the site some two miles from Verdi’s present location.  The company owned mining and lumbering interests near the settlement then called Crystal Peak.

Verdi remained an active lumbering center into the twentieth century due to the exertion of men like Oliver Lonkey of the Verdi Lumber Company.  A fire in 1926, plus depletion of timber reserves, resulted in Verdi’s decline.

STATE HISTORICAL MARKER NO.  191

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE

NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN COLONISTS

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