Monday, May 16, 2011

Washoe County Historical Markers

Nevada Historical Landmarks in Washoe County
{GPS Coordinates of Site Location}

4 - Junction House (First Settlement)
18 - Pyramid Lake
24 - Olinghouse
29 - Chinese in Nevada
*30 - Reno - [map] - {39.524233,-119.81235}
43 - Derby Diversion Dam
62 - Truckee River -- West
63 - Truckee River -- East
68 - Wadsworth
79 - Civil War Plot
81 - Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Tree
88 - Sparks
94 - The Winters Ranch (Rancho Del Sierra)
114 - Franktown
*128 - The Great Train Robbery - [map] - {39.51745,-119.98845}
148 - The Two Battles of Pyramid Lake
149 - High Rock Canyon
152 - Gerlach
166 - Bowers Mansion
169 - Glendale School
189 - Southern Pacific Railroad Yards
*191 - Verdi - [map] - {39.51588,-119.9939}
198 - Steamboat Springs
*210 - Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad Depot - [map] - {39.53098,-119.80947}
211 - Old Geiger Grade (In Canyon Below)
212 - Galena
218 - Geiger Station (Magnolia House)
220 - The Fight of the Century
221 - Sand Harbor
*227 - Lake Mansion - [map] - {39.52267,-119.81607}
230 - Mount Rose Weather Observatory
234 - Moana Springs
238 - Huffaker's
240 - Coney Island
*245 - Frederick Joseph DeLongchamps - [map] - {39.524833,-119.8122}
246 - The Great Incline of the Sierra Nevada
*247 - Site of Nevada's First Public Library - [map] - {39.524817,-119.81225}
248 - Virginia & Truckee Railroad Right of Way
253 - Emigrant-Donner Camp
256 - Historic Transportation...
265 - Governor Emmet Derby Boyle
267 - Galena Creek Fish Hatchery

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