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 Eagle Valley Posted by:  brwhiz
N 39° 07.491 W 119° 46.050
11S E 260759 N 4334278
Nevada State Historical Marker No. 76 is located on the southwest corner of Ross Gold Park at the intersection of Snyder Avenue and Appian Way.
Waymark Code: WMF8DP
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2012
Views: 7
This Historical Marker honors Eagle Valley as a prime location for early travel routes.
Marker Title (required): Eagle Valley
Marker Number (If official State Marker from NV SHPO website above, otherwise leave blank): 76
Marker Text (required):
Centrally located between one of the first Nevada settlements at Genoa and the gold and silver of the Comstock Lode, Eagle Valley, site of present Carson City, was a vital link in land communications.
One of the key California emigrant routes, the Carson branch of the California emigrant Trail crossed the Sierra Nevada at Kit Carson Pass and came through Eagle Valley roughly along Sage Drive, a block east of this point.
The first overland telegraph, colloquially known as Fred Bee’s “Grapevine,” was completed from Placerville to Carson City in 1859. In this area, it followed what is now highway U.S. 395. The Pony Express (1860-1861) and the Butterfield-Wells-Fargo Overland Stages (1862-1868) followed the same route.
The Virginia & Truckee Railway in its extension to Carson Valley and Minden in 1906 used the route of Bigelow Drive six blocks east
County (required): Carson City
Marker Type (required): Full Size (with blue painted mesh)
Other Marker Type (optional): None
Is Marker Damaged? (required): No
Other Damage Type (optional): None
URL - Website (optional): [Web Link]
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