Genoa in Douglas County, Nevada — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Old Mormon Station
Photographed By Syd Whittle, July 25, 2009
1. Old Mormon Station Marker
Inscription.
Old Mormon Station. . The principle emigrant trail to California’s gold fields in the 1850’s passed about 50 yards east of here. In June, 1850, Hampton S. Beatie and Abner Blackburn, two Mormons from Salt Lake City, established Nevada’s first trading post a few yards from this marker. It was a roofless 20-by-60-foot log structure soon known as “Mormon Station.” Beatie and Blackburn obtained provisions from Placerville, Ca and traded them to emigrants in need who had just crossed the Forty Mile Desert east of Fallon, Nv. And who where about to take on the Sierra Nevada’s. In 1851, Col. John Reese, a Salt Lake City businessman led a wagon train of provisions into Carson Valley and established a larger “Mormon Station” in what is now Genoa. The present site subsequently became identified as the location of “Old Mormon Station.”, Dedicated October 31, 6008 (2003) , by Snowshoe Thompson Chapter No. 1827 , Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus , In Conjunction with the Carson Valley Historical Society.
The principle emigrant trail to California’s gold fields in the 1850’s passed about 50 yards east of here. In June, 1850, Hampton S. Beatie and Abner Blackburn, two Mormons from Salt Lake City, established Nevada’s first trading post a few yards from this marker. It was a roofless 20-by-60-foot log structure soon known as “Mormon Station.” Beatie and Blackburn obtained provisions from Placerville, Ca and traded them to emigrants in need who had just crossed the Forty Mile Desert east of Fallon, Nv. And who where about to take on the Sierra Nevada’s. In 1851, Col. John Reese, a Salt Lake City businessman led a wagon train of provisions into Carson Valley and established a larger “Mormon Station” in what is now Genoa. The present site subsequently became identified as the location of “Old Mormon Station.”
Dedicated October 31, 6008 (2003)
by Snowshoe Thompson Chapter No. 1827
Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus
In Conjunction with the Carson Valley Historical Society
Erected 2003 by Snowshoe Thompson Chapter No. 1827, E Clampus Vitus.
• Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the E Clampus Vitus series list. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1850.
Location. 39° 1.05′ N, 119° 50.29′ W. Marker is in Genoa, Nevada, in Douglas County. Marker is on Genoa Lakes Drive near Jacks Valley Road (Nevada Route 206). Genoa Lakes Country Club is located 1 mile north of Genoa on Jacks Valley Road and marker is located in front of the pond at the entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 Genoa Lakes Drive, Genoa NV 89411, United States of America. Touch for directions.
A second Mormon Station marker located at the Mormon Station State Historic Park. Click for more information.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 18, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 29, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,219 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 29, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona. 5, 6. submitted on July 10, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.