Reno in Washoe County, Nevada — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Site of Reno Air Mail Field
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, May 24, 2015
1. Site of Reno Air Mail Field Marker
Reno Air Mail Field
Operated by
United States Post Office Dept.
Trans–Continental
Air Mail Service
The First Scheduled Mail – Plane
Landed Here
September 9, 1920
Erected by Air Mail Pioneers Inc.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Communications. In addition, it is included in the Postal Mail and Philately series list. A significant historical date for this entry is September 9, 1920.
Location. 39° 29.889′ N, 119° 48.766′ W. Marker is in Reno, Nevada, in Washoe County. It is on Plumas St, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Reno NV 89509, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Sierra Nevada and in the Lake Tahoe Basin. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Historical Route - Emigrant Trail (here, next to this marker); Moana Springs (approx. 0.8 miles away); Veterans of Foreign Wars Historical Building (approx. 0.9 miles away); Junction House (approx. 1.1 miles away); Virginia & Truckee Railroad Right of Way (approx. 1.3 miles away); Ioannis A. Lougaris VA Medical Center (approx. 1.4 miles away); Emigrant Trail--Truckee River Route
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Other markers no longer nearby. Virginia & Truckee Railroad Right of Way (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); "People thought I was crazy." (was approx. 1.6 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, May 24, 2015
2. Site of Reno Air Mail Field Marker
Marker resides next to an emigrant trail historical marker.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, May 24, 2015
3. Site of Reno Air Mail Field - Looking at Washoe County Golf Course in the distance
No trace of the former air field remains. The property it once resided at is currently home to the Washoe County Golf Course.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 20, 2020. It was originally submitted on February 5, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 691 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 5, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
