Near Blue Diamond in Clark County, Nevada — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Spring Mountain Ranch

Photographed by Melissa H Spease, August 30, 2022

1. Spring Mountain Ranch Marker

Inscription. James B. Wilson, a gold miner and veteran of the Civil war, arrived in southern Nevada in 1869. He first started a ranch near the original Las Vegas Rancho, but sold that property. In 1876 he homesteaded the Sandstone Ranch on this location with George Anderson. Anderson later left, but his sons stayed behind and were later adopted by Wilson. They raised vegetables and cattle during this period. Upon Wilson's death in 1906, Jim Jr. and Tweed Wilson inherited the ranch. Later owners included Willard George, a childhood friend of the Wilson boys and a relative of the Kiel family, who also was a celebrated furrier in Hollywood and raised chinchillas on the ranch. Radio star Chet Lauck, “Lum” of the popular, “Lum and Abner”, radio show, who turned the ranch into a horse ranch with his good friend Don Ameche. German Baroness Vera Krupp, who changed the name to Spring Mountain Ranch, and famed tycoon, aviator, producer and inventor, Howard Huges. The Nevada division of state parks purched the ranch in 1974 from buisness man Fletcher Jones when he proposed to develop the property into a private equestrian-themed community.

Erected 2015

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by The Queho Posse Chapter 1919.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Animals • Entertainment • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1869.

Location. 36° 4.185′ N, 115° 27.525′ W. Marker is near Blue Diamond, Nevada, in Clark County. It can be reached from Charleston Boulevard (Nevada Route 159). This park has an entrance fee, the marker is just off the parking lot within the park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6375 Hwy 159, Las Vegas NV 89161, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Mojave Desert

and in Greater Las Vegas.

It is also in the American Southwest

and in the 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 Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Old Spanish Trail (approx. 3.3 miles away); a different marker also named The Old Spanish Trail

Photographed by Melissa H Spease, August 30, 2022

2. Spring Mountain Ranch Marker

(approx. 4.4 miles away); a different marker also named Old Spanish Trail (approx. 5 miles away); Potosi (approx. 5 miles away); Agave Roast (approx. 6.6 miles away); Rock Impressions (approx. 6.6 miles away); Signs of the Past (approx. 6.8 miles away); Outlaws and Horse Thieves on the Old Spanish Trail (approx. 11.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blue Diamond.

Photographed by Melissa H Spease, August 30/2022B

3. Spring Mountain Ranch Marker

Back side of the marker.

Photographed by Melissa H Spease, August 30, 2022

4. Spring Mountain Ranch Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 21, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 1, 2022, by Melissa H Spease of Las Vegas, Nevada. This page has been viewed 785 times since then and 70 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 1, 2022, by Melissa H Spease of Las Vegas, Nevada. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.