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Battle Mountain in Lander County, Nevada — The American Mountains (Southwest)
 

Votes for Women

Road to the 19th Amendment

— National Votes for Women Trail —

 
 
Votes for Women Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Joanne Goodwin, June 25, 2020
1. Votes for Women Marker
Inscription. The first conference for woman suffrage in Nevada was held at the Capitol Hotel on July 4, 1870 near this site.
 
Erected 2021 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 5.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil RightsWomen. In addition, it is included in the National Votes for Women Trail, and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is July 4, 1870.
 
Location. 40° 38.54′ N, 116° 56.066′ W. Marker is in Battle Mountain, Nevada, in Lander County. It is at the intersection of East Front Street (Nevada Route 304) and South Broad Street ( Route 305), on the right when traveling west on East Front Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 23 E Front St, Battle Mountain NV 89820, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in andspecifically he Northern Nevada in Central Nevada. 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
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New Spain and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 2 other markers are within 15 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Battle Mountain (within shouting distance of this marker); Valmy (approx. 14.4 miles away).
 
More about this marker. This marker is part of the national Votes for Women Trail a project of the National Collaborative of Women's History Sites.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 23, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 29, 2022, by Joanne Goodwin of Las Vegas, Nevada. This page has been viewed 359 times since then and 15 times this year. Last updated on May 21, 2023, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photo   1. submitted on December 29, 2022, by Joanne Goodwin of Las Vegas, Nevada. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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