Lovelock in Churchill County, Nevada — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Truckee Trail - Forks of the Trail
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H.R.R. 12 - Site of the Last Sulpherous Water on West Humboldt
Photographed by Marc Belanger, December 29, 2024
1. Truckee Trail - Forks of the Trail side of marker
Truckee Trail - Forks of the Trail
"Continued along a slue to the foot of a small hill. Here the roads fork, the left hand being the Carson Route, the right the Truckee...Bidding adieu to the Humboldt & sink passed up the hill to the right." - D.B. Andrews, Aug 4, 1852
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Trails West, Inc. P.O. Box 12045 Reno, NV 89510
Emigrant Trail-Humboldt River Route
Marker no. H.R.R. 12- Site of last
sulpherous water on West Humboldt Branch.
Road split here for Carson or Truckee routes.
Erected 2000 by Trails West, Inc. (Marker Number T-1/HRR-12.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the California Trail, and the Truckee Trail series lists.
Location. 39° 57.367′ N, 118° 41.364′ W. Marker is in Lovelock, Nevada, in Churchill County. It is on Truckee Trail. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lovelock NV 89419, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Northern Nevada.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 16 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: People of the Humboldt (approx. 3.4 miles away); A Home of Early Man (approx. 3.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Traveling Through Hell (approx. 3.4 miles away); About Your Journey ... (approx. 3.4 miles away); Forty Mile Desert (approx. 3.4 miles away); Truckee Trail - Forty Mile Desert (approx. 3.7 miles away); California Trail - Granite Point / H.R.R-9 - West Branch of California Trail (approx. 11 miles away); California Trail - Leaving Big Meadows (approx. 15.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lovelock.
Photographed by Marc Belanger, December 29, 2024
2. H.R.R. 12 - Site of the Last Sulpherous Water on West Humboldt Branch side of marker
Photographed by Marc Belanger, December 29, 2024
3. Marker location next to railroad.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 4, 2025, by Marc Belanger of Reno, Nevada. This page has been viewed 312 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 4, 2025, by Marc Belanger of Reno, Nevada. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
