Overton in Moapa Valley in Clark County, Nevada — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Pueblo Grande de Nevada

Lost City Museum

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 12, 1999

1. Pueblo Grande De Nevada Marker

The marker is located near the entrance to the Lost City Museum

Inscription. Existing today as a 30-mile series of adobe ruins, this “Lost City” was once the home of an ancient Anasazi Indian civilization. Beginning with the basketmakers (300 B.C.-A.D.700) & followed by the Pueblos (A.D.700-1150) this valley was inhabited by a sedentary population of Anasazi farmers. They grew corn, beans, squash and cotton on the valley floor. (The high ground was used for housing) Watered by the Muddy River which sources at Warm Springs, 25 miles north of here, living in pithouses and later, multi-room adobe pueblos, these people maintained a rich culture as manifest by archaeological records they left behind. The Lost City Museum was built in 1935 to preserve the remains of this great civilization which suddenly disappeared ca. A.D. 1150, possibly due to severe, widespread drought.

Erected by Lost City Museum.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1935.

Location. 36° 31.902′ N, 114° 26.448′ W. Marker is in Moapa Valley, Nevada, in Clark County. It is in Overton. Marker can be reached from South Pioneer Road (State Highway 169), on the right when traveling north. This sign is

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located outside the museum and is free to view. Admission to museum galleries is $5 for adults and free for members and children under 18 (as of March 1, 2020). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 721 S Moapa Valley Boulevard, Overton NV 89040, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Moapa Valley Pioneers (here, next to this marker); Lost City Museum (within shouting distance of this marker); Fay Perkins, Sr. (within shouting distance of this marker); Early Settlements in the Moapa Valley (approx. half a mile away); Overton (approx. 0.6 miles away); Pioneers (approx. 0.8 miles away); St. Thomas (approx. 5.4 miles away); Valley of Fire Behind the Camera (approx. 6.2 miles away).

Photographed By Trinket Troy, July 16, 2014

2. Pueblo Grande De Nevada Marker

Display Inside the Lost City Museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 12, 1999

3. Display Inside the Lost City Museum

Pueblo Grande De Nevada image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 12, 1999

4. Pueblo Grande De Nevada

Photo is of the Adobes near the Lost City Museum

View from one of the Adobes image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Trinket Troy, July 16, 2014

5. View from one of the Adobes

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 24, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 632 times since then and 25 times this year. Last updated on March 1, 2020, by Mary Beth Timm of Overton, Nevada. Photos: 1. submitted on December 24, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 2. submitted on January 15, 2015, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 3, 4. submitted on December 24, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 5. submitted on January 15, 2015, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.

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