Austin, mother town of mining camps, sprang into being after William Talcott discovered silver at this spot on May 2, 1862. Talcott came from Jacobsville, a stage stop six miles to the west on the Reese River, the first Lander County seat. He was . . . — — Map (db m14435) HM
On Lincoln Highway (U.S. 50), on the left when traveling west.
Austin Cemetery
1863
Has Been Placed On The
National Register
Of Historic Places
By The United States Department Of The Interior
& Austin Historical Society
2003 — — Map (db m89531) HM
On Highway 50 at 7th Street, on the left when traveling east on Highway 50.
St. George's Episcopal Church to the east was consecrated in 1878. The Reverend Blackiston swept the congregation with his enthusiasm and eloquence at Easter Service in 1877 to bring forth pledges including the building, retaining wall, pipe organ, . . . — — Map (db m14609) HM
Austin City Hall (1866) Has been placed on the National Register Of Historic Places By the United States Department of the Interior & Austin Historical Society 2003 — — Map (db m89469) HM
In 1880 the Nevada Central Railroad ended at Clifton, just below Austin. Due to exorbitant costs of moving freight to the mining district at the upper end of town, the Superintendent of the Manhattan Silver Mill would be instrumental in developing . . . — — Map (db m156883) HM
On Main Street (Lincoln Highway) (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling west.
Austin Masonic and Oddfellows Hall (1867)
Has Been Placed On The
National Register Of Historic Places By The United States
Department Of The Interior
& Austin Historical Society
2003 — — Map (db m89530) HM
On Court Street at Fifth Street, on the right when traveling north on Court Street.
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
& Austin Historical Society
2003 — — Map (db m69612) HM
"Went on up the canyon [Simpson Park] which is very wide and
not very steep... on going over the summit the descent was
more abrupt down into the valley... we came to the
Reasses [Reese] River" - Lumin A. Scott, Aug 25, 1859
For guidebook . . . — — Map (db m263656) HM
On U.S. 50 23 miles north of Nevada Route 722, on the right when traveling north.
Replacement Marker
Abundant grass and brush found near springs and intermittent streams in Edwards Creek Valley were important ecological areas for Native Americans. Shoshone Indians wandered seasonally to gather wild seeds and small . . . — — Map (db m67146) HM
About one mile northwest lies a natural pass between two low buttes which, prehistorically, the aborigines may have used as a site of ambushing migratory deer herds. Three petroglyph panels are located in this pass. Concerted, cooperative efforts of . . . — — Map (db m14615) HM
On Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
Built of lumber from the first International Hotel constructed in Virginia City.
David E. Buel built the hotel after being refused a free lot in Clifton at the mouth of the canyon below.
Buel, Frederick Baker, W.C. Harrington and John E. . . . — — Map (db m69613) HM
On U.S. 50 at milepost 17.5, on the right when traveling west.
Site of the town of Jacobsville is one-half mile north. Founded on the banks of the Reese River in 1859 by George Washington Jacobs who was the first sheriff of Lander County, farmer and businessman, it was the Overland Stage and Mail station and . . . — — Map (db m69649) HM
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
& Austin Historical Society
2003 — — Map (db m69610) HM
Near U.S. 50 22 miles west of Nevada Route 722, on the right when traveling west.
In 1861, the rocks composing the walls of this stage station and freighter stop were in neat rows and roofed with bundles of willow. It was one part of "Stagecoach King" John Butterfield's Overland Mail & Stage Company Road Systems, which at the . . . — — Map (db m67145) HM
The Pony Express Trail passed four miles north of Austin through Jacobsville, Simpson's Park and Dry Creek Station. During the Paiute Indian War the stations were burned and two station tenders at Dry Creek were killed and buried there.
. . . — — Map (db m14607) HM
On Main Street west of Virginia Hill, on the right when traveling west.
In 1860, a group of "businessmen" formed the Reese River Navigation Company. The company sent ads and posters back East that showed large streamers on the river towing ore barges up to Battle Mountain. Although nobody knows how the stock was sold, . . . — — Map (db m184153) HM
On Water Street at Reese Street, on the left when traveling east on Water Street.
This simple stone structure, opened to the public in late 1863, was originally operated as a general merchandise store by the firm of Gridley, Hobart and Jacobs. Gridley is best remembered for his 1864 wager which prompted the auctioning of a sack . . . — — Map (db m14612) HM
On Virginia Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling north on Virginia Street.
Standing on this prominent hill is St. Augustine, the oldest Catholic Church in Nevada built in 1866 and is known as the mother church that spawned other catholic churches in Nevada. The church was built from the local quarry and brickyard for . . . — — Map (db m14611) HM
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
& Austin Historical Society
2003 — — Map (db m69611) HM
On Main Street west of Virginia Hill, on the right when traveling west.
At the heart of every great legend there is a lie, an exaggeration, a falsehood, a distortion, a deception, a myth, or an untruth. Every skilled story teller is a weaver of little lies that form a tale that is worth retelling. Great writers like . . . — — Map (db m184151) HM
Started in the fall of 1896 and completed in June, 1897, by Ansom Phelps Stokes, mine developer, railroad magnate and member of a prominent eastern family, as a summer home for his sons, principally J.G. Phelps. After the castle (or the tower, as . . . — — Map (db m14436) HM
On Highway 50, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
The Federal Government historically has supported numerous surveys for the purpose of measuring the domain which extended, after 1848, to the Pacific. These surveys sought railway routes, military relationships, water transport and wagon roads. The . . . — — Map (db m69609) HM
On Nevada Route 376 0.4 miles south of U.S. 50, on the left when traveling south.
East of the summit, north of the highway, and under a basalt flow lies Toquima Cave. Red, white, and yellow aboriginal drawings (pictographs) decorate its walls.
Usually located near springs, as here, and on migratory big game trails, painted . . . — — Map (db m62126) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 50) at Virginia Hill, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Frances Williamson, a teacher, helped found and lead the Austin Equal Suffrage League and the Nevada Equal Suffrage Association in 1895. — — Map (db m213135) HM
