Historical Markers and War Memorials in Verdi, Nevada
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Verdi is in Washoe County
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On Bridge Street west of Lakeview Drive, on the right when traveling north.
In 1860, the first bridge, known as O’Neils Crossing, was built at this site. In August 1867, the Crystal Peak Toll Bridge and Road Company was formed by J.P. Foulks and M.J. Smith. The toll bridge charged lumber wagons, stage lines and local . . . — — Map (db m66020) HM
On Henness Pass Road, on the left when traveling west.
The Henness Pass Road was a major immigrant trail from the Truckee Meadows to the California gold fields. In the 1850's it was improved and became a toll road. In 1860 Felix O'Neil built a bridge over the Truckee River, east of this place and near . . . — — Map (db m94297) HM
On Bridge Street, on the left when traveling north.
This site was the last natural crossing of the Truckee River before the Henness Pass Road began its climb over the Sierras. In 1860, Felix O’Neill had the first station on the river, while D.M. Bull operated a stage stop at the foot of Dog Valley . . . — — Map (db m231065) HM
On 2nd Street west of Bridge Street, on the left when traveling west.
The Inyo Marble Works was erected on this site in 1890 by San Francisco financiers. The rough marble was cut and polished into columns and slabs using cheap water power from the Truckee River. The finished product was shipped by rail to California . . . — — Map (db m167878) HM
On Henness Pass Road, on the left when traveling west.
You are standing at a crossroads of human history that goes back to the time of the mammoth hunters. This passage over the Sierra Nevada was a key route for Native Americans, mountain men, wagon-train pioneers, miners, stage coaches and travelers . . . — — Map (db m94301) HM
On South Verdi Road at Bridge Street, on the left when traveling east on South Verdi Road.
The West’s first train robbery occurred near this site on the night of November 4, 1870. Five men, led by a stage robber–Sunday school superintendent, John Chapman, boarded the Central Pacific Overland Express at Verdi, Nevada. Two took over . . . — — Map (db m66022) HM
These are the first Lincoln Highway bridge rails ever built on the nation's first transcontinental highway. The Abraham Lincoln Highway ran from Times Square, New York, to Lincoln Park in San Francisco, during 1913-1927.
Towns all across the . . . — — Map (db m67269) HM
On Henness Pass Road, on the left when traveling west.
In 1864, the town of Crystal was laid out by the Crystal Peak Company west of this spot in order to prospect for gold in the rich quartz deposits that gave the peak its name. The miners were disappointed that the quartz deposits of Crystal Peak . . . — — Map (db m94302) HM
On Interstate 80, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
In prehistoric and early historic times, the Truckee Valley in the vicinity of Verdi, was occupied by the Washoe Indians. Their camps were on these flats near the river. Many fish blinds were located nearby for their use in this important . . . — — Map (db m238337) HM
"Drove over a hill and came through a most beautiful pine forest to the [Truckee] river and crossed it for the last - 27th time. Camped on the opposite side by a spring." - Joseph Curtis Buffum, Aug 7, 1849 — — Map (db m149990) HM
On Henness Pass Road, on the left when traveling west.
In 1844 the Townsend-Stephens-Murphy Party became the first wagon train to reach California over the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Their rugged route through the Truckee River Canyon was hazardous to the pioneers and their animals, so in 1845 . . . — — Map (db m94298) HM
On 3rd Street at Crystal Peak Park Road, on the left when traveling west on 3rd Street.
Modern Verdi came into being with the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad through Nevada in 1867-’69. It became a major mill town and terminal for shipment of ties and construction timbers with a network of logging railways reaching into . . . — — Map (db m66021) HM
Near Dog Valley Road, on the left when traveling east.
Dedicated to those galant (sic) Americans who
Served in the Armed Forces of America
during our time of trial.
Presented by Verdi Nevada Post #10053
Veterans of Foreign Wars
June, 2001
Russell Mattfeldt – Commander
James E. Inman - . . . — — Map (db m66019) WM
On Dog Valley Road (Henness Pass Road), on the left when traveling west.
This cast iron obelisk was one of only four such monuments set by Allexey Von Schmidt during his survey of the California Nevada boundary in 1872-73. It was intended to mark a point on the 120th meridian, the border line between the two states north . . . — — Map (db m94295) HM