Historical Markers of Carson City
 

  • HM 1 - Empire and Carson River Mills
  • HM 25 - Nevada's Capitol
  • HM 44 - Carson City
  • HM 70 - Bliss Mansion
  • HM 71 - Methodist Church of Carson City
  • HM 72 - Nevada State Children's Home
  • HM 75 - Government Building
  • HM 76 - Eagle Valley
  • HM 77 - Dat So La Lee
  • HM 78 - Orion Clemens Home
  • HM 91 - Stewart Indian School
  • HM 134 - Trans-Sierran Pioneer Flight
  • HM 175 - Stewart-Nye Residence
  • HM 179 - First Air Flights in Nevada
  • HM 180 - The Warm Springs Hotel
  • HM 181 - The Washo Indians
  • HM 193 - Historic Flume and Lumber Yard
  • HM 194 - Gardner's Ranch
  • HM 196 - The U.S. Mint of Carson City
  • HM 213 - Lakeview
  • HM 235 - Camp Nye
  • HM 243 - Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight
  • HM 250 - State Printing Building
  • HM 252 - Rinckel Mansion
  • HM 258 - Weather Observatory
  • HM 259 - The Governor's Mansion
  • Lakeview

    Location: North of Carson City
    Directions: Along I-580/US 395 on Lakeview Grade, 4 miles north of Carson City
    (Located at the Carson City/Washoe County Line)

    N39° 12' 28.6"   W119° 48' 10.6"

    Location: 1
    Visibility: 2
    Accessibility: 2
    Marker type: Metal
       

    Date Conquered: 7/30/07
    Nearest Intersection: Exit 42, Eastlake Blvd.
    Quick Description: A marker noting the water pipeline built to supply water to Virginia City.
    Signed: No -- This marker has never been signed. No signs exist today.

    Notice the green sign in the b.g. [213] sits a mere 300 feet from the Washoe County Line.

    Full Description:
    Exact description as reads ...

    As early as 1863, two hotels appartenant stables were located here. In 1872, one hotel became a station on the newly-completed Virginia and Truckee Railroad between Carson City and Reno.

    Crossing under the highway are three inverted siphon pipelines furnishing water from the Sierra Nevada watershed to Virginia and Carson Cities. Work was first undertaken in 1873 on the 76 mile box flume and pipeline system with the construction of a maintenance station here. The Virginia and Gold Hill Water Company's historic water-gathering and transportation complex immediately became world famous.

    As early as 1881, Lakeview became a lumber storage area for timber cut in the Lake Tahoe Basin. In 1887, shipping activity was accelerated as lumber was fed to the yard by a V-flume originating above present Incline Village. From here timber products were shipped to the Comstock mines and other points via V.& T. R.R. cars. Activity ceased in 1896.

    (Photo below)
    [213] Lakeview
    is another neglected marker. As seen below, thousands of commuters whiz on by this marker everyday without ever knowing it's here. (I know this only because of the many emails I receive every year.) The brunt of these emails are from locals who've lived in Carson and Washoe Valley their entire lives and have never seen this marker! Now there is no excuse. Happy hunting.

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    Fact #213: Hobart Reservoir, built in 1873, still supplies much of Virginia City and Gold Hill with its water.