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
Nevada Landmarks Home Page
*HM 243*
-- Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight --
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Location: Carson City
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Date Conquered: 6/18/07
Nearest Intersection: Roop St.
Quick Description: A unique marker commemorating Nevada's first world championship prizefight.
Signed: No -- Historically, this marker was never signed.
NOTES: Musser and Harbin is a highly residential area that is out Carson's main "tourist row." Please take care not to disturb this quiet neighborhood.
Full Description:
#243 sat right in front of the Sheriff's Office. Sounds innocent enough, right?...
On March 17, 1897, at an arena located on this site, Carson City played host to Nevada's first world championship prizefight, a fourteen-round thriller in which the reigning heavyweight titlist, James J. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, was dethroned by Robert Fitzsimmons. The Nevada Legislature had only recently legalized prizefighting and the match became the object of scathing criticism from the press and pulpit of other states, but fight fans by the thousands came in. Promoter Dan Stuart put on a clean show and demonstrated that boxing need not be brutal or crooked. Other states were soon to liberalize their own prizefight laws and the sport began to assume a degree of respectability it had not enjoyed in the past. In later years, Nevada was to be the scene of several other world championship fights.
