Historical Markers of Clark County & Las Vegas
Location: Southern Clark County, Henderson Directions: Along Lake Mead Parkway, 1/4 mile west of Lake Mead NRA entrance gate
N 36° 05.861 W 114° 54.277
Date Conquered: 3/15/09 Quick Description: A marker remembering a significant tale along Nevada's first route of commerce. Signed: No -- Historically, this marker was signed and there is no info as to what happened to it. (No signs exist today.) NOTES: Years ago, this location was probably ideal for this marker. However, Vegas' never-ending growth spurt has now put this marker on my list of most endangered markers in the system. In the last image below, notice the orange ribbon in the b.g. These are signs of yet another future housing development site. Don't be surprised if this marker is removed in the next few years. Only time will tell. Traffic flying by on the Lake Mead Parkway. Full Description: Exact description as reads ... Notice the different font style. This plaque was just recently replaced probably in the span of a year. On January 8, 1830, the first pack train to pass from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Los Angeles crossed Las Vegas Valley. Antonio Armijo, a Santa Fe merchant, commanded the train and its 30 drovers. The successful completion of the journey opened a trade route between the two Mexican provinces of New Mexico and California. Described as the "longest, crookedest, most arduous pack mule route in the history of America," Armijo's party brought manufactured goods to Los Angeles and returned driving herds of mules and horses. Later termed the Old Spanish Trail, this route was a principal means of reaching the Pacific Coast until the termination of the war with Mexico in 1848. Of the ten-odd thousand people who visit Lake Mead NRA every day, less than one percent will ever care to view this marker. The original OST runs through the grotto in the b.g.
NOTES: Years ago, this location was probably ideal for this marker. However, Vegas' never-ending growth spurt has now put this marker on my list of most endangered markers in the system. In the last image below, notice the orange ribbon in the b.g. These are signs of yet another future housing development site. Don't be surprised if this marker is removed in the next few years. Only time will tell. Traffic flying by on the Lake Mead Parkway. Full Description: Exact description as reads ... Notice the different font style. This plaque was just recently replaced probably in the span of a year. On January 8, 1830, the first pack train to pass from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Los Angeles crossed Las Vegas Valley. Antonio Armijo, a Santa Fe merchant, commanded the train and its 30 drovers. The successful completion of the journey opened a trade route between the two Mexican provinces of New Mexico and California. Described as the "longest, crookedest, most arduous pack mule route in the history of America," Armijo's party brought manufactured goods to Los Angeles and returned driving herds of mules and horses. Later termed the Old Spanish Trail, this route was a principal means of reaching the Pacific Coast until the termination of the war with Mexico in 1848. Of the ten-odd thousand people who visit Lake Mead NRA every day, less than one percent will ever care to view this marker. The original OST runs through the grotto in the b.g.
Full Description: Exact description as reads ... Notice the different font style. This plaque was just recently replaced probably in the span of a year. On January 8, 1830, the first pack train to pass from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Los Angeles crossed Las Vegas Valley. Antonio Armijo, a Santa Fe merchant, commanded the train and its 30 drovers. The successful completion of the journey opened a trade route between the two Mexican provinces of New Mexico and California. Described as the "longest, crookedest, most arduous pack mule route in the history of America," Armijo's party brought manufactured goods to Los Angeles and returned driving herds of mules and horses. Later termed the Old Spanish Trail, this route was a principal means of reaching the Pacific Coast until the termination of the war with Mexico in 1848. Of the ten-odd thousand people who visit Lake Mead NRA every day, less than one percent will ever care to view this marker. The original OST runs through the grotto in the b.g.
On January 8, 1830, the first pack train to pass from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Los Angeles crossed Las Vegas Valley. Antonio Armijo, a Santa Fe merchant, commanded the train and its 30 drovers. The successful completion of the journey opened a trade route between the two Mexican provinces of New Mexico and California. Described as the "longest, crookedest, most arduous pack mule route in the history of America," Armijo's party brought manufactured goods to Los Angeles and returned driving herds of mules and horses. Later termed the Old Spanish Trail, this route was a principal means of reaching the Pacific Coast until the termination of the war with Mexico in 1848. Of the ten-odd thousand people who visit Lake Mead NRA every day, less than one percent will ever care to view this marker. The original OST runs through the grotto in the b.g.
Described as the "longest, crookedest, most arduous pack mule route in the history of America," Armijo's party brought manufactured goods to Los Angeles and returned driving herds of mules and horses. Later termed the Old Spanish Trail, this route was a principal means of reaching the Pacific Coast until the termination of the war with Mexico in 1848. Of the ten-odd thousand people who visit Lake Mead NRA every day, less than one percent will ever care to view this marker. The original OST runs through the grotto in the b.g.
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