Historical Markers of Clark County & Las Vegas
Location: Eastern Clark County, Moapa Valley Directions: Along SR 169, 2 miles south of Overton
N 36° 31.080 W 114° 25.581
Date Conquered: 3/16/09 Quick Description: A unique marker remembering "the Lost City", one of the earliest Indian civilizations in North America Signed: Yes -- Signed on both lanes of SR 169. Full Description: Exact description as reads ... Indians of a highly developed civilization lived throughout Moapa Valley from 300-1100 A.D. Several hundred ancient pithouses, campsites, rockshelters, salt mines and caves of Anasazi people make up what is commonly known as "Lost City." These people cultivated corn, beans and squash in fields irrigated by river water. They also gathered wild seeds and fruits and hunted widely for deer, antelope, desert bighorn sheep, small mammals and birds. They wove fine cotton cloth, fired beautifully painted and textured pottery and mined and traded salt and turquoise to coastal tribes for seashells. Early dwellings were circular pithouses below ground; later dwellings above ground were single-story adobes having up to 100 rooms. Lake Mead, created by Hoover Dam, flooded the most intensively developed portion of Lost City. About four miles directly behind this marker lies the exact site of 'The Lost City', one of North America's earliest civilizations. Lucky us that it lies on Nevada soil!
Full Description: Exact description as reads ... Indians of a highly developed civilization lived throughout Moapa Valley from 300-1100 A.D. Several hundred ancient pithouses, campsites, rockshelters, salt mines and caves of Anasazi people make up what is commonly known as "Lost City." These people cultivated corn, beans and squash in fields irrigated by river water. They also gathered wild seeds and fruits and hunted widely for deer, antelope, desert bighorn sheep, small mammals and birds. They wove fine cotton cloth, fired beautifully painted and textured pottery and mined and traded salt and turquoise to coastal tribes for seashells. Early dwellings were circular pithouses below ground; later dwellings above ground were single-story adobes having up to 100 rooms. Lake Mead, created by Hoover Dam, flooded the most intensively developed portion of Lost City. About four miles directly behind this marker lies the exact site of 'The Lost City', one of North America's earliest civilizations. Lucky us that it lies on Nevada soil!
Indians of a highly developed civilization lived throughout Moapa Valley from 300-1100 A.D. Several hundred ancient pithouses, campsites, rockshelters, salt mines and caves of Anasazi people make up what is commonly known as "Lost City." These people cultivated corn, beans and squash in fields irrigated by river water. They also gathered wild seeds and fruits and hunted widely for deer, antelope, desert bighorn sheep, small mammals and birds. They wove fine cotton cloth, fired beautifully painted and textured pottery and mined and traded salt and turquoise to coastal tribes for seashells. Early dwellings were circular pithouses below ground; later dwellings above ground were single-story adobes having up to 100 rooms. Lake Mead, created by Hoover Dam, flooded the most intensively developed portion of Lost City. About four miles directly behind this marker lies the exact site of 'The Lost City', one of North America's earliest civilizations. Lucky us that it lies on Nevada soil!
Lake Mead, created by Hoover Dam, flooded the most intensively developed portion of Lost City. About four miles directly behind this marker lies the exact site of 'The Lost City', one of North America's earliest civilizations. Lucky us that it lies on Nevada soil!
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