Historical Markers of Clark County & Las Vegas
Location: Central Clark County, North Las Vegas Directions: In Floyd Lamb State Park, 2 miles east of US 95 - North Las Vegas (Access via north on Durango Rd, then east on Brent Lane)
N 35° 00.855 W 114° 39.710
Date Conquered: 3/15/09 Quick Description: A unique marker recognizing the evidence of man before 11,000 B.C. Signed: No -- Historically, this marker was never signed. (No signs exist today.) NOTES: Like all Nevada State Parks, please keep in mind that a fee is required to enter Floyd Lamb. Here in Clark County, the fees are stiff and enforced! IF the booth is being tended (which it almost always is at Floyd Lamb), tell the ranger that you're only here to, "view the marker by the pond." If the rangers still refuse, save yourself the trouble and come here about 30 minutes before closing. Why? I'll refrain from spoiling the surprise... Full Description: Exact description as reads ... Tule Springs is one of the few sites in the U.S. where evidence suggest the presence of man before 11,000 B.C. Scientific evidence shows this area, once covered with sagebrush and bordered with yellow-pine forests, had many springs. These springs were centers of activity for both big game animals and human predators. Evidence found at these fossil springs shows the presence, 14,000 to 11,000 years ago, of several extinct animals--the ground sloth, mammoth, prehistoric horse and American camel. The first Nevada record of the extinct giant condor comes from Tule Springs. Early man, perhaps living in the valley as early as 13,000 years ago and definitely present 11,000 years ago, was a hunter of the big game. Small populations of Desert Culture people, about 7,000 years ago to the historic period, depended upon vegetable foods and small game for subsistence. Late Pleistocene geological stratigraphy in few other areas is as complete and well known. Another stop in an urban park. At least this park has thousands of years worth of history in the air. One of Nevada's oldest settlements now sits covered by sod and shade trees.
NOTES: Like all Nevada State Parks, please keep in mind that a fee is required to enter Floyd Lamb. Here in Clark County, the fees are stiff and enforced! IF the booth is being tended (which it almost always is at Floyd Lamb), tell the ranger that you're only here to, "view the marker by the pond." If the rangers still refuse, save yourself the trouble and come here about 30 minutes before closing. Why? I'll refrain from spoiling the surprise... Full Description: Exact description as reads ... Tule Springs is one of the few sites in the U.S. where evidence suggest the presence of man before 11,000 B.C. Scientific evidence shows this area, once covered with sagebrush and bordered with yellow-pine forests, had many springs. These springs were centers of activity for both big game animals and human predators. Evidence found at these fossil springs shows the presence, 14,000 to 11,000 years ago, of several extinct animals--the ground sloth, mammoth, prehistoric horse and American camel. The first Nevada record of the extinct giant condor comes from Tule Springs. Early man, perhaps living in the valley as early as 13,000 years ago and definitely present 11,000 years ago, was a hunter of the big game. Small populations of Desert Culture people, about 7,000 years ago to the historic period, depended upon vegetable foods and small game for subsistence. Late Pleistocene geological stratigraphy in few other areas is as complete and well known. Another stop in an urban park. At least this park has thousands of years worth of history in the air. One of Nevada's oldest settlements now sits covered by sod and shade trees.
Full Description: Exact description as reads ... Tule Springs is one of the few sites in the U.S. where evidence suggest the presence of man before 11,000 B.C. Scientific evidence shows this area, once covered with sagebrush and bordered with yellow-pine forests, had many springs. These springs were centers of activity for both big game animals and human predators. Evidence found at these fossil springs shows the presence, 14,000 to 11,000 years ago, of several extinct animals--the ground sloth, mammoth, prehistoric horse and American camel. The first Nevada record of the extinct giant condor comes from Tule Springs. Early man, perhaps living in the valley as early as 13,000 years ago and definitely present 11,000 years ago, was a hunter of the big game. Small populations of Desert Culture people, about 7,000 years ago to the historic period, depended upon vegetable foods and small game for subsistence. Late Pleistocene geological stratigraphy in few other areas is as complete and well known. Another stop in an urban park. At least this park has thousands of years worth of history in the air. One of Nevada's oldest settlements now sits covered by sod and shade trees.
Tule Springs is one of the few sites in the U.S. where evidence suggest the presence of man before 11,000 B.C. Scientific evidence shows this area, once covered with sagebrush and bordered with yellow-pine forests, had many springs. These springs were centers of activity for both big game animals and human predators. Evidence found at these fossil springs shows the presence, 14,000 to 11,000 years ago, of several extinct animals--the ground sloth, mammoth, prehistoric horse and American camel. The first Nevada record of the extinct giant condor comes from Tule Springs. Early man, perhaps living in the valley as early as 13,000 years ago and definitely present 11,000 years ago, was a hunter of the big game. Small populations of Desert Culture people, about 7,000 years ago to the historic period, depended upon vegetable foods and small game for subsistence. Late Pleistocene geological stratigraphy in few other areas is as complete and well known. Another stop in an urban park. At least this park has thousands of years worth of history in the air. One of Nevada's oldest settlements now sits covered by sod and shade trees.
Scientific evidence shows this area, once covered with sagebrush and bordered with yellow-pine forests, had many springs. These springs were centers of activity for both big game animals and human predators. Evidence found at these fossil springs shows the presence, 14,000 to 11,000 years ago, of several extinct animals--the ground sloth, mammoth, prehistoric horse and American camel. The first Nevada record of the extinct giant condor comes from Tule Springs. Early man, perhaps living in the valley as early as 13,000 years ago and definitely present 11,000 years ago, was a hunter of the big game. Small populations of Desert Culture people, about 7,000 years ago to the historic period, depended upon vegetable foods and small game for subsistence. Late Pleistocene geological stratigraphy in few other areas is as complete and well known. Another stop in an urban park. At least this park has thousands of years worth of history in the air. One of Nevada's oldest settlements now sits covered by sod and shade trees.
Early man, perhaps living in the valley as early as 13,000 years ago and definitely present 11,000 years ago, was a hunter of the big game. Small populations of Desert Culture people, about 7,000 years ago to the historic period, depended upon vegetable foods and small game for subsistence. Late Pleistocene geological stratigraphy in few other areas is as complete and well known. Another stop in an urban park. At least this park has thousands of years worth of history in the air. One of Nevada's oldest settlements now sits covered by sod and shade trees.
Small populations of Desert Culture people, about 7,000 years ago to the historic period, depended upon vegetable foods and small game for subsistence. Late Pleistocene geological stratigraphy in few other areas is as complete and well known. Another stop in an urban park. At least this park has thousands of years worth of history in the air. One of Nevada's oldest settlements now sits covered by sod and shade trees.
Late Pleistocene geological stratigraphy in few other areas is as complete and well known. Another stop in an urban park. At least this park has thousands of years worth of history in the air. One of Nevada's oldest settlements now sits covered by sod and shade trees.
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