- UPDATE - ~ Sadly, after a recent visit as in 2010, I found this marker to be missing in action! The photos you see on this page were a result of my conquering in 2007. Please read the full story behind this marker's disappearance below.
Historical Markers of Douglas County
Location: Northern Douglas County, Carson Valley Directions: Along US 395 at the Carson River bridge, 9 miles south of Carson City
N39° 02' 48.3" W119° 46' 48.4"
Date Conquered: 8/24/07 Quick Description: A marker commemorating a stage stop and historic bridge over the Carson River. Signed: Yes -- Signed only on southbound lane of US 395. Full Description: Exact description as reads ... The remains of Cradlebraugh Bridge, built in 1881 by William Cradlebraugh, stand 1/4 mile westward. This bridge shortened the distance from Carson City to Aurora in the then booming Esmeralda mining district. There were two routes from Carson City south to the bridge where they joined, crossed the river, and headed into the desert. One followed the west side of the Carson River: the foothill alternate went via Jacks Valley and the old John James Ranch, then around the hill to the bridge. Five miles south of Cradlebraugh Bridge the road passed Desert Station, a lively hostelry, and beyond, the Twelve Mile House enroute to Esmeralda. The road and bridge were purchased by Douglas County in 1895, for $5,000. Looking westward to the Carson Range. Look's like snow's on the forecast!Photo taken April 2007. -- Conquered, 'Late Removal' -- Date of Disappearance: 05/2010 I will admit. This is one of the last markers I would expect to go MIA. #123 has been "at risk" for over a decade, yet somehow still hung on at the south end of the Carson River bridge along 395. Unfortunately, like many state MIA's, nobody really knows what happened to this recent MIA. This marker sat right on the boundary fence to the Ambrosetti Pond Ranch, and I believe it is highly unlikely to place blame on anybody but NDOT. Why? The date of disappearance occurred within a two week period when the state of Nevada allowed a meager amount of money to be given to maintaining the markers. Within these two weeks, an estimated thirty three markers suddenly went MIA because NDOT removed the markers to reface them. Fortunately, most of these markers were expediently replaced within a few weeks. As it would seem, I suspect #123 was one of the few markers that was never replaced. It is in my opinion that #123 required no maintenance done to it whatsoever! Dozens of other markers deserved drastic makeovers and #123 happened to fall into the category? As one crosses the Carson River on 395, there is a sad, lingering emptiness where this marker used to be. Unless this marker is re-erected, few if any people will ever know about the old bridge that sits out of sight, and out of access, on Ambrosetti's Ranch. Many will lose any indication of yet another chapter in Nevada's history, lost because of oversight. All that remains of Marker 123. More information will be updated once I locate the whereabouts of this marker. Until then, if you happen to find out any information in regards to this case, please let me know so I can update this information with full credit given to you!
Full Description: Exact description as reads ... The remains of Cradlebraugh Bridge, built in 1881 by William Cradlebraugh, stand 1/4 mile westward. This bridge shortened the distance from Carson City to Aurora in the then booming Esmeralda mining district. There were two routes from Carson City south to the bridge where they joined, crossed the river, and headed into the desert. One followed the west side of the Carson River: the foothill alternate went via Jacks Valley and the old John James Ranch, then around the hill to the bridge. Five miles south of Cradlebraugh Bridge the road passed Desert Station, a lively hostelry, and beyond, the Twelve Mile House enroute to Esmeralda. The road and bridge were purchased by Douglas County in 1895, for $5,000. Looking westward to the Carson Range. Look's like snow's on the forecast!Photo taken April 2007. -- Conquered, 'Late Removal' -- Date of Disappearance: 05/2010 I will admit. This is one of the last markers I would expect to go MIA. #123 has been "at risk" for over a decade, yet somehow still hung on at the south end of the Carson River bridge along 395. Unfortunately, like many state MIA's, nobody really knows what happened to this recent MIA. This marker sat right on the boundary fence to the Ambrosetti Pond Ranch, and I believe it is highly unlikely to place blame on anybody but NDOT. Why? The date of disappearance occurred within a two week period when the state of Nevada allowed a meager amount of money to be given to maintaining the markers. Within these two weeks, an estimated thirty three markers suddenly went MIA because NDOT removed the markers to reface them. Fortunately, most of these markers were expediently replaced within a few weeks. As it would seem, I suspect #123 was one of the few markers that was never replaced. It is in my opinion that #123 required no maintenance done to it whatsoever! Dozens of other markers deserved drastic makeovers and #123 happened to fall into the category? As one crosses the Carson River on 395, there is a sad, lingering emptiness where this marker used to be. Unless this marker is re-erected, few if any people will ever know about the old bridge that sits out of sight, and out of access, on Ambrosetti's Ranch. Many will lose any indication of yet another chapter in Nevada's history, lost because of oversight. All that remains of Marker 123. More information will be updated once I locate the whereabouts of this marker. Until then, if you happen to find out any information in regards to this case, please let me know so I can update this information with full credit given to you!
The remains of Cradlebraugh Bridge, built in 1881 by William Cradlebraugh, stand 1/4 mile westward. This bridge shortened the distance from Carson City to Aurora in the then booming Esmeralda mining district. There were two routes from Carson City south to the bridge where they joined, crossed the river, and headed into the desert. One followed the west side of the Carson River: the foothill alternate went via Jacks Valley and the old John James Ranch, then around the hill to the bridge. Five miles south of Cradlebraugh Bridge the road passed Desert Station, a lively hostelry, and beyond, the Twelve Mile House enroute to Esmeralda. The road and bridge were purchased by Douglas County in 1895, for $5,000. Looking westward to the Carson Range. Look's like snow's on the forecast!Photo taken April 2007. -- Conquered, 'Late Removal' -- Date of Disappearance: 05/2010 I will admit. This is one of the last markers I would expect to go MIA. #123 has been "at risk" for over a decade, yet somehow still hung on at the south end of the Carson River bridge along 395. Unfortunately, like many state MIA's, nobody really knows what happened to this recent MIA. This marker sat right on the boundary fence to the Ambrosetti Pond Ranch, and I believe it is highly unlikely to place blame on anybody but NDOT. Why? The date of disappearance occurred within a two week period when the state of Nevada allowed a meager amount of money to be given to maintaining the markers. Within these two weeks, an estimated thirty three markers suddenly went MIA because NDOT removed the markers to reface them. Fortunately, most of these markers were expediently replaced within a few weeks. As it would seem, I suspect #123 was one of the few markers that was never replaced. It is in my opinion that #123 required no maintenance done to it whatsoever! Dozens of other markers deserved drastic makeovers and #123 happened to fall into the category? As one crosses the Carson River on 395, there is a sad, lingering emptiness where this marker used to be. Unless this marker is re-erected, few if any people will ever know about the old bridge that sits out of sight, and out of access, on Ambrosetti's Ranch. Many will lose any indication of yet another chapter in Nevada's history, lost because of oversight. All that remains of Marker 123. More information will be updated once I locate the whereabouts of this marker. Until then, if you happen to find out any information in regards to this case, please let me know so I can update this information with full credit given to you!
There were two routes from Carson City south to the bridge where they joined, crossed the river, and headed into the desert. One followed the west side of the Carson River: the foothill alternate went via Jacks Valley and the old John James Ranch, then around the hill to the bridge. Five miles south of Cradlebraugh Bridge the road passed Desert Station, a lively hostelry, and beyond, the Twelve Mile House enroute to Esmeralda. The road and bridge were purchased by Douglas County in 1895, for $5,000. Looking westward to the Carson Range. Look's like snow's on the forecast!Photo taken April 2007. -- Conquered, 'Late Removal' -- Date of Disappearance: 05/2010 I will admit. This is one of the last markers I would expect to go MIA. #123 has been "at risk" for over a decade, yet somehow still hung on at the south end of the Carson River bridge along 395. Unfortunately, like many state MIA's, nobody really knows what happened to this recent MIA. This marker sat right on the boundary fence to the Ambrosetti Pond Ranch, and I believe it is highly unlikely to place blame on anybody but NDOT. Why? The date of disappearance occurred within a two week period when the state of Nevada allowed a meager amount of money to be given to maintaining the markers. Within these two weeks, an estimated thirty three markers suddenly went MIA because NDOT removed the markers to reface them. Fortunately, most of these markers were expediently replaced within a few weeks. As it would seem, I suspect #123 was one of the few markers that was never replaced. It is in my opinion that #123 required no maintenance done to it whatsoever! Dozens of other markers deserved drastic makeovers and #123 happened to fall into the category? As one crosses the Carson River on 395, there is a sad, lingering emptiness where this marker used to be. Unless this marker is re-erected, few if any people will ever know about the old bridge that sits out of sight, and out of access, on Ambrosetti's Ranch. Many will lose any indication of yet another chapter in Nevada's history, lost because of oversight. All that remains of Marker 123. More information will be updated once I locate the whereabouts of this marker. Until then, if you happen to find out any information in regards to this case, please let me know so I can update this information with full credit given to you!
The road and bridge were purchased by Douglas County in 1895, for $5,000. Looking westward to the Carson Range. Look's like snow's on the forecast!Photo taken April 2007. -- Conquered, 'Late Removal' -- Date of Disappearance: 05/2010 I will admit. This is one of the last markers I would expect to go MIA. #123 has been "at risk" for over a decade, yet somehow still hung on at the south end of the Carson River bridge along 395. Unfortunately, like many state MIA's, nobody really knows what happened to this recent MIA. This marker sat right on the boundary fence to the Ambrosetti Pond Ranch, and I believe it is highly unlikely to place blame on anybody but NDOT. Why? The date of disappearance occurred within a two week period when the state of Nevada allowed a meager amount of money to be given to maintaining the markers. Within these two weeks, an estimated thirty three markers suddenly went MIA because NDOT removed the markers to reface them. Fortunately, most of these markers were expediently replaced within a few weeks. As it would seem, I suspect #123 was one of the few markers that was never replaced. It is in my opinion that #123 required no maintenance done to it whatsoever! Dozens of other markers deserved drastic makeovers and #123 happened to fall into the category? As one crosses the Carson River on 395, there is a sad, lingering emptiness where this marker used to be. Unless this marker is re-erected, few if any people will ever know about the old bridge that sits out of sight, and out of access, on Ambrosetti's Ranch. Many will lose any indication of yet another chapter in Nevada's history, lost because of oversight. All that remains of Marker 123. More information will be updated once I locate the whereabouts of this marker. Until then, if you happen to find out any information in regards to this case, please let me know so I can update this information with full credit given to you!
-- Conquered, 'Late Removal' -- Date of Disappearance: 05/2010
I will admit. This is one of the last markers I would expect to go MIA. #123 has been "at risk" for over a decade, yet somehow still hung on at the south end of the Carson River bridge along 395. Unfortunately, like many state MIA's, nobody really knows what happened to this recent MIA. This marker sat right on the boundary fence to the Ambrosetti Pond Ranch, and I believe it is highly unlikely to place blame on anybody but NDOT. Why? The date of disappearance occurred within a two week period when the state of Nevada allowed a meager amount of money to be given to maintaining the markers. Within these two weeks, an estimated thirty three markers suddenly went MIA because NDOT removed the markers to reface them. Fortunately, most of these markers were expediently replaced within a few weeks. As it would seem, I suspect #123 was one of the few markers that was never replaced. It is in my opinion that #123 required no maintenance done to it whatsoever! Dozens of other markers deserved drastic makeovers and #123 happened to fall into the category? As one crosses the Carson River on 395, there is a sad, lingering emptiness where this marker used to be. Unless this marker is re-erected, few if any people will ever know about the old bridge that sits out of sight, and out of access, on Ambrosetti's Ranch. Many will lose any indication of yet another chapter in Nevada's history, lost because of oversight. All that remains of Marker 123. More information will be updated once I locate the whereabouts of this marker. Until then, if you happen to find out any information in regards to this case, please let me know so I can update this information with full credit given to you!
It is in my opinion that #123 required no maintenance done to it whatsoever! Dozens of other markers deserved drastic makeovers and #123 happened to fall into the category? As one crosses the Carson River on 395, there is a sad, lingering emptiness where this marker used to be. Unless this marker is re-erected, few if any people will ever know about the old bridge that sits out of sight, and out of access, on Ambrosetti's Ranch. Many will lose any indication of yet another chapter in Nevada's history, lost because of oversight.
More information will be updated once I locate the whereabouts of this marker. Until then, if you happen to find out any information in regards to this case, please let me know so I can update this information with full credit given to you!
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