Historical Markers of Douglas County
 

  • HM 12 - Nevada's Birthplace
  • HM 117 - Kingsbury Grade
  • HM 118 - Luther Canyon (Fay Canyon)
  • HM 120 - Walley's Hot Springs
  • HM 121 - Mottsville
  • HM 122 - Sheridan
  • HM 123 - Cradlebaugh Bridge
  • HM 124 - Boyd Toll Road
  • HM 125 - Twelve Mile House
  • HM 126 - Double Springs
  • HM 129 - Gardnerville
  • HM 130 - Minden
  • HM 131 - Dresslerville
  • HM 207 - Carson Valley
  • HM 219 - Glenbrook
  • HM 225 - Spooner Area (Logging and Lumber Period: 1868-1895)
  • HM 226 - Cave Rock
  • HM 261 - Spooner Summit
  • Double Springs

    Location: Southern Douglas County, Pine Nut Range
    Directions: Along US 395, 13 miles south of Gardnerville

    N38° 47' 36.7"   W119° 35' 58.5"

    Location: 3
    Visibility: 1
    Accessibility: 1
    Marker type: St (L)
       

    Date Conquered: 8/24/07
    Quick Description: A marker noting the pine nut and Washo Indian lifestyle.
    Signed: Yes -- Signed on both lanes of US 395.

    Superlative!
    [126] is the last Nevada Historic Marker on southbound US 395

    Full Description:
    Exact description as reads ...

    [126] is the last Nevada marker in the series with a rare mapped plaque.

    Double Springs was the notorious Round Tent Ranch, or Spragues, another station on the road to Esmeralda. Here, James C. Dean, one of the owners and Justice of the Peace in the District in 1864, murdered his wife. This station was connected by the Olds Toll Road with the headquarters of the horse thieves at Fairview.

    This was also the place where the Washo Indian tribe, assisted by their neighbors, the Paiutes, held round dances in the spring to assure the growth of the pine nut, their staple food, and again in the fall for the quality and quantity of the crop.

    About four miles north is Mammoth Lodge, post office of the Eagle Mining District, and the polling place in 1861 of the Mammoth precinct of Douglas County. After 1866, it was known as Carter's Station, a stopping place on the road to Esmeralda.

    Here is another marker that often goes unnoticed by hundreds of commuters everyday.

    Some great light on the foothills of the Pine Nut Range. This relatively remote range in western Nevada has remained mostly unchanged since the time of the Washo people.

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    Fact #126: Today, many Washo women continue the tradition of roasting pine nuts over hot coals following the annual pine nut harvest in September.