Historical Markers of Elko County
- HM 3 - West End of Hastings Cutoff
- HM 45 - Humboldt Wells
- HM 46 - Pilot Peak
- HM 47 - Fort Halleck Military Reservation (1867-1886)
- HM 48 - Tuscarora
- HM 50 - Carlin Canyon
- HM 69 - Jarbidge
- HM 73 - Unknown Soldiers
- HM 106 - Elko
- HM 107 - Elko Airport (Terminus of the First Commercial Air Mail Route)
- HM 108 - Ruby Valley Pony Express Station (Reconstructed)
- HM 109 - Lamoille Valley
- HM 112 - Carlin
- HM 151 - Duck Valley Indian Reservation
- HM 153 - Jarbidge Community Hall
- HM 229 - Oil From Shale
- HM 244 - Dinner Station
- HM 251 - Diamondfield Jack Davis
- HM 260 - Contact
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*HM 109*
-- Lamoille Valley --
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Location: Central Elko County, Lamoille
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Date Conquered: 9/23/07
Nearest Intersection: Country Ln.
Quick Description: A marker remembering a lush crossroads and oasis for California bound emigrants.
Signed: No -- Historically, this marker was signed. (No signs exist today.)
GPS: LAT, N40° 43' 38.9" LON, W115° 28' 47.4"
Full Description:
Because heavy use denuded the grass from the main Fort Hall route of the California Emigrant Trail along the Humboldt River, many emigrants left the river near Starr Valley. They skirted the East Humboldt Range and the Ruby Mountains along a Shoshone Indian path, rested their livestock in Lamoille Valley, and returned to the Humboldt River.
John Walker and Thomas Waterman first settled the area in 1865. Waterman named the valley after his native Vermont. In 1868, Walker erected the Cottonwood Hotel, store and blacksmith shop in the valley, and the settlement became known as "The Crossroads." Here wagons were repaired and food and supplies could be obtained. The original buildings and the more recent 20-bedroom Lamoille hotel, creamery, flour mill and dance hall are gone.
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