Historical Markers of Esmeralda County
- HM 14 - Goldfield
- HM 20 - Columbus
- HM 101 - Miller's
- HM 133 - Fish Lake Valley
- HM 155 - Silver Peak (Discovered in 1863)
- HM 157 - Gold Point
- HM 157 - Lida
- HM 158 - Palmetto
- HM 174 - Blair (Discovered by Accident)
- HM 242 - Southern Nevada Consolidated Telephone-Telegraph Company Building
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*HM 158*
-- Palmetto --
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Location: Southern Esmeralda County
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Date Conquered: 7/16/08
Quick Description: A marker remembering the very brief mining era of Palmetto.
Signed: Yes -- Signed on both lanes of SR 266.
Full Description:
Thinking that local joshua trees were related to palm trees, the 1866 prospectors named the mining camp Palmetto. The town "died" and revived three times.
New prospecting in 1903 caused Palmetto to grow to a town of 200 tents on a platted townsite. At its peak year, 1906, the commercial street, over ½ mile long, contained all the necessary mining camp businesses.
Local miners drifted away in autumn, 1906. Mining, on a lease basis, has been minimal since that time. An important talc deposit lies nearby.
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