Historical Markers of Humboldt County
- HM 2 - Pioneer Memorial Park
- HM 21 - The Humboldt Canal
- HM 22 - Humboldt River
- HM 89 - Paradise Valley
- HM 105 - Golconda
- HM 143 - Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins (1844-1891)
- HM 144 - Fort McDermitt
- HM 146 - McDermitt Indian Reservation (Northern Paiute)
- HM 162 - Camp McGarry
- HM 164 - Button Point
- HM 167 - Valmy
- HM 239 - Stonehouse
Nevada Landmarks Home Page
*HM 144*
-- Fort McDermitt --
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Location: Extreme Northern Humboldt County, McDermitt Area
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Date Conquered: 8/28/08
Quick Description: A marker remembering the last U.S. Army post in Nevada used to protect white settlers and emigrants.
Signed: Yes -- A unique signage, courtesy of NDOT! However, it's only signed on the northbound side of US 95.
Full Description:
Exact description as reads...
Established in 1865, it was first called Quinn River Camp No. 33 (on the East Fork) then renamed in honor of military District Commander Lt. Col. Charles McDermitt, who was killed by Indians. Typically, the fort consisted of several adobe, stone and frame buildings surrounding a square. Its purpose was to protect the Virginia City-Quinn River Valley-Oregon Road. Twenty-four years of operation made it the longest active Army fort in Nevada. Its troops participated in the Modoc War and the Bannock and Shoshone Indian troubles. It was the last of the Nevada Army posts in service when converted into an Indian reservation school in 1889.
Nevada ends just on the horizon. Since you've already come this far, you might as well visit the tiny hamlet of McDermitt, pop. 140.
Don't let this little town fool you. Like other border towns, McDermitt comes equipped with one major casino (on the left), the Say When Casino, with a much older, local feel to it. McDermitt also has two gas stations in town (including the Sinclair on the right with an attached motel), a small bar, restaurant, post office, and service station. Other than that... Welcome to McDermitt!
Here's the interesting part...
As lovely as the trip was, it was time to go home. Never a place too far for Nevada Landmarks!
The peaks you see in the b.g lie within Malheur County, Oregon. The peak on the far left is Disaster Peak (also in Oregon), an excellent rockhounding locale for agates, petrified wood and opalite.
McDermitt's Post Office actually sits right ON the state line, meaning half of McDermitt sits in Nevada and the other half sits in Oregon. If you approach McDermitt coming from the Oregon side, there is an ODOT-style sign that reads, "Entering McDermitt". This means half of the town IS located in Oregon! However, the question remains... which state does the post office claim sides to? Out here, McDermitt residents really don't care and I don't blame them.
