Historical Markers of Lyon County
 

  • HM 7 - Dayton
  • HM 61 - Mound House
  • HM 74 - Wellington
  • HM 85 - Sutro
  • HM 113 - Wabuska
  • HM 127 - Courthouse Site (1865-1907)
  • HM 163 - Chinatown (Early Name of Dayton)
  • HM 177 - Desert Well Station
    (Overland Mail and Stage Station)
  • HM 185 - McCone's Foundries
  • HM 186 - Union Hotel & Post Office
  • HM 192 - Buckland's Station
    (On the California Emigrant Trail)
  • HM 199 - Camels in Dayton
  • HM 200 - Hall's Station
  • HM 223 - Devil's Gate
  • HM 233 - Dayton Cemetery
  • HM 255 - Wilson Canyon
  • HM 257 - Nevada's First Gold Discovery
  • HM 262 - Dayton School House - 1865
  • HM 264 - Silver City Schoolhouse
    • Courthouse Site (1865-1907)

    Location: Western Lyon County, Dayton
    Directions: At the intersection of Logan Alley and Pike St

    Location: 1
    Visibility: 2
    Accessibility: 4
    Marker type: St (Mini)
    		   

    Date Conquered: 9/13/07
    Quick Description: A marker cataloguing first courthouse and seat of Lyon County.
    Signed: No -- Historically, this marker was never signed.

    Full Description:
    Exact description as reads ...

    Dayton was the first seat of Lyon County. When the courthouse burned in 1907, the seat was moved to Yerington. Utilizing the ruins, the townspeople built a much-needed high school. Closed in 1959, it was reactivated as a junior high school in 1972.

    What was once a courthouse, the unassuming structure has been stuccoed and turned into a gymnasium.

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    Fact #127: In 1961, Dayton won fame as a setting for John Huston's film, The Misfits -- the last movie that featured the appearances of Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe.