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Location: Northern Nye County, Big Smoky Valley
Directions: Along SR 376, 14 miles south of the Lander County Line
Location: 6
Visibility: 1
Accessibility: 1
Marker type: St (L)
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Date Conquered: 4/15/08
Quick Description: A marker remembering a small outpost on a long forgotten mail route.
Signed: Yes -- Signed on both lanes of SR 376.
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Full Description:
Exact description as reads ...
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Long after the railroads came to Nevada and the branch lines were extended towards the heartland of the state, horse-drawn stages transported people and mail from railhead to the hinterlands.
The principal routes were covered by such well-known lines as Overland Mail and Stage Co., William Hill Beachey Railroad Stage Lines, Butterfield's, Wells, Fargo and Co., Pioneer Stageline, Carson and Columbus Stage Line, plus other lesser-known lines.
Thomas Tate sub-contracted mail routes in central Nevada for over thirty years. In 1886, he and his wife established a station due east as an overnight stop between the county seats of Austin and Belmont. Stages met here and exchanged passengers and mail and obtained fresh horses. Tommy's wife fed and lodged the passengers, in what became a local social center. Ester Tate organized the first school in the area.
The Tates maintained this station until 1901. Belmont lost the county seat in 1905.
 #217 and its view of the impressive rampart walls known as the Toiyabe Range.
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 The private ranch in the b.g houses what's left of the old Tate's Stage Station.
Please inquire with the owners before trespassing.
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