Historical Markers of Washoe County & Reno
Location: Southern Washoe County, Washoe Valley Directions: Along Old US 395 (SR 429), 10 miles north of Carson City
N 39° 16.282 W 119° 50.446
Date Conquered: 3/26/07 Quick Description: A marker remembering one of the first agricultural communities in Nevada (Utah Territory) Signed: Yes -- Signed on both sides of SR 429 (Old US 395). Full Description: Exact description as reads ... Franktown was established by Orson Hyde, probate judge of Carson County, Utah Territory in the Wassau Valley, (Washoe Valley) in 1855. A sawmill was built and became an important enterprise in furnishing timber to the Comstock mines. The Dall Mill, a quartz mill of sixty stamps, employed hundreds of workmen. Fertile farms surrounded the town. With the completion of the railroad from Carson City to Virginia City in 1869, the milling business rapidly lost its importance and the once prosperous town declined. Winter views of Washoe Valley. In about two months from the date this shot was taken, the same yellow fields turn a vibrant green beneath the shadow of the mountains. What great views these must've been for Franktown residents! All that remains of Franktown is the cemetery, located deep in the pine trees west of this marker at the end of a private road (see image below). "Franktown", Washoe County, NV.
Full Description: Exact description as reads ... Franktown was established by Orson Hyde, probate judge of Carson County, Utah Territory in the Wassau Valley, (Washoe Valley) in 1855. A sawmill was built and became an important enterprise in furnishing timber to the Comstock mines. The Dall Mill, a quartz mill of sixty stamps, employed hundreds of workmen. Fertile farms surrounded the town. With the completion of the railroad from Carson City to Virginia City in 1869, the milling business rapidly lost its importance and the once prosperous town declined. Winter views of Washoe Valley. In about two months from the date this shot was taken, the same yellow fields turn a vibrant green beneath the shadow of the mountains. What great views these must've been for Franktown residents! All that remains of Franktown is the cemetery, located deep in the pine trees west of this marker at the end of a private road (see image below). "Franktown", Washoe County, NV.
Franktown was established by Orson Hyde, probate judge of Carson County, Utah Territory in the Wassau Valley, (Washoe Valley) in 1855. A sawmill was built and became an important enterprise in furnishing timber to the Comstock mines. The Dall Mill, a quartz mill of sixty stamps, employed hundreds of workmen. Fertile farms surrounded the town. With the completion of the railroad from Carson City to Virginia City in 1869, the milling business rapidly lost its importance and the once prosperous town declined. Winter views of Washoe Valley. In about two months from the date this shot was taken, the same yellow fields turn a vibrant green beneath the shadow of the mountains. What great views these must've been for Franktown residents! All that remains of Franktown is the cemetery, located deep in the pine trees west of this marker at the end of a private road (see image below). "Franktown", Washoe County, NV.
A sawmill was built and became an important enterprise in furnishing timber to the Comstock mines. The Dall Mill, a quartz mill of sixty stamps, employed hundreds of workmen.
Fertile farms surrounded the town.
With the completion of the railroad from Carson City to Virginia City in 1869, the milling business rapidly lost its importance and the once prosperous town declined.
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