Historical Markers of Washoe County & Reno
- HM 4 - Junction House (First Settlement)
- HM 18 - Pyramid Lake
- HM 24 - Olinghouse
- HM 29 - Chinese in Nevada
- HM 30 - Reno
- HM 43 - Derby Diversion Dam
- HM 62 - Truckee River -- West
- HM 63 - Truckee River -- East
- HM 68 - Wadsworth
- HM 79 - Civil War Plot
- HM 81 - Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Tree
- HM 88 - Sparks
- HM 94 - The Winters Ranch (Rancho Del Sierra)
- HM 114 - Franktown
- HM 128 - The Great Train Robbery
- HM 148 - The Two Battles of Pyramid Lake
- HM 149 - High Rock Canyon
- HM 152 - Gerlach
- HM 166 - Bowers Mansion
- HM 169 - Glendale School
- HM 189 - Southern Pacific Railroad Yards
- HM 191 - Verdi
- HM 198 - Steamboat Springs
- HM 210 - Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad Depot
- HM 211 - Old Geiger Grade (In Canyon Below)
- HM 212 - Galena
- HM 218 - Geiger Station (Magnolia House)
- HM 220 - The Fight of the Century
- HM 221 - Sand Harbor
- HM 227 - Lake Mansion
- HM 230 - Mount Rose Weather Observatory
- HM 234 - Moana Springs
- HM 238 - Huffaker's
- HM 240 - Coney Island
- HM 245 - Frederick Joseph DeLongchamps (June 2, 1882 - February 11, 1969)
- HM 246 - The Great Incline of the Sierra Nevada
- HM 247 - Site of Nevada's First Public Library
- HM 248 - Virginia & Truckee Railroad Right of Way
- HM 253 - Emigrant-Donner Camp
- HM 256 - Historic Transportation...
- HM 265 - Governor Emmet Derby Boyle
- HM 267 - Galena Creek Fish Hatchery
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*HM 191*
-- Verdi --
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Location: Western Washoe County, Verdi
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Date Conquered: 8/12/07
Quick Description: A marker honoring the varied history of Verdi.
Signed: Yes -- Signed on both lanes of Old US 40 (SR 425).
#191 is geographically, Nevada's WESTERNMOST historical marker
Full Description:
Modern Verdi came into being with the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad through Nevada in 1867-69. It became a major mill town and terminal for the shipment of ties and construction timbers, with a network of logging railways reaching into the timber north and west of here.
In 1860, a log bridge was built across the Truckee River near where Verdi is now located. Known as O'Neil's Crossing, the site served as a stage stop during the 1860's on the heavily traveled Henness Pass turnpike and Toll Road and the Dutch flat and Donner Lake Road.
In 1864, the Crystal Peak Company laid out a town on the site some two milesfrom Verdi's present location. The company owned mining and lumbering interests near the settlement which was then called Crystal Peak.
Verdi remained an active lumbering center into the twentieth century due to the exertions of men like Oliver Lonkey of the Verdi Lumber Company. A disastrous fire in 1926, plus depletion of timber reserves, resulted in Verdi's decline.
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