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*HM 267*


-- Galena Creek Fish Hatchery --

Location: Southern Washoe County, Galena Creek, South Truckee Meadows
Directions: Within Galena Creek Regional Park, @ entrance to Galena Creek Fish Hatchery,
--- Access from Mt. Rose Highway (SR 431), 8 miles W of US 395 ---

Location: 3
Visibility: 2
Accessibility: 4
Marker type: Metal

Date Conquered: 3/30/08
Quick Description: A marker representing a driven conservation of Nevada's wild places.
Signed: No -- This marker was the last marker to be added to the system. Unfortunately, no signs were ever erected.

On route to capturing #267, Nevada's newest and FINAL historic marker!

NOTES: There are two entrances to Galena Creek Park. To access this last and final marker, you must take the South Entrance signed for "Galena Creek South Entrance". Weave yourself through the one way entrance, heading straight for "Marilyn's Pond" and "Wee Chee Camp". The marker is located on the side of the fish hatchery overlooking the pond. A word of caution: when you're weaving your way up to the hatchery, please obey the 10MPH speed limit. This park is HEAVILY USED and people don't exactly park courteously.

#267 is the Nevada's NEWEST historic marker, erected in May 2008!

Full Description:
Exact description as reads...

The Galena Creek Fish Hatchery represents an attempt to make amends after Nevada's Comstock Lode ravaged the region's ecosystem in the 1860's and 70s. Fishing decimated local streams and lakes to feed a growing population. Eventually, restocking became an important goal. Washoe County operated this hatchery from 1931 to 1949 as an auxiliary to their main facility on the Truckee River in Reno. Galena Creek was ideal because of the continuous supply of uncontaminated water. The hatchery reflects a trend, beginning in the 1920's, to combine habitat conservation and recreational development. The county ceased hatchery operations in 1949. After that, the Boy Scouts, the Sierra Sage Council of Camp Fire, Inc., and the Washoe Bowmen and Sierra Archers used the site. In 1994, Washoe County reacquired the property as part of Galena Creek Regional Park with plans to restore the building for community use.

Here is another 'seasonal only' marker! Galena Creek Park is CLOSED from November through March, so don't expect to access this marker in the winter. Fortunately for us, the park opened on the last day of March, and we were able to hike up to the hatchery from the entrance. Sometimes wading through two feet of snow is worth it!




What to do now?
Well my friends, you have several options. Due to recent state budget cuts and an even tougher economy, additions to the State Historical Marker System are unlikely, although us marker hunters can only hope more additions are made. With any luck, hopefully soon in the future we'll see #268... then 269, then 270 come into play! Until then, I've provided many fun options for you you'll find below or from the Site Homepage! Also, keep checking back on this site for updates to my historical markers and future marker projects such as my "Superlatives List" "Marker Roadtrips", "Proposed Historic Markers" and MUCH more. You can also learn more about Nevada AND the Great Basin through my photography and sister site, Sierra Life Photography.

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