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The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [1] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [2]
The Truckee Meadows is a valley in western Nevada located within the western Great Basin. Named for the Truckee River, which flows through the valley from west to east, this area contains archaeological evidence of aboriginal human occupation. [2] The Truckee Formation, is the oldest deposit of the valley and yields very little water to wells.
Nevada Historical Marker No. 35, Las Vegas Old Mormon Fort Nevada's oldest building [7] 36: Moapa Valley: Clark [7] 37: Powell of the Colorado: Clark [7] 38: Pahranagat Valley: Lincoln [6] 39: Panaca: Lincoln: Southern Nevada's first permanent settlement, from 1864 [6] 40: Las Vegas (The Meadows) Clark
The National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State lists seven landmarks, but includes the Leonard Rockshelter twice, and does not mention the Francis G. Newlands Home. [1] However, the NHL Summary listing lists them correctly. [2] The table below lists all 8 of these sites, along with added detail and description.
Nevada State Museum and Historical Society: Established: 1982 [1] Location: 309 S. Valley View Blvd. (on the campus of the Springs Preserve) Las Vegas, Nevada 89107: Type: General or Multi disciplinary (several subjects) Accreditation: The American Alliance of Museums: Key holdings
Author Holly Walton-Buchanan, whose latest book, "Land of the Buckaroo: Historic Ranches of Western Nevada" includes a chapter in his book on the Brown-Damonte Ranch. [1] Located in the Truckee Meadows and borders Interstate 580, U.S. Route 395 and the Eastern Range, the Damonte Ranch is both a working cattle ranch and a developed community.
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In 1877, the Truckee & Steamboat Irrigating Canal Company was organized to construct the Steamboat Ditch (Townley 1983: 13 7-138). Upon completion, it was the longest and most complicated ditch in the Truckee Meadows area. The total length of the ditch is 33–48 miles in length, depending on the source (cf., Angel 1958:634; Townley 1983: 138).