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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.
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.
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
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).
There are 8 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Nevada. The U.S. National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources nationwide according to a list of criteria of national significance.
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The Las Vegas Historical Society was created in 2013 to collect, archive, and display photographs of Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Valley in Nevada, which have not yet been publicly showcased. Online [ edit ]