NEVADA STATE HISTORICAL MARKER No. 195: The Last Spike Location: south Las Vegas boulevard, near Seven Magic Mountains On January 30, 1905, near this site, workers drove the last spike that completed the railroad between Salt Lake City, Utah and Los Angeles, California. This was the last “transcontinental” line to southern California and one ofContinue reading “Nevada State Historical Marker No. 195: The Last Spike”
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Nevada State Historical Marker No. 140: The Garcés Expedition
Location: Off the Needles Highway in Laughlin (near 35.10674,-114.65076) Seeking to open a land route between the missions of Sonora and California, Fray Francisco Hermenegildo Garcés, OFM, a Franciscan missionary priest and explorer, was the first European to enter the present boundaries of Nevada. He departed mission San Xavier Del Bac near Tucson in OctoberContinue reading “Nevada State Historical Marker No. 140: The Garcés Expedition”
Topaz Ranch Life 