Ione NSHM is Nevada State Historical Marker number one hundred fifty nine and is located in the Nye County, Nevada.
Nevada State Historical Markers identify significant places of interest in Nevada’s history. The Nevada State Legislature started the program in 1967 to bring the state’s heritage to the public’s attention with on-site markers. Budget cuts to the program caused the program to become dormant in 2009. Many of the markers are lost of damaged.
Ione Valley had a dense and permanent aboriginal population, dating back about 5,000 years. Unusual property arrangements and agricultural methods were practiced later by the Shoshone and Northern Paiute Indians.
Silver was discovered in 1863, and in 1864 Ione City was named first county seat of newly created Nye County. Over 600 people worked in this prosperous town until Belmont wealth attracted most of the miners in 1865, and the county seat in 1867.
Alternately prosperous and poor, yet never completely deserted, Ione suffered mining depressions, milling difficulties and the loss of miners to richer strikes throughout its history.
Nevada State Historical Mark #159
Nevada State Historic Marker Map
Ghost Town Summary
| ID | 159 |
| Name | Ione Nevada State Historical Marker |
| Location | Nye County, Nevada |
| Latitude, Longitude | 38.9496, -117.5852 |