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 the program became dormant in 2009.
Blair Nevada – Esmeralda County Ghost TownBlair Nevada is a ghost town and mine site located in Esmerelda County. The town site is located a few miles north of Silver… |
Columbus Nevada – Esmeralda County Ghost TownDowntown Columbus, Nevada, late 1870's. Spanish miners discovered silver in the area in 1863. A small mining camp was established in the area which became… |
Columbus Nevada State Historic Marker #20Columbus Nevada is Nevada State Historical Marker number twenty and is located in Esmeralda County, Nevada. A group of Spanish miners discovered silver ore near… |
Gold Point Nevada – Esmeralda County Ghost TownFounded in 1860s, Gold Point, is a ghost time and silver mining camp located in Esmerelda County, Nevada. The townsite was known by three different… |
Goldfield NevadaGoldfield is Nevada State Historical Marker number fourteen and is located in Esmeralda County, Nevada. Goldfield was a boomtown between 1903 and 1940. Goldfield's mines produced… |
Jackson Lee Davis “Diamondfield Jack”Jackson Lee "Diamondfield Jack" Davis who was pardoned for murder in Idaho and moved to Nevada where he founded several mining camps. Davis was a… |
Las Vegas and Tonopah RailroadThe Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad was a standard gauge railroad which operated along 197 miles between the town of Las Vegas and Goldfield, NV.… |
Lida Nevada – Esmeralda County Ghost TownNow on private property, Lida Nevada is a ghost town and mining camp located in Esmeralda County, Nevada just off State Route 266. The area… |
Millers NevadaThe Millers Nevada State Historic Marker 101 can be found at a rest area along Highway 6, situated a few miles to the west of… |
Palmetto Nevada – Esmeralda County Ghost TownTent business in Palmetto, 1906 Palmetto Nevada is a ghost town located just off of highway 168 about 30 miles west of Lida, in Esmeralda… |
Palmetto Nevada State Historic Marker #158Palmetto Nevada is Nevada State Historical Marker number one hundred and fifty eight and is located in Esmeralda County, Nevada. The ghost town is located… |
Silver Peak NevadaSilver Peak Nevada is an unincorporated town located along State Route 265, 20 miles south of U.S. Route 6 and 30 miles west of Goldfield, in Esmeralda County, Nevada.… |