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Valmy

09 Tuesday Oct 2018

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Valmy

Overlooking the old California Emigrant Trail, Valmy was named after the Battle of Valmy in France. Established in 1910 by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company as a section point, Valmy served during the steam era as a water and fuel stop for the railroad.

Treaty Hill to the northwest marks a division point between the Paiute lands to the west and Shoshone lands to the east. For generations the scene of battles over two springs, Treaty Hill marks the site where peace was wrought by compromise, when two chiefs sat down and divided springs and territory between the warring tribes.

The first post office here was established as Stonehouse on November 26, 1890. The name was changed to Valmy March 24, 1915.

This is Nevada Historic Marker #167 located at the Valmy Rest Area on I-80.

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The Cattle Industry

05 Friday Oct 2018

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The Cattle Industry

The numerous valleys of Nevada have supported a vigorous cattle industry since the 1850’s. Beginning in the western part of the state, cattlemen ranged their herds throughout northern Nevada by the 1870’s. The completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 was the catalyst that created a prosperous industry. Longhorns from Texas were driven to fertile valleys for feeding, then shipped as far as Omaha and San Francisco to market.

As the mining booms subsided, Nevada’s ranches kept the state alive in the late 19th century. Improvements in breeding stock and winter feeding helped build vast ranching empires for hard working stockmen. Today, more than 90 per cent of Nevada’s crop land is devoted to feed for cattle. For more than a century, Nevada has been a principal food producer for the nation.

Nevada Historic Marker No. 187

Located at the Beowawe Rest Area.

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Argenta Station

05 Friday Oct 2018

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Argenta Station

In 1868, the town of Argenta was founded as the first Central Pacific Railroad station in Lander County. The town, 10 miles west of this marker, was named by Judge E.B. Crocker. A post office opened and the railroad established an eating station, and a distributing point for Austin. Argenta has the misfortune of being located too far from the natural roadway to Austin. The railroad surveyed a new station at Battle Mountain and in the winter of 1869-7- the town moved to the new location, Argenta siding is now a rail point for Barium from the Shoshone Mountains and hay from the Humboldt River ranches.

Located at the Beowawe Rest Area.

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Seven Magic Mountains

14 Thursday Jun 2018

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Seven Magic Mountains

Almost like a fluorescent Stonehenge in the desert near Jean, Nevada (South of Las Vegas along Interstate 15),  Seven Magic Mountains is a Land Art installation that draws many for photo opportunities.

“Seven Magic Mountains is an artwork of thresholds and crossings, of balanced marvels and excessive colors, of casting and gathering and the contrary air between the desert and the city lights.” – Ugo Rondinone

This is an example of Land Art, for more info and examples visit this page.

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Plaza Hotel & Casino

20 Thursday Jul 2017

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Located at Main Street and Fremont Street is the Plaza, prior to the construction of the casino, part of the site was used for the first train station in Las Vegas, a Spanish style depot, constructed in 1906. It was replaced in 1940 with a Streamline Moderne train station designed by H. L. Gogerty, with a Union Pacific shield, and “Streamliners & Challangers” neon sign. This station was demolished in 1970 and replaced by the Union Plaza Hotel, which included a small waiting room to be used as a station for Amtrak trains.

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Golden Gate Hotel & Casino

19 Wednesday Jul 2017

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The Golden Gate Hotel & Casino is located at One Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States. A part of the Fremont Street Experience, it is the oldest and smallest hotel (106 rooms) on the Fremont Street Experience.

John F. Miller initially opened a temporary tent hotel – the Miller Hotel – on the property in 1905, while he planned to construct a permanent hotel structure, which opened as the Hotel Nevada on January 13, 1906. A casino operated within the hotel until a statewide gambling ban took effect in 1909. In 1931, the property was expanded and renamed as Sal Sagev (“Las Vegas” spelled backwards). The casino reopened that year when gambling in Nevada was legalized again. In 1955, the casino was renamed as the Golden Gate. The entire property was renamed as the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino in 1974. The Golden Gate was known for its cheap shrimp cocktails, served from 1959 to 2017.

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El Portal Theatre

17 Monday Jul 2017

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El Portal Theatre

“The Gateway”

Built: 1927-28

Architect: Charles Alexander MacNelledge

Opened: June 21, 1928

Located on Fremont Street, this building was Las Vegas‘ cultural center for many years.  Its 700seat auditorium and elegant Spanish motif lobby were used for films, plays, music recitals, vaudeville shows, high school graduations and other social events.

This was also the first Air-conditioned building in Las Vegas.

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Here are a few old photos I found online:

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El Portal Theatre, Exterior, Las Vegas, NV.