Humboldt County State Historic Markers

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.
Pioneer Memorial Park is Winnemucca is Nevada State Historical Marker 2

Pioneer Memorial Park – Nevada State Historical Marker 2

The Pioneer Memorial Park is Nevada Centennial Marker No. 2, installed in 1964 as part of Nevada's celebration of its 100th anniversary of statehood and…
Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins (1844 – October 17, 1891)

Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins

Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins was a member of the Paiute tribe and a Native American writer, activist, lecturer, teacher, and school organizer in the Humboldt County…
Humboldt County, Nevada

The Humboldt Canal

Humboldt County, Nevada The Humboldt Canal, often referred to as the Old French Canal, was an ambitious engineering project conceived in 1862 by A. Gintz…
Palisade Canyon and the Humboldt River in 1868 during the construction of the First transcontinental railroad.

The Humboldt River

The Humboldt River, Nevada’s longest river, stretches approximately 330 miles from its headwaters in the Ruby, Jarbidge, and Independence Mountains in northeastern Nevada to its…