Nye County 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.
Nevada State Historic Marker #173 - Beatty - Photo by James L Rathbun

Beatty Nevada State Historic Marker #173

Beatty NSHM 173 is Nevada State Historical Marker number one hundred and seventy three five and is located just off of highway 95 in the…
Belmont in 1871

Belmont Nevada – Nye County Ghost Town

Following a silver strike and quartz vein by a Native American in the area, Belmont Nevada was founded in Nye County, Nevada. The silver boom…
Chief Tecopa, very early 1900s.

Chief Tecopa – Peacemaker of the Paiutes

Chief Tecopa - Peacemaker of the Paiutes is Nevada State Historic Marker number 171 and located in Nye County, Nevada. The monument is located at…
Ione Nevada

Ione Nevada

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…
Rhyolite Train Depot is located at the north end of town in Rhyolite, Nye County, Nevada. - Photo by James L Rathbun

Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad

The Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad was a standard gauge railroad which operated along 197 miles between the town of Las Vegas and Goldfield, NV.…
Manhattan Nevada 1906

Manhattan Nevada State Historic Marker #97

Manhattan Nevada is Nevada State Historical Marker number ninety seven and is located in Nye County, Nevada. The town is originally founded in 1867 as…
Wild Burrow photographed in Beatty, Nevada - Photo by James L Rathbun

Nevada’s Southern Boundary 1861-1867

Old Boundary (Nevada's Southern Boundary 1861-1867) is Nevada State Historical Marker number fifty eight located in the Nye County, Nevada. The marker is located about…
Ophir Canyon in the mid 1880's

Ophir Canyon Nevada – Nye County Ghost Town

Ophir Canyon is a ghost town from the 1880s and located about 3.5 miles west of State Route 8A north of State Route 92, in…
Photograph of a panoramic view of the Tonopah Mining Park (now a historic site) and Mount Butler in the distance, Tonopah, Nevada, ca.1904. - - Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946

Tonopah Nevada

Tonopah is a ghost town located in Nye County, Nevada. Tonopah is also designated Nevada State History Marker number fifteen. The rock marker is locate…
Tybo Nevada - 1875

Tybo NSHM – Nevada State Historical Marker #172

Tybo NSHM is Nevada State Historical Marker number one hundred seventy two and is located in Nye County, Nevada. Nevada State Historical Markers identify significant…