Dublin Core
Title
UPTLA #38
Description
Mormon Station-Genoa
Creator
Citizens of Nevada and
Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association
Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association
Date
1934
Identifier
UPTLA-038
Curatescape Story Item Type Metadata
Subtitle
Mormon Station-Genoa
Story
MORMON STATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN JUNE 1849 BY HAMPDEN S. BEATTIE, WHO BUILT HERE THE FIRST HOUSE IN NEVADA. IN JULY 1850 COL JOHN REESE, HIS BROTHER ENOCH STEPHEN A. KINSEY, AND OTHERS, ESTABLISHED HERE REESE'S STATION, FIRST ANGLO SAXON SETTLEMENT IN NEVADA (THEN UTAH). A STOCKADE COSTING $2,000 WAS BUILT. IN 1855 ORSON HYDE, JUDGE GEORGE P. STILES, U.S. MARSHALL JOSEPH L. HEYWOOD, AND OTHER MORMON PIONEERS COLONIZED CARSON VALLEY, ORGANIZING CARSON COUNTY WHICH HAD BEEN CREATED BY THE UTAH LEGISLATURE IN 1854. OPSON HYDE RENAMED THE PLACE GENOA AETER THE BIRTH PLACE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
Factoid
Original marker is currently not on display, kept in shed owned by the Parks department. SUP placed a marker near the original location in 1991 next to one placed by the DUP.
Orignal marker was stolen a week after it was dedication in 1934, it was replaced. When area was renovated in mid 1970's the monument and marker were removed.
