Mormon Station State Historic Park
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Mormon Station State Historic Park is a state park in downtown Genoa, Nevada, interpreting the site of the first permanent nonnative settlement in Nevada. Mormon Station was originally settled by Mormon pioneers and served as a respite for travelers on the Carson Route of the California Trail. The park offers artifacts and exhibits about the station's history housed in a replica of the 1851 trading post stockade which burned down in 1910.[1]
Preservation
In June 1910, a large fire swept through Genoa, destroying a number of structures, including what remained of the Mormon Station trading post.[2][3] Reconstruction of the trading post structures began in 1947 with $5,000 provided by the Nevada Legislature. Legislation in 1955 authorized the transfer of management of the property to the Division of State Parks, which took place in 1957.[4] The site is memorialized with a tablet erected by the Sons of Utah Pioneers in 1991[5] and Nevada Historical Marker 12.[6]
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- California Trail
- State parks of Nevada
- Protected areas of Douglas County, Nevada
- Protected areas established in 1957
- 1957 establishments in Nevada
- History museums in Nevada
- History of Douglas County, Nevada
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Nevada
- Museums in Douglas County, Nevada
- Pre-statehood history of Nevada
- Trading posts in the United States