Douglas

Let us head west onto the foot of the mighty mountains and set the stage a few miles west of Minden. Rather than fortunes found from gold, it was farming that kickstarted this old girl named "Nevada," Mormon farmers who migrated a long way west from Salt Lake City. During 1850, Mormon followers, once seeking the guidance of a determined Brigham Young sought a refuge away from the Mormon Temple and with it, a new beginning in an undiscovered region of Utah. In 1851 they founded "Mormon's Station," a true haven nestled at the foot of the Carson Range and seemingly worlds away from Mormon doctrine. The community soon became a trading post for passers-by when a hotel was built just south of town far from the confines of Mormon rule. The settlers chose the name Genoa, in honor of a city in Italy -- a location that could have very well been the envy of Utah itself thanks to the runoff from the well-watered Carson Range.