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A Toughie, but Goodie!
Here's one of the hardest markers that you'll ever try to find in our system. The SHPO lists the location for this one as "Carson Rest Area." Most people know this spot as the patch of grass at the Carson-Stewart wye (intersection). You'll find this elusive marker at the far southern end of this park rest, patch of grass whatever you wanna call it. Marker 193 is doubly tricky because it is unsigned and don't be surprised if you end up conquering it on a second attempt. Oh, and let's add in the fact that the only parking available will be a few spots behind the Office Depot in the adjacent plaza. This means you'll need to turn onto Fairview Drive and pull into the shopping plaza. Use the Office Depot parking spaces or pull in behind Office Depot to access this one. Spotting this one from Carson Street is a toughie in the summer when the tall trees conceal this marker! ...
The V-shaped flume is one of many components during the mighty lumbering era of 19th century. Carson City's lumberyards played an extensive role in supplying much-needed lumber to the Comstock mines.
Get There
222 Fairview Drive - Carson City
This one is located behind the Office Depot at the SW edge of the park
City
Carson City
Region
Reno-Tahoe
Signed
No signs exist for this marker
Medium
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No access issues.
Parking spaces are provided for easy viewing. Visibility from the road is the main issue.
Exact Description
Approximately one mile south of this point and west of the present-day highway lay the immense lumberyard of the Carson-Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company. The greatest of the Comstock lumbering combines operating in the Lake Tahoe basin during 1870-1898.
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Situated at the terminus of the 12 Mile "V" Flume from Spooner's Summit in the Sierra Nevada, the lumberyard was approximately one mile long and one-half mile wide. A spur line of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad served the lumberyard. The spur ran adjacent to this site and carried rough lumber to the company's planing mill and box factory, one-half mile north on Stewart Street. It also carried timbers and cordwood to the Carson yards to be hauled to the Comstock mines and mills.
Although it may not seem like it today, Marker 193 oversees the exact location of the 19th century lumberyards.
The line of the trees on the right blocks this view of the marker from Carson Street (in the b.g.)
Here's the view that you get when approaching from the south. The marker northbound isn't much better. This is the only view we get from Carson Street. I realize the SHPO had good intentions with its location but its placement here makes this an iffy Catch-22.
Although it may not seem like it today, Marker 193 oversees the exact location of the 19th century lumberyards.
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Categories
Carson City - Lake Tahoe - Lumbering Era - The Comstock Lode
Related Links & Markers
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My colleague Scott Schrantz does it again with another fantastic article about Carson City's past. His website, Around Carson should be in your bookmarks. This one dives deep into the "then and now" aspect of the lumbering era of western Nevada: its repercussions, causes and effects, and fascinating past-to-present location photos.
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0.2 miles (walking time of 4 min.)
Next Stop:
Carson City
Total Mileage to Gardner's Ranch
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