Mormon Station

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Mormon Station was a mid-19th-century Mormon trading post and early settlement that became the first permanent non-Indigenous community in what is now Nevada.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early settlement
former trading post
historic site
country United States of America
surface form: United States
foundedBy Mormon settlers
members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
hasBuildingMaterial log
hasCategory California Trail sites NERFINISHED
Mormon Trail sites
Mormon settlements in Nevada
State parks of Nevada
Trading posts in the United States
hasExhibit California Trail history displays
pioneer-era artifacts
hasFacility museum
visitor center
hasReconstruction log trading post building
hasTheme Mormon pioneer history
early Nevada settlement history
hasTourismType heritage tourism
hasUse emigrant stop
supply station
trading post
way station
heritageDesignation Nevada state historic park NERFINISHED
state historic site of Nevada
locatedIn Genoa, Nevada NERFINISHED
Nevada
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Douglas County, Nevada NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Carson Valley NERFINISHED
locatedInTime mid-19th century
locatedNear Carson River NERFINISHED
eastern Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED
locatedOnRoute Carson Route of the California Trail NERFINISHED
nearbySettlement Genoa NERFINISHED
operatedBy Nevada Division of State Parks NERFINISHED
partOf history of Nevada
history of the American West
precededBy Indigenous settlements in Carson Valley
significantEvent first permanent non-Indigenous settlement in present-day Nevada

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Genoa, Nevada foundedAs Mormon Station