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September 7, 2019
GENOA, NEVADA
#TRUELOVE

NANCY & RICK

    OUR WEDDING
    FAQs

FAQs

The Wedding Website of Nancy Ferguson and Rick Jones
Genoa's place in Nevada history Douglas County and Carson Valley history is very young, an important chapter in the romantic "Old West". Explorers and trappers made their way through this area but it wasn't until June of 1851 when John Reese and his party built a trading post that the area began to attract settlers and became a permanent settlement. Reese and his men took up land claims extending from the Walley's Hot Springs marsh area south of Genoa into Jack's Valley on the north.
Question

when was Genoa founded

Answer

Located within the Utah Territory before the Nevada Territory was created in 1861, Genoa was first settled by Mormon pioneers. The settlement originated as a trading post called Mormon Station, which served as a respite for travelers on the California Trail. In June 1850, H.S.

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