SHM #120 - Walley's Hot Springs Traditional Cache
SHM #120 - Walley's Hot Springs
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This cache was placed in honor of my friend Seena’s retirement. We celebrated her retirement with dinner at this location on 11/17/2009. Congratulations on a successful 33 year career with GE, Seena! Enjoy Retirement.
Quick & Easy drive up cache with a history lesson.
Walley’s Hot Springs
Like many Nevada hot springs, these dot a fault break along which the mountains rise.
In 1862, along this Carson branch of the Emigrant Trail, David and Harriet Walley developed a $100,000 spa with 11 baths, a ballroom and gardens. The thermal waters (136 to 160 degrees Fahrenheit) became well known as a cure of "rheumatism and scrofulous affections." (sic)
It sold for a mere $5000 in 1896 but functioned as hotel until 1935 when it burned. Its former cool cellar you see is still in use.
In 1962, trial hydro-thermal power holes were drilled here as deep as 1,250 feet; maximum temperature is 181 degrees.
The Historic Marker Program was initiated by the Nevada State Legislature in 1967 to bring the State's heritage to the public's attention with on-site markers. There are now 267 historical markers in Nevada commemorating sites and buildings such as Nevada’s Birthplace, Stokes Castle in Austin, the Pony Express Station in Elko, and the first airplane flight in Nevada at Carson City. The Historic Marker Program is a cooperative effort involving the Department of Cultural Affairs, State Historic Preservation Office, which administers the Program, the State Historical Society which reviews proposed marker texts, and the Nevada Department of Transportation which assists in installing and funding the markers.
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