1968 Map of Genoa

About this map

The eastern front of the Sierra Nevada meets the agricultural expanse of the Carson Valley in this late 1960s survey. The historic town of Genoa sits at the base of several prominent drainages, including Genoa Canyon and Schoolhouse Canyon, where the Mormon Station Historic State Monument preserves the site of Nevada's earliest permanent non-native settlement. To the north, the Stewart Indian School and the community of Stewart occupy the landscape near the Carson City and Douglas County border. The map illustrates a transition from the wooded heights of the Toiyabe National Forest to the complex irrigation network of the valley floor, marked by the winding Carson River and the Carson Slough. Industrial and recreational footprints of the era are visible in the Nevada State Prison Railroad and the Tahoe-Carson Speedway, alongside local infrastructure like the Ormsby County Farm.