1893 Map of Reno

About this map

The high desert valley of Truckee Meadows serves as the hub for this late nineteenth-century survey, centered on the growing rail town of Reno. The landscape is defined by its transit corridors, where the Central Pacific Railroad meets the V & T R R and the California and Oregon Railroad. To the north, the terrain transitions into the Virginia Mountains and the arid expanses of Winnemucca Valley and Hungry Valley. Significant early settlements like Poeville, located near Peavine Pk, and Junction House are documented alongside the southern shores of Pyramid Lake and its Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation. The map captures the region's early water-dependence, tracing the Truckee River as it passes through Glendale and Verdi toward the Great Basin's interior sinks.