"This one leaves a lot to be desired, but being out here really puts into perspective the inhospitability of this region. This location although convenient for the general public takes away the mystery with this awesome driveway view at a very modern rest stop. Quite the juxtaposition. A much better location for this marker would be a few miles east of here alongside I-80 -- an ideal vantage point to the cave's location. Better yet ... place it at the entrance to Lovelock Cave itself or at least along the unpaved road leading to the cave?." -- August 2007

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At I-80 Trinity Rest Area, 23 miles east of Fernley Churchill   39.940690, -118.749130

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Original Date Visited: 8/14/07
Last Confirmed: 4/19/22
Signed: You'll find original cut-out shields for its sister marker, - 26 - Forty Mile Desert. Both lanes of US 95.

TWO FOR ONE

This marker shares its site with - 26 - Forty Mile Desert

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Street View

Here's what you'll see!

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Lovelock Cave Marker 147 plaque. "The Home of Early Man" was the original name of the marker before it a statewide renovation per the 150th Battle Born Sesquicentennial. The worst segment on the California Emigrant Trail Behold, the haunting landscape of the Forty Mile Marker 147 facing Lovelock Cave in the distance

Exact Description:
Stretching before you are two vast sinks, terminal areas of the Humboldt and Carson River drainage systems. The marshy remnant of Lake Lahontan, between you and the distant Humboldt range, served as a life sustaining resource of wildlife for prehistoric man who lived by its shores. Generations occupied caves located on the lower slopes of the distant range.

Scientific archeological excavation reveals that Lovelock and Ocala Caves served as homes to man from 2,000 B.C. to about 1840 A.D. What he left behind tells of a successful adaptation of his culture to a lakeside environment.

Nearby Leonard Rock Shelter, with human occupancy dating from 5,000 B.C., is a National Historic Landmark.

The photo you see was taken before the marker's name change in 2015.

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The Story of the Red-Headed Giants

Tour of Lovelock Cave

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COVERED IN MY I-80 ROAD TRIP

COVERED IN US 95 ROAD TRIP

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THE TWO BATTLES OF PYRAMID LAKE

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Related Links & Markers:

 - 26 - Forty Mile Desert   Virtual Tour of the California Trail   The Ancient Giants of Nevada   Lovelock Cave Backcountry Byway 

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