Moana Springs

"(#234) The City of Reno has yet to put the Moana Ballpark to use for some time. I tend to think the city is in a state of forever transition -- recycling its retired, outdated structures to something fresh and avant-garde for the future. I'm not sure what they could do with the ballpark, however. With the marker, it's no wonder people seem to pass right on by." -- August 2007

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255 W Moana Ln. -- Reno

Reno & Washoe County
  39.490964, -119.799855

Original Date Visited: 8/25/07
Revisited: 11/22/22
Signed: No

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Exact Description:
Opened as a resort on October 29, 1905, Moana Springs took its name from a famous Hawaiian spa. In addition to a large bath house with a pool fed by hot springs, Moana had a stately hotel, a clubhouse, baseball diamond and picnic grounds. Constructed and initially operated by Charles T. Short, who gave the resort its name, Al North and John N. Evans, Moana was acquired by Louis W. Berrum in 1913 and remained in his family for the next four decades. Served by Berrum's Nevada Interurban Trolley Line from 1907 to 1920, Moana hosted dances, rodeos, boxing matches, trapshoots, circuses and aviation exhibitions. The city of Reno purchased Moana in 1956 and the remaining buildings were demolished the next year to make way for a new recreational complex.

Today this marker is currently missing due to the building of a new Sports Complex, aka ... the resurgence of Moana Springs.

The Moana Springs Pool, 1939.

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 - 120 - Walley's Hot Springs   - 198 - Steamboat Springs   Moana Springs (Reno Historical) 

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