Mormon Station location museum lecture subject

Staff Reports

State archivist Jeff Kintop speaks on "Where the Heck is Old Mormon Station?" at the Douglas County Historical Society's lecture of the month, 7 p.m. March 11, at the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center, 1477 Highway 395, Gardnerville. Admission is $3, or free for historical society members.

Kintop researched the location of old Mormon Station for Associated Press writer Martin Griffin in 2004 and his conclusions place the old station right where Mormon Station State Historic Park is in Genoa, not one mile north of the town as historical markers indicate.

His slide presentation includes a Supreme Court case he uncovered while doing his research. In the case, Joseph Jones vs. John Q. Adams, many of Carson Valley's first settlers testify as to where they were and what they were doing in the 1850s.

The historical society's lecture is presented on the second Thursday of the month. Information, 782-2555 or www.historicnevada.org