John “Snowshoe” Thompson / James T. Fennimore
Dedicated to two of Nevada’s brawniest pioneers: James T. Fennimore, who, on a wild night in 1859, christened this town Virginia – and to John “Snowshoe” Thompson who carried the mails on homemade skis during the crescent years of the Comstock Lode. Erected June 13, 1959 by Snowshoe Thompson Chapter E Clampus Vitus.
Marker is on C Street (Nevada Route 341), on the left when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
