While visiting Carson City, Nevada last year we came upon a side trip south to Genoa, upon arriving we found that it was the old Mormon Station of 1850, it was a supply stop for those people going west to California on a route south of Lake Tahoe rather than going over Donner Pass. I was so excited too find the following about Abner and Thomas Blackburn.that being my mother's maiden name. Finding no connection to my genealogy, thought I would share this info from a brass placque there in Genoa. "In early June, 1850, a party of Mormons led by Abner and Thomas Blackburn, Hampton S. Beatie and Joseph Dumont established a trading post about a mile to the north of this site. In September, as they returned to Salt Lake City, a party of Bannock Indians attacked them and stole most of their horses and livestock. On Sept 9 1850, the U.S. Congress created the Utah Territory, which included this section of present day Nevada. Nine months later, June 1 1851, John and Enoch Reese, Salt Lake merchants, arrived to establish Mormon Station, the first settlement in present day Nevada. On June 17, 1854, the Utah Territorial Legislature created Carson County. Probate Judge Orson Hyde, Judge George P. Stiles, U.S. Marshal Joseph I. Heywood and other Mormons arrived to organize and help colonize the county on June 17, 1855. The original Mormon Station buildings were destroyed in a fire on June 28 1910, and the lot stood vacant until the present replica of the fort was constructed in 1947-48. On July 24 1948, Mormons and State Officials dedicated the fort at the Pioneer Day celebration here in Genoa." Thought someone might claim Abner and Thomas Blackburn.. __________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html