Genoa Cemetery is located on the site of the first permanent settlement in the State of Nevada. Many pioneers, including the legendary mailman Snowshoe Thompson are buried there. This will be the first in an ongoing series of videos on the Carson Valley.

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Acknowledgements:
Book: “Cemeteries of Carson City and Carson Valley,” by Cindy Southerland
Article: “A History of the Genoa Cemetery,” by Billie J. Rightmire
Article: “The Unstoppable Snowshoe Thompson,” by Bob Pedersen
Genoa Cemetery Association
SnowshoeThompson.org
Newspapers.com
Find A Grave

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