Snowshoe Thompson Monument (Genoa, Nevada)

USA / Nevada / Kingsbury / Genoa, Nevada

statue, interesting place

Monument to local hero Jon Torsteinson-Rue, also know as Snowshoe Thompson.

When Genoa was a remote frontier town he skied over the sierras to bring mail and medicine to the town.
www.genoanevada.org/snowshoethompson.htm

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowshoe_Thompson

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Coordinates: 39°0'14"N 119°50'45"W

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