Historical Marker
Arrowhead Trail
Historical marker location:
Henderson, Nevada
( Marker is on Arrowhead Trail Road, 0.1 miles south of Mission Drive, on the right when traveling south.)
Henderson.
Nevada was once the world's largest producer of silver: In the late 1800s, Nevada was one of the world's largest producers of silver. The discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859, a massive deposit of silver ore, led to a mining boom that transformed the state.