Carson Trail - Entering Carson Valley

Historical marker location:

3165 US 395, Minden, Nevada

( Marker can be reached from U.S. 395, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2002

Nevada was the site of the first interracial marriage in the U.S.: In 1859, a white woman and a black man were married in Nevada, making it the site of the first interracial marriage in the U.S.