"... I'm wondering who Bob Scott was. A surveyor? Quite possibly a local legend? I'm not sure and I don't think much research will pull up the subject back home." -- October 2009

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Along US 50 on Bob Scott Summit, 6.6 miles east of Austin Lander   39.457176, -116.996751

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Original Date Visited: 6/20/09
Last Confirmed: 4/8/22
Signed: Both lanes of US 50

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Marker 176 in the Toiyabe Range   Have a picnic lunch at this scenic spot What a fantastic location for this marker! This is an interesting marker representing early road cartographers

Exact Description:
The Federal Government historically has supported numerous surveys for the purpose of measuring the domain which extended, after 1848, to the Pacific. Those surveys sought railway routes, military relationships, water transport and wagon roads. The survey activity was extended to all territories, but not to states.

Nevada, in part, was the site of two notable surveys, Honey Lake to Fort Kearny wagon road, completed in 1860 by Captain Lander, and the route surveyed by Lieutenant Simpson, Camp Floyd to Genoa, in 1859.

Military engineers engaged in this activity included, Stansbury Marcy, Whipple, Beale, Simpson and Lander. The name of Captain F.W. Lander stands out as a contributor to Nevada's history. He has been memorialized in the name of a prominent county. Nearby Simpson Peak Mountains are named for Lieutenant Simpson.

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Constructing Nevada's Early Roads

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 COVERED IN MY US 50 ROAD TRIP

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DESERT WELL STATION (OVERLAND MAIL AND STAGE STATION)

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Related Links & Markers:

 - 261 - Spooner Summit   - 268 - Forging the Link   James Simpson and Highway 50 (Online Nevada Encyclopedia 

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