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Nevada Rock Art | Geocaching | Historical Markers |
Located on State Route 445, the Pyramid Lake Highway from Reno and Sparks, Nevada, overlooking the lake on its western side. |
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America's most beautiful desert lake
is a remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan, which during the Ice Age
covered over 8,000 square miles. Caves along its shores have
revealed a prehistoric people with a well-developed community
life. The unusual calcium carbonate Tufa formations along the lake shore are formed by algae, by precipitation from hot springs, from concentration during drier periods, and from wave-action shoreline deposits. The 41-pound world record size cutthroat trout was taken from Pyramid Lake, in 1925, by Johnny Skimmerhorn, a Paiute Indian. The lake is the home of the Cui-ui, a peculiar lakesucker now found nowhere else in the world. Anaho Island, a national wildlife
refuge, is probably the largest white pelican nesting colony
in North America. |
Notes on this marker: I remember seeing the original concrete marker, but did I get a picture of it? Nooo! |
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