Beatie and his party camped along a fast flowing stream about a mile north of what would become Genoa. While there, they learned from people passing through the area that there was a “rush” of placer miners expected to pass through the area on their way to Sutter’s Mill in California. Beatie and company returned to Salt Lake City, Utah, for supplies and able men to man the trading post. Beatie and
several others established a trading post on the spot where the Mormon Station Historic State Park is located today, thereby establishing Nevada’s first settlement. In 1854, Judge Orson Hyde renamed Mormon Station as Genoa. Today, Genoa is a thriving small town community of about 300 residents within the town boundaries with an additional 400-500 residents in the immediate area. Genoa is located about 20 minutes south of Nevada’s Capitol, Carson City, about 25 minutes east of Lake Tahoe and a about an hour south of Reno. For more history and statistics about Genoa, visit our website at www.genoanevada.org
