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History · Blue Diamond

Blue Diamond’s history is
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The public archives hold just one old photo of Blue Diamond. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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Old Spanish Trail segment, Nevada · Wikimedia Commons

The story

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Blue Diamond is the site of Cottonwood Spring (formerly known as Ojo de Cayetana, or Pearl Spring), a watering place and campsite on the Old Spanish Trail and the later Mormon Road between Mountain Springs and Las Vegas Springs. The springs are located on a mountainside south of the town at 36°02′44″N 115°24′22″W at an elevation of 3409 feet.

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0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewOld Spanish Trail segment, Nevada: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people close to Blue Diamond

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Andre AgassiAndre AgassiLas Vegas · 16 miJenna JamesonJenna JamesonLas Vegas · 16 miDaveigh ChaseDaveigh ChaseLas Vegas · 16 miMatthew Gray GublerMatthew Gray GublerLas Vegas · 16 miDan ReynoldsDan ReynoldsLas Vegas · 16 miCharisma CarpenterCharisma CarpenterLas Vegas · 16 mi
By decade

Blue Diamond, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Old Spanish Trail segment, NevadaCommonsDate?Old Spanish Trail segment, Nevada
Today9 photos
Keystone Thrust, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Near Las Vegas, NevadaCommonsKeystone Thrust, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area…2012Red Rock Canyons from NV Route 160CommonsRed Rock Canyons from NV Route 1602011Cactus Joes Blue Diamond Nursery 1CommonsCactus Joes Blue Diamond Nursery 12007Red Rock escarpment view 5CommonsRed Rock escarpment view 52006Red Rock escarpment view 2CommonsRed Rock escarpment view 22006Blue Diamond Nevada 4CommonsBlue Diamond Nevada 42006Blue Diamond Nevada 3CommonsBlue Diamond Nevada 32006Blue Diamond Nevada 2CommonsBlue Diamond Nevada 22006Blue Diamond Nevada 1CommonsBlue Diamond Nevada 12006
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Blue Diamond is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Blue Diamond has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Potosi in Blue Diamond, 8.9 miles away.

Blue Diamond and the nearest listed places

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Potosi"Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" Sign, TheLittle Church of the WestGoodsprings SchoolhouseJohn S. Park Historic DistrictJay Dayton Smith House

Closest to Blue Diamond

PotosiBlue Diamond · District8.9mi"Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" Sign, TheParadise · Built 195913.7miLittle Church of the WestParadise · Built 194313.8miGoodsprings SchoolhouseGoodsprings · Building14.5miJohn S. Park Historic DistrictLas Vegas · District16.8mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Potosi’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Blue Diamond?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Blue Diamond’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Old Spanish Trail segment, Nevada and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

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📜 Las Vegas📜 Henderson📜 North Las Vegas📜 Boulder City

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