Fort Ruby
Fort in White Pine County, Nevada. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
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What it is
Fort Ruby, also known as Camp Ruby, was built in 1862 by the United States Army, during the American Civil War (1861–1865), in the "wilderness of eastern Nevada". in the region separated from the larger Utah Territory of 1850–1896, further east, then organized as the brief Nevada Territory of 1861–1864. It protected both the California Trail and the later Overland Trail westward routes for overland mail and pioneer wagon route for stagecoaches and utilized for the short-lived Pony Express (1860–1861) horse riders with pouches of the United States Mail This was in order to maintain speedier links and communication between residents of the new state of California, on the West Coast on the Pacific Ocean and to the other states of the federal Union in the East. Later by the following year of 1861, the American-based Overland Telegraph Company with its trans-continental line was constructed laboriously at the beginning of the crucial Civil War, using the new 1844 invention of the electric telegraph, and subsequently the first of four transcontinental railroad lines in 1869.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Near Hobson on W side of Ruby Lake, Hobson vicinity, NV |
| County | White Pine County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Listed for | Architecture |
| Level of significance | National |
| Also known as | Camp Ruby |
| Reference number | 66000460 |
| Type of place | fort |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 2 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Near Hobson on W side of Ruby Lake, Hobson, NV |
| Coordinates | 40.0677° N, 115.5296° W · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Great Basin National Park · 103 miles · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | South Ruby Campground 8 miles · Terraces Campground - Picnic Area 40 miles |
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Map
Nearby in White Pine County
Public land around it
| Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | About 4 miles away40,055 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
Nevada travel guides
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Reference
Questions people ask
When was Fort Ruby listed on the National Register?
Oct 15, 1966. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
Where is Fort Ruby?
Near Hobson on W side of Ruby Lake, Hobson vicinity, White Pine County, Nevada. The nearest national park unit is Great Basin National Park, 103 miles away.
Source: Great Basin National Park
What does the Fort Ruby listing include?
The listing counts 2 contributing resources. Those are 2 buildings. A contributing resource is a part of the listed property that carries its historic significance.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for Fort Ruby?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Are there campgrounds near Fort Ruby?
Two federal campgrounds are within reach. The closest is South Ruby Campground, 8 miles away. Terraces Campground - Picnic Area is 40 miles away.
Source: Campsite Atlas
Is there cell service at Fort Ruby?
FCC coverage maps show AT&T 5G at the listed point. Coverage indoors and behind old masonry is another matter.
Source: FCC Broadband Map
Sources
Location, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Listing dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet where it carries the listing. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000460. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.