State of Nevada - National Parks Gallery

Name: Nevada
Level: 220-ft.
Donor: State of Nevada
Dates: 1881/1885
Original materials: granite, gold leaf (on red ground) in letters, silver letters, mounting material not known
Dimensions: 2' x 3'
Sculptor/Carver: J. Barrett [stone]
Original inscription: All For Our Country Nevada 1881
Documented material history:
• 1880: “‘Nevada’ inlaid silver. Other letters gilt.” [CG]
• 1881: “A bill for lading was sent to the Washington Monument as having been prepaid to the Central Pacific Railroad. . . . November 18, 1881, a letter . . . from Horatio King telling of the safe arrival of the ‘handsome stone’ a few weeks ago.” [MR]
• 1881: “A block recently received from Nevada is of granite, prescribed size, inscription ‘All for our Country’ in sunken gilded letters & ‘Nevada 1881’ in letters of solid silver about four & 1⁄2 inches in length.” [Horatio King, Secretary of the Washington Monument
Society, letter to Hon. B. Wilson, U.S. House of Representatives, December 12, 1881; Entry 430, RG 42, NAB.]