Bronze plaque № 49036

Carson City, NV, United States

Charles W. Friend House, Observatory & Weather Station. This is the site of the house and observatory of Nevada’s first weatherman, astronomer, and seismologist, Charles William Friend. Born in Prussia in 1835, Friend immigrated by way of South America to California during the 1849 Gold Rush. In 186

7, he moved from Folsom to Carson City where he set up his own jewelery and optical store.Friend built Nevada’s first observatory located southwest of his house and east of the Nevada State Capitol. N

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