Hanging Tree

On this tree, early morning Nov. 26, 1897 occurred the blackest episode in the history of Nevada. Adam Uber of Calaveras Co. Cal. was forcefully taken from jail abused and hanged by an angry mob, for the pistol killing of Hans Anderson a local teamster in a Millersville bar room Brawel.

Donor “Sharkey” Begovich

Historian and Ranch Owner Arnold Trimmer

Maker: Boone – Sons Sonora, Ca.

Marker is on Genoa Lane near Pioneer Drive, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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