The
Hanging Tree![]()
One of the worst chapters in the history of Genoa took place in
1897 when a drifter, Adam Uber, accused of
murdering a popular teamster, Hans Anderson, was lynched. Uber was dragged from his jail cell in the night and
hanged from a tree on Boyd's Lane. According
to the local legend, all of the perpetrators of the lynching
later suffered injuries, great tragedies in
their families or terrible calamities. The
story has been immortalized by the Carson Valley Historical
Society in their annual progressive play,
"The Curse of the Hanging Tree". The play is
produced several times each July in the
Genoa Courthouse Museum, the Genoa Community Church, the Genoa Town Hall and other sites and buildings. There is a plaque on the tree east of Genoa on Genoa
Lane.
This material is copyrighted by author Nancy C.
Miluck, and may also be found in THE
GENOA-CARSON VALLEY BOOK, 1991-1992 ISSUE, MAY 1991 - 702-782-4235
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