A brick monument five to six feet tall was erected June 1949 by the citizens of Overton, Nevada. It is about 150 feet off the road, on state route #169. According to information at the Valley of Fire State Park, Captain John J. Clark, retired, 46 New York Infantry, died June 1915, age 67. he was driving a buckboard through the desert on the Arrowhead Trail (early trail to the Muddy). He stopped, tied his horse to the back of the buckboard, laid down and died of thirst at that point in the Valley of Fire. To order this booklet: $4.50 plus $1.00 S/H. 26 pages. It includes scanned images of his monument, declaration for pension, affadavit for marriage license, certificate of disabilty for discharge, certificate of death, coroner inquest, civil war service, pension records, newspaper accounts, etc. You will discover information about his family, Civil War service,life after discharge, and his tragic death in the Valley of Fire. Review: From "Boulder City News" Boulder City, Nevada, Thursday, 15 Nov 2001, p. 2. "One Man's View" by Mike O'Callaghan "Boulder City's Diane E. Green, an accredited genealogist, has completed another fine piece of work which is now available at the Valley of Fire Visitors Center. This booklet tells the story of Captain John G. Clark (1844-1915), a Civil War Veteran. . ."