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African Americans on the Comstock

African Americans came to the western Great Basin in the 1850s. Read more about this history.

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Reno

Reno has always been a town of contrasts. Find out more about its natural beauty, darkness and cosmopolitan edge.

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    • West Wendover
      West Wendover, which sits on the eastern edge of Nevada, is a flourishing community, and a testament to the powerful lure of...
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    • Fallon Indian Day School
      Churchill County, like other counties throughout the West, attempted to comply with federal mandates for Native American...
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    • Eureka County Courthouse
      The Nevada legislature created Eureka County in 1873. Officials renovated a former ice rink donated by Judge John O'Darrow...
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    • Eureka
      The Eureka Mining District began with a few claims staked in 1864. Initially, miners sent limited silver ore to Austin mills....
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    • Establishing a Cold War Continental Testing Site in Nevada
      On January 27, 1951, Nevada became the United States’ cold war continental nuclear proving ground when a one-kiloton...
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    • Esmeralda County Courthouse
      When the seat of government moved from Hawthorne to Goldfield in 1907, county commissioners authorized the construction of a...
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