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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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    • Dr. James B. McMillan: Committed to Freedom
      A month after Dr. James B. McMillan's death on March 20, 1999, the Nevada legislature passed Assembly Concurrent Resolution...
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    • Douglas County Courthouse
      Created in 1861, Douglas County was named after failed presidential candidate Stephen A. Douglas, chairman of the Senate...
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    • Donald Worthington Reynolds
      Donald W. Reynolds was one of Nevada's leading media moguls. Born in 1906 in Texas, he was raised in Oklahoma, where he...
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    • Donald W. Reynolds Foundation
      A Las Vegas-based foundation created in 1954 and built on a media empire has become one of the nation's leading...
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    • Dixie Valley Geothermal Field
      The Dixie Valley Caithness plant is the largest single geothermal power generating facility in Nevada. It is located in the...
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    • Desert Writing
      Much of the literature that has emerged from Nevada has portrayed mountain and desert landscapes, and the human relationship...
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