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A massive hydrothermal belt interspersed with hot springs runs north and south along the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada.... -
As a result of numerous ore discoveries in nearby canyons during 1866, the small town of Hot Creek in Nye County formed quickly... -
Horatio McLean Jones was an associate justice for Nevada Territory. Born in Howellsville, Pennsylvania, in 1826, Jones... -
The United States government's construction of Hoover Dam, a hydroelectric and reservoir project started on the Colorado... -
Hoover Dam, often called Boulder Dam, is located on the Colorado River at the southern tip of Nevada and the Arizona border. In... -
The first newspaper in present day Nevada was apparently the Gold-Cañon Switch of Johntown, a mining community about four miles...