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Carson City, Nevada, USA

Construction of the Nevada State Capitol located in Carson City was proposed on April 14, 1870. Carson City is one of the smallest state capitals in the country. Update: With current growth, may now be 14th smallest.

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  • News 1863 - March 3 - Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City, Nevada

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    March 3, 1863

  • News 1870 - California Roughs. By Mark Twain.
    ...Sam Brown, of Nevada, killed sixteen men in his time, and was journeying toward Esmeralda to kill a seventeenth, who had stopped the breath of a friend of his, when a party of law-abiding citizens waylaid him, and slaughtered him with shot-guns. Mourners were exceedingly scarce at his funeral....Read MORE...


  • 1870 - U S Mint established in Carson City

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  • News 1889 - BASEBALL ACCIDENT. A Player Gets His Nose Smashed.
    The Carson Tribune of the 5th inst. says: While playing baseball at Genoa yesterday, Selden Richards of Carson sustained an injury that will probably disfigure him for life. He was at the bat when a high ball with incurve came over the plate. He struck at it, and instead of the ball going out into...Read MORE...


  • Carson City, Nevada, USA
    Wells Fargo & Co's Bank
    Carson City, Nevada

    Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada
  • 1895 - Carson City
    Carson City, the capital of the state of Nevada, and of Ormsby co, is situated near the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada, 3 miles W. of Carson River, 12 miles E. of Lake Tahoe, and 21 miles S. by W. from Virginia City. Lat. 39° 10' N.; Lon. 119°43' W. It is surrounded by grand mountain scenery,...Read MORE...


  • Carson City, Nevada, USA
    Indian Training School and Grounds, Carson City, Nevada
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  • Carson City, Nevada, USA
    Catholic Church
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  • 1916
    Carson City, a banking city, the capital of the state of Nevada and of Ormsby co., is situated near the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada, 3 miles W. of the Carson River, and on the Virginia and Truckee R., 21 miles S. by W. of Virginia City. Lat. 39° 10' N. ; Lon. 119° 43' W. It is surrounded by...Read MORE...


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    Ormsby County Court House, Carson City, Nevada
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  • Carson City, Nevada, USA
    Gateway Motel, Carson City, Nevada
    Gateway to 1960 Olympics
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Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Carson City, Nevada, USA


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Wells Fargo & Co's Bank
Carson City, Nevada

Found at The Way It Was Museum, Virginia City, Nevada

Carson City, Nevada, USA

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Indian Training School and Grounds, Carson City, Nevada

Carson City, Nevada, USA

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Catholic Church

Carson City, Nevada, USA

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Ormsby County Court House, Carson City, Nevada

Carson City, Nevada, USA

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Gateway Motel, Carson City, Nevada
Gateway to 1960 Olympics

History, News and Stories of Carson City, Nevada, USA

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  • News  1863 - March 3 - Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City, Nevada

    historyorb.com
    March 3, 1863
  • 1870 - U S Mint established in Carson City

    www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ nvtimeln.htm
  • News  1870 - California Roughs. By Mark Twain.
    ...Sam Brown, of Nevada, killed sixteen men in his time, and was journeying toward Esmeralda to kill a seventeenth, who had stopped the breath of a friend of his, when a party of law-abiding citizens waylaid him, and slaughtered him with shot-guns. Mourners were exceedingly scarce at his funeral.... Read MORE...

  • News  1889 - BASEBALL ACCIDENT. A Player Gets His Nose Smashed.
    The Carson Tribune of the 5th inst. says: While playing baseball at Genoa yesterday, Selden Richards of Carson sustained an injury that will probably disfigure him for life. He was at the bat when a high ball with incurve came over the plate. He struck at it, and instead of the ball going out into... Read MORE...

  • 1895 - Carson City
    Carson City, the capital of the state of Nevada, and of Ormsby co, is situated near the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada, 3 miles W. of Carson River, 12 miles E. of Lake Tahoe, and 21 miles S. by W. from Virginia City. Lat. 39° 10' N.; Lon. 119°43' W. It is surrounded by grand mountain scenery,... Read MORE...

  • 1916
    Carson City, a banking city, the capital of the state of Nevada and of Ormsby co., is situated near the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada, 3 miles W. of the Carson River, and on the Virginia and Truckee R., 21 miles S. by W. of Virginia City. Lat. 39° 10' N. ; Lon. 119° 43' W. It is surrounded by... Read MORE...



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