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  History of Carson City, Nevada, USA

Journey back in time to Carson City, Nevada, USA

Visit Carson City, Nevada, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

•  1863 - March 3 - Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City, Nevada
  
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  March 3, 1863
  
  
•  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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•  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...
  
  
  
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  Wells Fargo & Co's Bank
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  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...
  
  
  
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  Indian Training School and Grounds, Carson City, Nevada
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  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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  Gateway Motel, Carson City, Nevada
  Gateway to 1960 Olympics
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