Located in northern Nevada’s Washoe County, Reno is the second of Nevada’s two largest cities, Las Vegas in the southern portion of the state being the largest. In the early 1930s and prior to the explosive development of Las Vegas, Nevada’s … [Read more...]
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Samuel Clemens and Virginia City, Nevada
Virginia City’s emergence as a community began in 1859 with the first major discovery of silver on the eastern slope of northern Nevada’s Mount Davidson. The “Comstock Lode” as the find was named, was the first major discovery of silver … [Read more...]
Hoover Dam – Black Canyon, Nevada
Hoover Dam was an immense construction project that was initiated to control damage caused by the annual flooding of the Colorado River in the areas along the lower Colorado where it flowed between Arizona and Nevada. Named for President Herbert Hoover … [Read more...]