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Carson City,
an Independent city
created
in 1969,
formerly Ormsby County, named
after
Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson (1809-1868),
the famous frontier scout
and soldier.
(pictured: Ormsby County
Courthouse 1922)
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Churchill County,
created in 1861,
named after Fort Churchill, named
in turn for Sylvester Churchill (1783-1862), a general in the Mexican-American War.
(pictured: Churchill County Courthouse
built in 1903) |
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Clark County,
created in 1908, named
after
William A. Clark
(1839-1925), former US Senator from Montana, and the builder of the railroad line through the area.
(pictured: Clark County Courthouse 1914) |
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Douglas County,
created in 1861, named after Stephen Arnold Douglas
(1813-1861), former US Senator from Illinois.
(pictured: Douglas County
Courthouse 1861) |
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Elko County,
created in 1869, named
after a Shoshoni word meaning white woman.
It
is said, among the very
old Shoshoni, that this
is where they first saw a white woman.
(pictured: Elko County Courthouse 1908) |
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Esmeralda County,
created in 1861, named
after the Esmeralda Mining District, named in turn for possibly the character Esmeralda of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Esmeralda is the Spanish word for emerald.
(pictured: Esmeralda
County Courthouse 1908) |
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Eureka County,
created in 1873, named after the Greek expression Eureka, meaning I have found it!, in reference to deposits of silver
found in the vicinity.
(pictured Eureka County Courthouse 1954) |
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Humboldt County,
created in 1861, named after the Humboldt River named in turn for Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), the famous German scientist, explorer
and statesman.
(pictured: Humboldt
County Courthouse 1874) |
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Lander County,
created in 1862, named after Frederick W. Lander (1821-1862), an American Civil War general
and developer in the area. (pictured: Lander County Courthouse 1872) |
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Lincoln County,
created in 1866, named
after Abraham Lincoln
(1809-1865), the sixteenth President of the United States. (pictured: Lincoln County Courthouse 1872) |
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Lyon County,
created in 1861, named after General Nathaniel Lyon (1818-1861), who was killed in action at the battle of Wilson's Creek.
(pictured:
Lyon County
Courthouse 1964) |
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Mineral County,
created in 1911, named
after mineral deposits in the area. (pictured: Mineral County Courthouse 1874) |
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Nye County,
created in 1864, named after James W. Nye (1815-1876), a governor of the Nevada Territory and US Senator from Nevada. (pictured: Nye County Courthouse 1905) |
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Pershing County,
created in 1919, named after John Joseph (Black Jack) Pershing (1860-1948), the World War I general.
(pictured: Pershing County Courthouse 1919) |
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Storey County,
created in 1861, named after Edward Farris Storey (1829-1860), a captain killed at Pyramid Lake in the 1860 Paiute War. (pictured:
Storey County Courthouse 1877) |
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Washoe County,
created in 1861, named
after the Washoe, a small Indian tribe that inhabits
the area.
(pictured: Washoe County Courthouse 1911) |
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White Pine County,
created in 1869, named after heavy growth of
pine trees
in the area, thought
to be white pine. (pictured: White
Pine County
Courthouse 1887) |
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