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Galena High School is a public secondary school in Southwest Reno, Nevada that is a part of the Washoe County School District. The school mascot is the Grizzly Bear, and the school's colors are black and gold. Their sports teams are known as the "Galena Grizzlies". Galena has been accredited by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools.
Washoe (c. September 1965 – October 30, 2007) was a female common chimpanzee who was the first non-human to learn to communicate using some American Sign Language (ASL) as part of an animal research experiment on animal language acquisition. [1] Washoe learned approximately 350 signs of ASL, [2] also teaching her adopted son Loulis some signs.
Rival. Galena High School. Information. 775-851-5656. Website. www.washoeschools.net /drhs. The Damonte Ranch High School (DRHS) opened in the Fall of 2003. Located in the Truckee Meadows, the school is the newest public high school in the Washoe County School District. Located in southeast Reno, the High School is named for the Damonte Ranch ...
The clinic was founded to treat patients affected by a smallpox outbreak in Washoe Valley, Nevada. [3] The Washoe County Hospital opened in 1864, after Nevada became a state. [3] The medical center and the healthcare organization were transferred to Washoe Health Systems, a private non-profit organization, in 1984. [3]
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Reno High was the first high school in Reno, which is celebrated by its slogan: "Reno High - Older than Reno". High school students in Reno in the 1860s were originally taught in the basement of a building on the corner of First and Virginia Streets, on the future site of the Mapes Hotel.
History. Old Washoe City was founded in 1860 as a lumber camp for Virginia City. With unlimited water available from Washoe Lake, mills were built for reducing ore. Dozens of trips were made daily by mule-driven ore wagons to Virginia City, hauling timber and farm produce. The return trips brought Comstock ore for milling.
Washoe County was created on November 25, 1861, as one of the original nine counties of the Nevada Territory. It is named after the Washoe people who originally inhabited the area. It was consolidated with Roop County in 1864. Washoe City was the first county seat in 1861 and was replaced by Reno in 1871. In 1911, a small band of Shoshone and ...