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George L. Sanford came to Nevada in about 1906, and was experienced in law and in the newspaper industry; he came to control the Carson City News newspaper. It was deemed significant as the sole surviving buildings associated with the "powerful" Sanford family (including George's brothers Graham and Leigh) and also for its architecture. [2]
Ely (/ ˈ iː l i /, EE-lee) is the largest city and county seat of White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Ely was founded as a stagecoach station along the Pony Express and Central Overland Route. In 1906 copper was discovered. Ely's mining boom came later than the other towns along US 50.
White Pine County is a largely rural, mountain county along the central eastern boundary of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,080. [1] Its county seat is Ely. [2] The name "(Rocky Mountain) white pine" is an old name for the limber pine (Pinus flexilis), a common tree in the county's mountains. The county ...
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View north down Steptoe Valley from an airplane southeast of Ely Location of Steptoe Valley within Nevada. The Steptoe Valley is a long basin located in White Pine County, in northeastern Nevada in the western United States. From the historic community of Currie, the valley runs south for approximately 100 miles (160 km).
Emmet D. Boyle – first Nevada-born governor of Nevada; Berkeley L. Bunker (1906–1999) – U.S. senator from Nevada and member of the U.S. House of Representatives; Howard Cannon (1912–2002) – former Democratic U S Senator from Nevada; Catherine Cortez Masto (born 1964) – U.S. senator from Nevada (since 2017)
Ely — a city and the county seat of White Pine County, northern Nevada. Pages in category "Ely, Nevada" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.