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The Carson River is a northwestern Nevada river that empties into the Carson Sink, an endorheic basin.The main stem of the river is 131 miles (211 km) long [4] although the addition of the East Fork makes the total length 205 miles (330 km), traversing five counties: Alpine County in California and Douglas, Storey, Lyon, and Churchill Counties in Nevada, as well as the Consolidated ...
Previous occupants in the early decades of the 19th century included James Monroe and the British legation. Built ca. 1802 to 1805, this is a fine example of the Federal style of residential architecture. 2. Administration Building, Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Website. stewartindianschool.com. NRHP reference No. 85002432 [1] Added to NRHP. September 18, 1985 [1] The Stewart Indian School (1890–1980) was an American Indian boarding school southeast of Carson City, Nevada. Today, it is the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum. [2]
Carson City, officially the Consolidated Municipality of Carson City, [3] is an independent city and the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. [4] As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,639, making it the 6th most populous city in the state. The majority of the city's population lives in Eagle Valley, on the eastern edge of the Carson ...
Bead Museum, closed December 2008, [8] Black Fashion Museum, founded 1979, moved to Washington in 1994, closed in 2007 and collection donated to the National Museum of African American History and Culture [9][10] Corcoran Gallery of Art, open 1869–2014.
Historical Society of Washington, D.C. The Historical Society of Washington, D.C., also called the DC History Center, is an educational foundation dedicated to preserving and displaying the history of Washington, D.C. The society provides lectures, exhibits, classes, and community events. It runs a museum, library, and publishes the journal ...
75001104 [1] Added to NRHP. March 19, 1975. Stillwater Marsh is an archaeology locality in the Carson Sink in western Nevada discovered when heavy flooding in the 1980s unearthed many human remains. The great diversity in plant life and altitudinally-determined microenvironments that surrounded the marsh helped to make it a popular place to ...
Washington, D.C., is an important center for indie culture and music. Ian MacKaye founded the label Dischord Records, which is one of the most important independent labels created for 1980s punk and eventually indie rock in the 1990s. [21] TeenBeat Records and Simple Machines are other indie labels created in Washington, D.C.