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Contents: List of Registered Historic Places in Washoe County, Nevada, USA: The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".
The Newlands Historic District in Reno, Nevada is a historic district on the bluffs south of the Truckee River which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. It is a residential district bounded by the Truckee River on the north, Arlington Avenue on the east, Monroe Street on the south and Keystone Avenue, California ...
Wilbur was a rancher, pilot, artist, philanthropist, and world traveler who lived in Reno from 1936 to his death on January 20, 1982. The museum's collection derives from over 40 trips Wilbur made around the world, and include Tang dynasty pottery, African masks, statues, and artwork, Inuit scrimshaws, Egyptian scarab figures, Greek icons ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "History of Reno, Nevada" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
Image credits: Vachon, John,, 1914-1975,, photographer. Before color photography could exist, scientists had to first understand how light and color actually work. The journey began in the 17th ...
Reno founded; named after Union Army officer Jesse Lee Reno. [1] Reno Crescent newspaper begins publication. [2] 1870 – Population: 1,035. 1871 – Washoe County seat relocated to Reno from Washoe City. [3] 1872 – Virginia and Truckee Railroad in operation. 1873 Fire. [1] Court House built. [3] 1874 Nevada State Journal newspaper begins ...
The site of the largest stamp mill in Nevada (100 stamps), at the time [3] Bristol Wells: Lincoln: 1872: 1905: Abandoned site: By 1893, however, Bristol Well fell out of use. In 1900, a copper leaching plant was built to treat ore from the Bristol Mine, but it only operated for two years.
On this day in 1957, the first underground nuclear test was carried out at the Nevada Test Site, a 1,375 square-mile research center located 65 miles away from Las Vegas.The 1,7 kiloton nuclear ...