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Basques have been living in Northern Nevada for over a century and form a population of several thousand. Basque immigrants first came in the mid-1800s during the Gold rush. The Basques have also been closely-tied to sheep herding in Nevada and neighboring states. The Basque-American culture is especially prominent in the town of Winnemucca.
The Basque Diaspora (Basque Studies Program, University of Nevada, Reno). Etulain, Richard W., and Jeronima Echeverria, eds. Portraits of Basques in the New World (U of Nevada Press, 1999). Lasagabaster, David. "Basque diaspora in the USA and language maintenance." Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 29.1 (2008): 66–90. online
During the 1570s, the Basque fisheries in America employed more than 6000 people and required more than 200 ships. [1] In Buitres, 900 sailors come aboard 15 ships every summer. [1] The surplus oil production is sold in England. However, most historians still note a gradual decline in whaling, while other scholars argue shows that it was sudden ...
1. Haysville. Haysville, which the 2020 U.S. Census says has a population of 11,262, is in Sedgwick County in south-central Kansas. The city is named after its founder, W.W. Hays.It has been ...
Map of the United States with Nevada highlighted. Nevada is a state located in the Western United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, it is the 32nd most populous state, with 3,104,614 inhabitants, [1] but the 7th largest by land area spanning 109,781.18 square miles (284,332.0 km 2). [2]
One of the many ways Native American influence shines through the United States is in our place names.
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Basque Americans in Nevada. Pages in category "Basque-American culture in Nevada" The following ...
There is a village called Miramar in Valencia, Spain, where could lie the origins of all the cities in America with that name, as there are registries of the town before the year 1527.) Modesto, California ("Modest") Monterey, California ("King's Mountain", from Spanish Monterrey) Montevallo, Alabama ("Surrounding Mountain")