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* Western ShoshoneWestern Shoshone

In 1886 President Cleveland reserved additional land to the Western Shoshone, expanding the size of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation astride the Nevada/Idaho border.
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* Carson City HeadlinesCarson City Headlines

In 1907 the Carson City News ran the front page headline: DRESS REHEARSAL OF MINSTRAL 'COONS'
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* TonopahTonopah

Time: 8:10 pm

In 1990 Jim Butler supposedly found gold and silver ore which started the rush to Tonopah, though there is evidence that rather than finding it, it was ponited out to him by Native Americans ( see http://dmia.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/archives/myth/myth32.htm )
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* Beckwourth PassBeckwourth Pass

In 1937 at Beckwourth Pass just over the California border, northwest of Reno, a monument was erected to honor James Beckwourth, an African American scout and explorer who located the route over the Sierra Foothills by which many frontier emigrants traveled safely to California.
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