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12 unusual facts about Carson City


Amber Rubarth

At age 17, she graduated high school and moved to Carson City, Nevada to apprentice at a chainsaw sculpting shop.

Carson City, Michigan

The name Carson City was given to the post office by Thomas Scott, who had been in Carson City, Nevada, during the gold and silver mining boom days.

Death Valley Days

Jim Davis, later Jock Ewing on Dallas, portrayed a U.S. representative from Nevada in the episode "Little Washington", set in 1878 in Carson City.

Donovan Osborne

Osborne attended Carson High School in Carson City, Nevada before he was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1987 Major League Baseball Draft.

Godinez v. Moran

On August 2, 1984, Richard Allan Moran entered the Red Pearl Saloon in Carson City, Nevada and shot the bartender and a customer before robbing the cash register.

Jimenez Arms

It produced firearms variously branded as Jennings Firearms at its Irvine, California facility, as well as under the brand name of Bryco Arms at its former Carson City, Nevada facility, and at its Costa Mesa, California facility.

John Rolly Ross

He was the Republican state chairman in 1934, and was a city attorney of Carson City, Nevada from 1947 to 1951.

Lift Engineering

Founded in 1965 and based in Carson City, Nevada, the firm came under scrutiny by state safety officials after a fatal accident in 1985, and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July bankrupt in July 1996.

Nevada Wonders

They played their home games in the stadium on the grounds of Carson High School in Carson City, Nevada.

A Carson City, Nevada group, led by Randy Roser, were awarded the franchise in December 2002 to begin play in the following season, coinciding with the recent transition of former tier three USL D-3 Pro League team, Northern Nevada Aces, voluntarily becoming an amateur team and joining the newly founded Men's Premier Soccer League in 2003.

USS Carson City

Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Carson City, named in honor of the city of Carson City, Nevada.

Wabuska Railroad Station

The Wabuska Railroad Station, on S. Carson St. in Carson City, Nevada, was built in 1906.


Ben Kieckhefer

He was elected to the Nevada State Senate in 2010 to represent Washoe Senate District 4, later renamed Senate District 16, which encompasses portions of Reno, Pleasant Valley, Incline Village, New Washoe City, and Carson City.

Cactus Pete Piersanti

He is namesake of two Nevada casinos he owned at different points in his career, Cactus Pete's casino in Jackpot and Cactus Jack's Casino in Carson City.

City of Bad Men

A heavyweight championship fight between James J. Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons is coming to Carson City, Nevada at exactly the same time outlaw Brett Stanton and brother Gar return to town.

Dawn Gibbons

On May 2, 2008, the governor filed for divorce on grounds of incompatibility, citing an undisclosed incident in Reno, and asked the court to determine whether he or his wife would live at the Nevada Governor's Mansion in Carson City.

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

There are local ranger district offices located in Austin, Bridgeport, Carson City, Las Vegas, and Tonopah.

Morgan dollar

Linderman desired to involve the western mints of San Francisco and Carson City in production in order to help reach the monthly quota necessary under the Bland–Allison Act.

Nevada Day

Until 2000, Halloween was observed in Carson City, Douglas County, Lyon County, and Storey County on October 30, so as to not conflict with the holiday.

Numaga

The war was caused by an influx of miners and ranchers after silver was discovered in the Comstock Lode near to Carson City.

Pilgrim Radio

In addition to streaming its programming at pilgrimradio.com, the signal is broadcast over-the-air on KNIS in Carson City, Nevada, KNVQ in Elko, Nevada, KDOX in in Big Pine, California, KCSP-FM in Casper, Wyoming, KDNR in Cheyenne, Wyoming, KTME in Rock Springs / Green River, Wyoming, KPMD in Evanston, Wyoming, KMJB in Lander / Riverton, Wyoming, and KLMT in Billings, Montana.

Rosa May

She first appears in Virginia City in 1873 and worked in brothels throughout the Carson City, Reno, Virginia city area.

The Aspen Times

On December 1, 1999, the Aspen Times was purchased by Swift Communications of Carson City, Nevada in a regional newspaper buy up.

The Shootist

Arriving in Carson City, Nevada on January 22, 1901, reading reports of the death of Great Britain's Queen Victoria in the newspaper, Books seeks a medical opinion from someone he trusts, E. W. "Doc" Hostetler (Jimmy Stewart).

United States Seated Liberty coinage

Afterwards, the "O" and "S" (and, later, the "CC" for Carson City) mintmarks were located below the wreath next to the rim.

Virginia and Truckee Railroad Depot - Carson City

The V&T was still leaking money up until her final year in 1950, when Locomotive #27 Ran the final train from Minden, through Carson City, and into Reno.

Xsyon

Xsyon is set in a apocalyptic fantasy environment, closely modeled on the real world area of Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe which spans the California and Nevada border, west of Carson City using US Geological Survey data.