At its peak, Bearcreek and the surrounding communities of Washoe, New Caledonia, Chickentown, Scotch Coulee, International, and Stringtown, had a population of about 3,000 people, most of whom worked in the coal mines.
The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California are a federally recognized tribe of Washoe Indians, living in California and Nevada.
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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.
Cannon was re-elected with far less difficulty in 1970 (58%), defeating then Washoe County District Attorney William Raggio.
In 1859, the news broke that silver had been found in the huge Comstock Lode in Washoe, a region that was then in the western part of Utah Territory, and that would soon become the territory of Nevada.
The Washoe Club is a three-story brick structure located in the Virginia City Historic District.
A variation of the Washoe process was developed in the Reese River mining district around Austin, Nevada.
It was deemed significant as the only surviving agricultural complex in Washoe Valley that had supplied foodstuffs (fruit, vegetables, dairy products, and hay) to the Comstock Mining District.
The Washoe County Library, at 301 S. Center St. in Reno, Nevada, is a public library and is a historic Modern-style building listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
As of 2013, "Washoe County is the first school district in the state to offer Paiute classes," offering an elective course in the Paiute language at Spanish Springs High School.
The Washoe Zephyr first gained notoriety from a passage written by Mark Twain in his book Roughing It.