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Carson City
Capital of Nevada, situated at an altitude of 1,425 m/4,674 ft near the eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevada, 48 km/30 mi south of Reno, and to the east of Lake Tahoe; population (2000 est) 52,500. The mainstays of the economy are tourism and legalized gambling, although mining and livestock raising are still important. From 1861 it was the capital of Nevada Territory and became state capital of Nevada in 1864.
History
The city was originally called Eagle Ranch and was settled as a trading post on the route from Salt Lake City to California in 1851 by US settler Abraham Curry. In 1858, it was renamed Carson City after the Carson River, which was named after the US frontier guide Kit Carson. The town flourished after the discovery of the nearby Comstock silver-ore lode in 1859.
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