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  2. Pahrump, Nevada - Wikipedia

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    Pahrump (/ p ə ˈ r ʌ m p / pə-RUMP) is an unincorporated town located at the southernmost tip of Nye County, Nevada, United States, about 62 miles (100 km) west of Las Vegas. Pahrump lies adjacent to the Nevada – California border and the area had a population of 44,738 as of the 2020 census.

  3. Comstock Lode - Wikipedia

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    The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Virginia City, Nevada (then western Utah Territory ), which was the first major discovery of silver ore in the United States and named after American miner Henry Comstock .

  4. List of museums in Nevada - Wikipedia

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    This list of museums in Nevada encompasses museums which are defined for this context as physical institutions, (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

  5. History of Nevada - Wikipedia

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    Because of hostility from miners and their sympathizers, Nevada's territorial and state antigambling laws were mostly unenforced from 1859 until the Comstock Lode mining booms collapsed in the 1870s. After 1881, the state attempted to restrict gambling through licensing and other statutory controls.

  6. Pahrump Valley - Wikipedia

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    Pahrump Valley is a Mojave Desert valley west of Las Vegas and the Spring Mountains massif in southern Nye County, Nevada, and eastern San Bernardino County, California. Pahrump, Nevada, is in the valley's center and the Tecopa and Chicago Valleys are immediately to the west. [1] The valley has routes to Death Valley and a route to Las Vegas.

  7. List of Nevada state parks - Wikipedia

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    The system is managed by the Nevada Division of State Parks within the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The Division of State Parks was created by an act of the Nevada Legislature in 1963. The system manages 23 state park units, some of which have multiple units.

  8. Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    Ash Meadows habitat, in the Amargosa Desert. /  36.42500°N 116.33333°W  / 36.42500; -116.33333. The Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is a protected wildlife refuge located in the Amargosa Valley of southern Nye County, in southwestern Nevada. It is directly east of Death Valley National Park, and is 90 mi (140 km) west-northwest of ...

  9. James Clair Flood - Wikipedia

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    James Clair Flood (October 25, 1826 – February 21, 1889 [1]) was an American businessman who made a fortune thanks to the Comstock Lode in Nevada. His mining operations are recounted to this day as an outstanding example of what may be done with a rich ore body and a genius for stock manipulation. Flood piled up millions as one of the famed ...

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