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Carson City is an independent city and the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. [3] As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,639, making it the 6th most populous city in the state. The majority of the city's population lives in Eagle Valley, on the eastern edge of the Carson Range, a branch of the Sierra Nevada, about 30 miles (50 km) south ...
Carson City. USNS Carson City (JHSV-7/T-EPF-7), (ex-Courageous) is the seventh Spearhead -class expeditionary fast transport, currently in service with the United States Navy ' s Military Sealift Command. [1] She is the second ship in naval service named after Carson City, Nevada. [4] [5] Carson City was built by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama.
The Nevada Appeal was first published in on May 16, 1865, as the Carson Daily Appeal. It claims to be the oldest continuously published newspaper in Nevada, as well as be the oldest continuously operating business in Carson City. It was renamed the Daily State Register in 1870. In 1872, the Register merged with the New Daily Appeal, which had ...
September 5, 1975. The Carson City Mint was a branch of the United States Mint in Carson City, Nevada. It primarily minted silver coins; however, it also minted gold coins, with a total face value in dollars nearly equal to that of its silver coins. The mint minted coins in 21 different years. The Carson City Mint was created in 1863 but was ...
2019 Nevada killing spree. The 2019 Nevada killing spree was a series of murders in January 2019 in which an assailant broke into three homes in Douglas and Washoe Counties in northwestern Nevada, murdered the elderly inhabitants, and made off with valuables. Reports of the crimes terrified area residents for several days until a police manhunt ...
4.8 mi (7.7 km) The Nevada State Railroad Museum, located in Carson City, Nevada, preserves the railroad heritage of Nevada, including locomotives and cars of the famous Virginia and Truckee Railroad. Much of the museum equipment was obtained from various Hollywood studios, where they were used in movies and television.
KCMY (1300 AM with translator K273AF at 102.5 FM serving Reno) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format, branding itself as "Cowboy Country". Licensed to Carson City, Nevada, United States, the station is currently owned by The Evans Broadcasting Company, Inc. and features programming from Fox News Radio, as well as local news.
George L. Sanford came to Nevada in about 1906, and was experienced in law and in the newspaper industry; he came to control the Carson City News newspaper. It was deemed significant as the sole surviving buildings associated with the "powerful" Sanford family (including George's brothers Graham and Leigh) and also for its architecture.