photo: Nevada State Museum
As a place that has served as one of the
state’s centers for politics
and business, Carson City has played host to a number of fascinating
historical figures including:
Duane
L. Bliss
Kit Carson
Hannah Clapp
Abraham Curry
Dat so la lee
G.W. Gale Ferris Jr
Laxalt Family
Hank Monk
Olcovich Family
Mark Twain
Sara Winnemucca
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George T. Davis, Charles Piper, Selig Olcovich, Isaac Olcovich and Isador A. Jacobs
in front of the office of the Carson Weekly, May 3, 1892
photo courtesy Nevada
State Museum
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HISTORICAL FACTS
In 1859 the Comstock Lode
silver strike was discovered,
sparking the first major wave
of emigration into the area.
Carson City was named after
the Carson River by city father
Abraham Curry in 1860.
In 1861 the Nevada Territory
was formed, and Carson made
its capital.
Nevada was granted statehood
on Oct. 31, 1864.
Of the 17 counties in Nevada,
only Carson City and Virginia
City have remained county seats
since the beginning of statehood. 
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