Carson City
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COUNTY FORMATION

The original settlement was known as "Eagle Station" after the initial trading post, which sported an eagle killed by the original settlers. Newly arrived settler Abraham Curry bought the Eagle Station and Ranch in 1858 (with several business partners), established the town of Carson City, and had it surveyed and platted, including a 10-acre parcel for a capitol. Curry named his townsite Carson City, after the nearby Carson River and the famed frontiersman Christopher Kit Carson. Carson City was officially established in 1858, seven years after the first white settler moved into Eagle Valley. The boom of the Comstock Mining District, beginning in 1859, brought hundreds and then thousands of settlers into the area. In 1969 Ormsby County was merged into Carson City to consolidate government services. Carson City is now a consolidated municipality.

Carson City is the Capitol of the State of Nevada.


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This page was last updated 01/20/2024