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    Yerington is a city in Lyon County, Nevada, United States. The population was 3,048 at the 2010 census. It is the current county seat of Lyon County, with...
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    Schurz to Interstate 80 via the cities of Yerington and Fernley. The highway is one of three routes in Nevada that has existed as US 95 Alt. The present...
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    moved to Yerington in 1911. There were stories that it was named for Captain Robert Lyon, a survivor of the Pyramid Lake War in 1860, but Nevada State Archives...
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    almost thirty Wovoka often worked for David Wilson, a rancher in the Yerington, Nevada, area, and his wife Abigail, who gave him the name Jack Wilson when...
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    The Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony and Campbell Ranch is a federally recognized tribe of Northern Paiute Indians in western Nevada. The...
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    other protected areas of the United States. Although Barr was born in Yerington, Nevada, she was named not after her state of birth but after a character...
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    Lyon counties in Nevada, United States. It connects U.S. Route 395 (US 395) north of Topaz Lake to U.S. Route 95 Alternate in Yerington. The road serves...
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    Nevada (/nəˈvædə, -vɑː-/ nə-VAD-ə, -⁠VAH-, Spanish: [neˈβaða]) is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States. It borders Oregon to the...
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    confronts child abuse in 'When She was Bad...'". Mason Valley News. Yerington, Nevada. p. 28. Retrieved June 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. "Encyclopedia...
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    Jesse Brinkley (category People from Yerington, Nevada)
    Super Middleweight title in 2010. Brinkley comes from the town of Yerington, Nevada, where he is an active hunter and fisherman. He has been described...
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  • Pine Grove (section Nevada)
    New York, a community in Watson, New York Pine Grove, Nevada, a ghost town near Yerington, Nevada Pine Grove, Hood River County, Oregon Pine Grove, Klamath...
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    US Post Office - Yerington Main is a one-story red brick building in Yerington, Nevada listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February...
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    Yerington Grammar School, also known as Yerington Grammar School No. 9, is a former school in Yerington, Nevada. It is listed in the National Register...
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    mine in Lyon County, Nevada that was owned and operated by the Anaconda Mining Company. It is located adjacent to the town of Yerington. A company town, Weed...
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    short state highway in Lyon County, Nevada. The route covers a portion of Bridge Street in the city of Yerington. SR 340 begins at the intersection of...
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    Nevada is the only U.S. state where prostitution is legally permitted in some form. Prostitution is legal in 10 of Nevada's 17 counties, although only...
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  • Yerington High School is a public high school in Yerington, Nevada, United States, a town southeast of Carson City, Nevada. Hundreds of students are enrolled...
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  • Young and former Democratic Washoe County Sheriff Mike Haley endorsed Nevada Question 1 ballot. Lawson, Jen (October 28, 2002). "Hopefuls express dedication...
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    Walker River State Recreation Area (category State parks of Nevada)
    (5,000 ha) state park unit of Nevada along the East Walker River near the city of Yerington. The park is one of Nevada's largest and newest state park...
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  • federal encouragement or sanction. Indian colonies are especially common in Nevada. As the Great Basin ecosystem is very fragile, native lifeways became untenable...
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    original on 10 February 2003. Retrieved 3 May 2018. "Yerington Monday: Prostitution". Yerington Mondays. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2018. "Starlight...
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  • Mel Thom (category People from Yerington, Nevada)
    Council in the 1960s. Thom graduated from Lyon County High School in Yerington, Nevada and then studied civil engineering at Brigham Young University. At...
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  • Yerington Municipal Airport (IATA: EYR, FAA LID: O43) is a mile north of Yerington, in Lyon County, Nevada. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems...
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  • in Dayton, Fernley, Hawthorne, Lake Tahoe, Lovelock, Smith Valley and Yerington, as well as degree programs in five correctional institutions. The college...
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    The Lyon County Courthouse in Yerington, Nevada is a courthouse which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It currently serves as a...
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    Poldevaart. 1987. Paiute–English English–Paiute Dictionary. Yerington, Nevada: Yerington Paiute Tribe. Allen Snapp, John Anderson, & Joy Anderson. 1982. "Northern...
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  • town in southwestern Lyon County, Nevada, United States. It lies along State Route 208, southwest of the city of Yerington, the county seat of Lyon County...
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    Carson City, Nevada. February 25, 1909. Retrieved April 29, 2019. "Mound House Plant Removal Complete". Mason Valley News. Yerington, Nevada. September...
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    Joe Dini (category People from Yerington, Nevada)
    Jr. (March 28, 1929 – April 10, 2014) was a Nevada state assemblyman, casino owner, from Yerington, Nevada. In 1996 Dini was ranked the tenth most influential...
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    Sweetie Sweet is a variety of sweet onion grown in the Mason Valley in Yerington, Nevada. The Sweetie Sweet onion can be found in marketplaces September through...
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