The Carson River is a northwestern Nevada river that empties into the Carson Sink, an endorheic basin. The main stem of the river is 131 miles (211 km)...
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Carson City, officially the Consolidated Municipality of Carson City, is an independent city and the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020...
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Carson is a small census-designated place in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, north of the Columbia River in Skamania County, in the southwestern...
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Nevada Carson River, in California and Nevada Carson Sink, a large playa in Nevada Carson Valley, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community Carson Lake...
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California Trail (redirect from Carson Trail)
deadly Forty Mile Desert before finding either the Truckee River or Carson River in the Carson Range and Sierra Nevada that were the last major obstacles...
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the lake. Meltwater from the range feeds into the Truckee River and West Fork Carson River, as well as Lake Tahoe and Marlette Lake. Principal Mountains...
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The Carson River Canyon is a scenic canyon in Lyon County, Nevada through which the Carson River flows. The city of Carson City, Nevada is currently working...
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that was formerly the terminus of the Carson River. Today the sink is fed by drainage canals of the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District. The southeastern...
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with the West Fork Carson River on the east and the South Fork American River on the west. The historic pass was a point on the Carson Trail during the...
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When John C. Frémont and Kit Carson ascended the Truckee River on January 16, 1844, they called it the Salmon Trout River, after the huge Lahontan cutthroat...
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The East Fork Carson River is the largest tributary of the Carson River, flowing through California and Nevada in the western United States. The north-flowing...
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John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television personality, comedian, writer and producer best known as the host...
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Modern Lake Lahontan is a reservoir on the Carson River in northwest Nevada in the United States. It is formed by the Lahontan Dam, built in 1905 by the...
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Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book...
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Christopher Houston Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868) was an American frontiersman. He was a fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent and U...
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forms a corridor along the Carson River. In 1860, a band of Paiutes and Bannocks attacked Williams Station along the Carson River in retaliation for the kidnap...
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Carson River draining the east side of the crest, as well as the North and Middle Forks of the Stanislaus River on the west slopes. The name Carson–Iceberg...
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Johnny Carson is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC. The show is the third installment of The Tonight Show. Hosted by Johnny Carson, it aired...
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Mile Desert at a bend in the Carson River. Immigrants stopping there for water would decide whether to follow the river south or continue west, giving...
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The West Fork Carson River is a major tributary of the Carson River, about 35 miles (56 km) long, in Alpine County, California, and Douglas County, Nevada...
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and Carson River mills is an historic area in Carson City, Nevada. The mills were established along the Carson River near Empire, now part of Carson City...
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Mosier, Oregon Bingen, Washington White Salmon, Washington Hood River, Oregon Carson River Valley, Washington Stevenson, Washington Cascade Locks, Oregon...
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The Carson Mansion is a large Victorian house located in Old Town, Eureka, California. Regarded as one of the premier examples of Queen Anne style architecture...
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James Clifford Carson (a.k.a. Michael Bear Carson; born 1950) and Susan Barnes Carson (aka Suzan Bear Carson; born 1941) are American serial killers convicted...
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Skamania County, Washington (category Columbia River Gorge)
county seat and largest incorporated city is Stevenson, although the Carson River Valley CDP is more populous. Skamania County is included in the...
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The Carson River Diversion Dam on the Carson River near Fallon, Nevada was built in 1904–05. It is a 21-foot (6.4 m) tall, 241-foot (73 m) long "concrete...
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settlement in what became the Nevada Territory. It is situated within Carson River Valley and is approximately 42 miles (68 km) south of Reno. The population...
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The Carson River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river rise at the base of the Foster Range near the southwestern...
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Carson James Wentz (born December 30, 1992) is an American professional football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League...
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Honey Lake, the Truckee River flows from Lake Tahoe into Pyramid Lake, the Carson River runs into Carson Sink, the Walker River into Walker Lake; Rush...
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