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    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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    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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