Genoa /dʒəˈnoʊ.ə/ is an unincorporated town in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. Founded in 1851, it was the first settlement in what became the...
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Council. Olsen died on March 9, 2020, from cardiac arrest at his home in Genoa, Nevada, at the age of 74. Eternity's Children - Eternity's Children (1968)...
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Snowshoe Thompson (category Sierra Nevada (United States))
south of Genoa in California's Alpine County. Between 1856 and 1876, he delivered mail between Placerville, California and Genoa, Nevada and later Virginia...
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The Territory of Nevada (N.T.) was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until October 31, 1864, when...
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sell to the Comstock Lode miners in the region around Carson City and Genoa, Nevada. His business flourished and he and Elizabeth had three children: Ida...
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Mormon Station State Historic Park (category State parks of Nevada)
Park is a state park in downtown Genoa, Nevada, interpreting the site of the first permanent nonnative settlement in Nevada. Mormon Station was originally...
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notably Mormon Station State Historic Park in Genoa, the state's first permanent European settlement. Western Nevada encompasses the western edge of the state...
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oldest in Nevada in its original location. Dayton claims the designation of Nevada's oldest settlement, a title disputed by the residents of Genoa. Dayton...
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"V&T Locomotive #12 'Genoa'". Friends of the Nevada State Railroad Museum. Retrieved 2022-10-16. "V&T #12 Genoa". Western Nevada Historic Photo Collection...
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Combined Statistical Area. The town of Genoa in Douglas County was the first permanent settlement in Nevada. Genoa was settled in 1851 by Mormon traders...
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Nevada. The newspaper has its origins in The Carson Valley News founded in Genoa, Nevada, in 1875 by A. C. Pratt. The newspaper was renamed The Genoa...
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surveyed the Central Overland Route from Camp Floyd to Genoa, Nevada. This route went through central Nevada (roughly where U.S. Route 50 goes today) and was...
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California and Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada. They often stayed in auto camps, including Walley's Hot Springs, outside Genoa, Nevada, where they hid out from October...
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Minden–Tahoe Airport (category Airports in Nevada)
Carson Valley in Douglas County, Nevada, United States, including the towns of Minden, Gardnerville and Genoa, Nevada; and Lake Tahoe to the west. The...
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Nevada (/nəˈvædəˌ -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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Carson Range (category Mountain ranges of the Sierra Nevada (United States))
Sierra Nevada in eastern California and western Nevada that starts at Carson Pass and stretches north to the Truckee River near Verdi, Nevada. The mountain...
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is a state highway in Douglas County, Nevada. Formerly a part of State Route 19, the route connects the Genoa area to the Johnson Lane area. State Route...
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territory, a local convention in Genoa elected Isaac Roop provisional governor, taking office on December 15, 1859. Nevada was admitted to the Union on October...
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Lydia Adams-Williams (category People from Douglas County, Nevada)
an American writer and conservationist. Adams-Williams was born in Genoa, Nevada on July 18, 1867. She attended San Jose Normal School and Stanford University...
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Bodie, California (category History of the Sierra Nevada (United States))
line was built which connected Bodie with Bridgeport and Genoa, Nevada. California and Nevada newspapers predicted Bodie would become the next Comstock...
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Jobs Peak Ranch (category National Register of Historic Places in Douglas County, Nevada)
The Jobs Peak Ranch, near Genoa, Nevada, includes a historic Swiss Chalet style main house built in 1936. It was designed by young architect Russell Mills...
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Carson Valley Times (category Newspapers published in Nevada)
organizations. It covered Gardnerville, Minden, and Genoa, Nevada, as well as the surrounding Sierra Nevada region. CarsonValleyTimes.com Online – local news...
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Station", the first trading post of the Nevada region, near the valley at a location that would become the town of Genoa. When they were recalled to Salt Lake...
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Douglas County, Nevada, United States. It runs northwest from State Route 88 near the California state line along Foothill Road to Genoa, and then turns...
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Comstock Lode (category Mines in Nevada)
stocks. He began having visions and began a tunnel into the Sierras near Genoa, Nevada (an area of no known mineralization), expecting to strike a richer vein...
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St. Helena house was rented out, she moved to her sister's home in Genoa, Nevada, to work on the assignment. In 1966, Time-Life hired Fisher to write...
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the Interior. Carlson, Helen S. (1974). Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. University of Nevada Press. ISBN 9780874170948. "Cremona, Maryland"...
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extant buildings in Nevada, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Nevada. Only buildings built...
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COM Paradise Airlines Flight 901A Lockheed L-049 Constellation usnevgGenoa, Nevada, U.S. ENR 1964-03-01 84 7 77 0 † COM Aeroflot Flight 2808 Tupolev Tu-134A...
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