Early Carson City

by Susan J. Ballew and L. Trent Dolan

Located at the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in a high-desert valley of northeastern Nevada, a lone trading post known as Eagle Station formed the early settlement of Carson City.

In 1858, Abraham Curry purchased the property named for famous frontiersman and scout Christopher Kit Carson and set aside 10 acres for the predicted future territorial capital, which flourished after the discovery of gold and silver at the nearby...

• Format: Cards
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738571695
• ISBN13: 9780738571690
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 15 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 4.6"