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Winnemucca

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Winnemucca

Town and administrative headquarters of Humboldt County, north-central Nevada; population (1990) 6,100. It is situated on the Humboldt River, 240 km/150 mi northeast of Reno. The town is a trade centre that ships livestock, has a bottling plant, and smelts gold, silver, copper, and tungsten mined in the vicinity.

Winnemucca was founded in 1859 as a fur trappers' trading post. The Buckaroo Hall of Fame celebrates the region's cowboy culture, and there are several annual rodeos. The area's significant Basque population also has an annual festival.



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It is known that he was found by a family of Piute Indians, who kept the little wretch with them for a time and then sold him--actually sold him for money to a woman on one of the east-bound trains, at a station a long way from Winnemucca.
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