Frémont and his exploration party in January 1843.
Later, settlers named the area Washoe in reference to the indigenous people. By 1851 the Eagle Station ranch along the Carson River was a trading post and stopover for travelers on the California Trail's Carson Branch which ran through Eagle Valley.
In 1858, Abraham Curry bought Eagle Station and the settlement was thereafter renamed Carson City.
Curry decided Carson City would someday serve as the capital city and left a plot in the center of town for a capitol building. After gold and silver were discovered in 1859 on nearby Comstock Lode, Carson City's population began to grow.
With this consolidation, Carson City absorbed former town sites such as Empire City, which had grown up in the 1860s as a milling center along the Carson River and current U.S.
The city has served as Nevada's capital since statehood in 1864; for much of its history it was a hub for the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, although the tracks were removed in 1950.
Today the property is still part of the state prison. When Nevada became a state in 1864 during the American Civil War, Carson City was confirmed as Nevada's permanent capital.
The current capitol building was constructed from 1870 to 1871.
The United States Mint operated the Carson City Mint between the years 1870 and 1893, which struck gold and silver coins.
The current capitol building was constructed from 1870 to 1871.
By 1880, almost a thousand Chinese people, "one for every five Caucasians", lived in Carson City. Carson City's population and transportation traffic decreased when the Central Pacific Railroad built a line through Donner Pass, too far to the north to benefit Carson City.
The city slowly grew after World War II; by 1960 it had reached its 1880 boom-time population. ===20th-century revitalization and growth=== As early as the late 1940s, discussions began about merging Ormsby County and Carson City.
The US federal building (now renamed the Paul Laxalt Building) was completed in 1890 as was the Stewart Indian School.
The United States Mint operated the Carson City Mint between the years 1870 and 1893, which struck gold and silver coins.
Even these developments could not prevent the city's population from dropping to just over 1,500 people by 1930.
The city slowly grew after World War II; by 1960 it had reached its 1880 boom-time population. ===20th-century revitalization and growth=== As early as the late 1940s, discussions began about merging Ormsby County and Carson City.
The city has served as Nevada's capital since statehood in 1864; for much of its history it was a hub for the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, although the tracks were removed in 1950.
The city slowly grew after World War II; by 1960 it had reached its 1880 boom-time population. ===20th-century revitalization and growth=== As early as the late 1940s, discussions began about merging Ormsby County and Carson City.
However, the effort did not pay off until 1966, when a statewide referendum approved the merger.
Before 1969, Carson City was the county seat of Ormsby County.
On April 1, 1969, Ormsby County and Carson City officially merged as the Consolidated Municipality of Carson City.
The structure was completed in 1972. ==Geography== ===Climate=== Carson City features a cold semi-arid climate (Koppen: BSk) with cold winters and hot summers.
The required constitutional amendment was passed in 1989.
Carson City could now advertise itself as one of America's largest state capitals with its of city limits. In 2008, the city adopted a downtown master plan, specifying no building within of the capitol would surpass it in height.
As of the 2010 census, the population was 55,274, making it the sixth largest city in Nevada.
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