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TALKING HOUSES OF CARSON CITY
Kit Carson Trail in Nevada’s State Capital
Take
a walk through the historic old district of Carson City, capital of
the silver state and the houses will speak
to you like ghosts from
the
past. A walking tour of the provides an audio commentary through the
radio providing the stories of Carson City’s colorful past.
Start at the State Capital, follow the Carson Trail street marker medallions
in the sidewalk and end at one of the most elegant hotels of the Comstock
silver rush, the
St.
Charles-Muller
Hotel,
stop along
the
way at the house used for filming John Wayne’s last movie “The
Shootist” and finish the journey into Nevada’s gun-slinging
and freedom spirit past at the Nevada State Museum.
Carson
City was not named for the trail blazer Christopher "Kit" Carson directly,
but for the river than flows along the eastern Sierra Nevada which bears
the explorer's name. The sleepy frontier town became Nevada’s capital
in 1861 when the Nevada Territory was carved from the larger Utah Territory
after the discovery of the riches under the mountains in nearby Virginia
City.
Located on
the
former
Pony
Express
and Stage
Coach
trail
which in now US Highway 395 from southern California and Las Vegas
to Reno, Carson City is only fourteen miles from Lake Tahoe over one
of
the most scenic drives (see Mormon
Station).
In
Winter, Carson City is centrally close to Heavenly, Kirkwood and Diamond
Peak for sking, with springtime offering the ability to ski in the morning
and play a round of golf at one of the areas nine scenic championship
local golf courses, the “Divine 9”. The rivers and lake of
the Eastern Sierra offer some great fishing. A steam train runs from
Carson City’s V&T rail station (see Nevada State Railroad
Museum)
to the heart of the Comstock Lode, Virginia City on the same route of
100
years
ago.
Throughout
the spring to autumn, Carson City presents a variety of family friendly
events,
celebrations and entertainments. And though they don’t like to
advertise, for those adventurers on the lonesome trail like old Kit himself,
the legal “entertainment houses” located about 15 minutes
from town just outside the county limits are a bargain compared to the
similar famed establishments of Las Vegas. © Bargain
Travel West
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