Ormsby House - Carson City, NV
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saopaulo1
N 39° 09.788 W 119° 46.029
11S E 260919 N 4338527
A plaque marking the Ormsby House in Carson City, NV.
Waymark Code: WMBEAP
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 05/11/2011
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"Carson city's first hotel site bought by Major William Ormsby in 1859 from M Stebbins. Completed after his death in 1860 Indian War. The hotel was the first polling place in Carson City also meeting place of early lawmakers. It was lighted by gas. Also the first arc gas."
Nevada Historical Marker No 40. Oct 31, 1967. Julia C Bulette chapter 1864. E Clampus Vitus.
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