CARSON

See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

CITY  , the capital of Nevada, U.S.A., and the county seat of Ormsby county, about 120 M . N.E. of Sacramento, California . Pop . (1890) 3950; (rgoo) 2100; (1910) 2466 . It is served by the Virginia and Truckee railway, which has repair shops here, and by stage to Lake Tahoe, 12 M . W. of the city . It is picturesquely situated in Eagle valley, near the east base of the Sierra Nevada, at an elevation of 4720 ft. above the sea . Within 1 m. of the city are Shaws Hot Springs . The city is a distributing point for the neighbouring mining region . Among the public buildings are the capitol, the United States government building, a United States mint, and a state orphans' home; in the vicinity are the state prison and a United States government school for Indians . The industrial interests of the city are principally in mining, lumbering and agriculture . It has an excellent supply of mountain spring water .

Carson City (named in honour of Christopher Carson) was settled in 1851 as a trading post, was laid out as a town in 1858, was made the capital of the state and the county seat of the newly erected county in 1861, and was chartered as a city in 1875 .