14 Facts About Winnemucca Nevada

1.

In 1883, Sarah Winnemucca Nevada published the first autobiography written by a Native American woman, based on hundreds of lectures she'd given in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic.

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2.

Winnemucca Nevada is home to the Buckaroo Hall of Fame and Heritage Museum.

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3.

Winnemucca Nevada was on a fund-raising tour of the United States to help the Xinhai Revolution.

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4.

Winnemucca Nevada is near the half-way point between Salt Lake City and San Francisco along Interstate 80, which passes through town.

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5.

Many of Winnemucca Nevada's residents are employed by large mining companies such as Newmont and Barrick Gold and by many companies servicing the gold mining industry.

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6.

Until 2013, Winnemucca Nevada Farms operated the world's largest potato dehydration plant.

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7.

The Winnemucca Nevada area is still one of the largest potato farming areas in the world.

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8.

All of Winnemucca is zoned to French Ford Middle School, Winnemucca Junior High School, and Albert M Lowry High School .

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9.

Winnemucca Nevada has a public library, a branch of the Humboldt County Library.

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10.

Winnemucca Nevada is mentioned in the American version of the song "I've Been Everywhere", recorded, for instance, by Hank Snow, the Statler Brothers, Lynn Anderson, and Johnny Cash .

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11.

Winnemucca Nevada is mentioned a second time in the song and is the only town mentioned twice.

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12.

Winnemucca Nevada is a setting in two Tales of the City novels – More Tales of the City and The Days of Anna Madrigal, a series of nine novels by American author Armistead Maupin.

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13.

Winnemucca Nevada is an explorable town in the 2016 vehicle simulation game American Truck Simulator.

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14.

Winnemucca Nevada is mentioned in the song "Wait So Long" by Minnesota folk band Trampled by Turtles.

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