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HISTORICAL OVERVIEW Nevada’s history is far more compressed than that of its Southwestern neighbors. The outside world didn’t pay much attention to Nevada until the 1833-to-1834 expedition of John C. Fremont, in which he discovered Lake Tahoe. But that began to change with the 1847 arrival of Brigham Young in Utah and the 1849 discovery View Website VIP Subscription

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