Incline Village – Crystal Bay is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Washoe County, Nevada on the north shore of Lake Tahoe.

The area around Lake Tahoe was originally inhabited by the Washoe tribe of Native Americans.

Lake Tahoe was the center and heart of Washoe Indian territory, including the upper valleys of the Walker, Carson and Truckee Rivers.

In Nevada, Lake Tahoe is divided among Washoe County, Douglas County and Carson City ( an independent city ).

* Washoe Lake

Winnemucca Lake, just east of Pyramid Lake in the northwestern portion of the U. S. state of Nevada is on the dividing line between Washoe County and Pershing County counties.

It empties into the southern end of Pyramid Lake, a remnant of prehistoric Lake Lahontan, in northern Washoe County in the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation.

Prior to contact with Europeans, the territory of the Washoe people was roughly bounded by the southern shore of Honey Lake in the north, the west fork of the Walker River in the south, the Sierra Nevada crest in the west, and the first range east of the Sierra Nevada in the east.

The Kings Beach Complex that emerged around 500 CE around Lake Tahoe and the northern Sierra Nevadas are regarded as early Washoe culture.

Washoe resistance to incursions on their lands proved futile, and the last armed conflict with the Washoes and non-Indians was the " Potato War " of 1857, when starving Washoes were killed for gathering potatoes from a European-American farm near Honey Lake in California.

The Washo language ( Washo: wá: šiw ʔítlu ) ( also Washoe ) is an endangered Native American language isolate spoken by the Washo on the California – Nevada border in the drainages of the Truckee and Carson Rivers, especially around Lake Tahoe.

Film locations included the Washoe County Court House on Virginia Street and Quail Canyon, near Pyramid Lake.

* " Dawn, Washoe Valley ; Big Dusk ; Pyramid Lake " ( 1932 )

New Washoe City is located in the Washoe Valley in southern Washoe County between Reno and Carson City, on the east side of Washoe Lake.

New Washoe City is named after the older, much smaller nearby locale of Washoe City, commonly referred to as Old Washoe City, which clusters around the northwest side of Little Washoe Lake.

New Washoe City is probably best known for its nearby proximity to Washoe Lake, Little Washoe Lake and the adjacent Washoe Lake State Park.

New Washoe City is connected to the Reno-Carson City corridor and U. S. Route 395 by Eastlake Boulevard ( former State Route 428 ).

Scenes were also shot at Washoe Lake State Park at 4855 Eastlake Boulevard in Carson City.

* June 8 – The discovery of the Comstock Lode in the western Utah Territory setting off the Rush to Washoe

Gerlach – Empire is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.

The other major industries are a Union Pacific switching station in Gerlach and public services of Washoe County, which includes its roads department and a K – 12 public school owned by the Washoe County School District ; the future of the Gerlach K – 12 School is unknown, as it is estimated that after the gypsum plant closes only around a dozen children will remain in Gerlach.

Lemmon Valley – Golden Valley is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.

Reno – Tahoe International Airport is a joint civil-military public airport located three nautical miles ( 6 km ) southeast of the central business district of Reno, a city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.

Washoe ( c. September 1965 Ellensburg – October 30, 2007 ) was a female chimpanzee who was the first non-human to learn to communicate using American Sign Language, as part of a research experiment on animal language acquisition.

* 1970 – Allan and Beatrix Gardner teach American Sign Language to the chimpanzee Washoe

Dr. McQueen served on the Washoe County School District Board of Trustees from 1969 – 1990, during which the district built several new schools, including Reed and McQueen.

After rejoining the original alignment of US 395 near the Carson – Tahoe Hospital the highway crests Lakeview Hill to enter Washoe Valley.

* 1964 – 70: Washoe Valley — Washoe County – Carson City line north to Winters Ranch area ( junction Carson-Reno Highway / US 395 and Old Highway 395 / SR 429 )

* 2006: Carson City — Washoe County – Carson City line ( N. Carson Street ) south to E. William Street ( US 50 )

New Washoe City's ZIP code is 89704 and is associated with Washoe Valley, although it is commonly also associated with Carson City, even though it is entirely within Washoe County borders.

In 2010, there was a ballot question asking whether the Reno city government and the Washoe County government should become one combined governmental body.

The vast majority of Nevada's population lives in counties where all forms of prostitution are illegal, namely Clark ( which contains Las Vegas ), Washoe ( which contains Reno ), Douglas, and Lincoln counties, and Carson City ( an independent city ).

As of 2009, prostitution is illegal under state law in Clark County ( which contains Las Vegas ) and under county or municipal law in Washoe County ( which contains Reno ), Carson City ( an independent city ), Douglas County, and Lincoln County.

Reno / Stead Airport is a large general aviation airport located in the North Valleys area, northwest of the central business district of Reno, a city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.

It lies almost entirely in Washoe County ( 99. 88 %), with but tiny amounts of land in the other two counties ( at the southern end, near the city of Fernley ).

The Quinte area played a vital role in bootlegging during Prohibition in the United States, with large volumes of booze being produced in the area, and shipped via boat on the Bay to Lake Ontario finally arriving in New York State where it was distributed.

** Lake Bruin State Park

Roger Casement, writing to a consular colleague in Lisbon on August 3, 1903 from Lake Mantumba in the Congo Free State, said: " The people round here are all cannibals.

* Lake Tahoe – Nevada State Park

* Canopus Lake, a lake in Clarence Fahnestock State Park in the USA

* Civilian Conservation Corps Museum at Lake Greenwood State Recreation Area, Ninety Six, South Carolina

* New York State Civilian Conservation Corps Museum at Gilbert Lake State Park, New Lisbon, New York

* NARA film: The Cradle of the Father of Waters, 1938 Minnesota State Parks, Lake Itasca State Park

Eisenhower State Park on Lake Texoma near his birthplace of Denison is named in his honor.

Lake LaVerne is the home of two mute swans named Sir Lancelot and Elaine, donated to Iowa State by VEISHEA 1935.

* Portage Lake County Park: a small park on Portage lake in the Waterloo State Recreation Area.

Lassa fever or Lassa hemorrhagic fever ( LHF ) is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus and first described in 1969 in the town of Lassa, in Borno State, Nigeria, in the Yedseram river valley at the south end of Lake Chad.

It also receives the waters from the-long Lake George, so its basin collects waters from the northwestern slopes of the Green Mountains of Vermont, the north and west slopes of the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts, and the northern most eastern peaks of the Adirondack Mountains of New York State.

The State, however, cites its Clean and Clear Action Plan as a model that will see positive results for Lake Champlain.

Michigan State University Sailing Club and the Lansing Sailing Club are located on Lake Lansing, where sailing regattas are hosted throughout the summer.

A few years afterwards, Methodist Episcopal circuit riders from New York State began to arrive in Canada West at Niagara, and the north shore of Lake Erie in 1786, and at the Kingston region on the northeast shore of Lake Ontario in the early 1790s.

Northern Michigan's rivals in sports action are the two other major schools in the upper peninsula: Michigan Technological University, and Lake Superior State University.

Other notable parks in Nashville include Centennial Park, Shelby Park, Cumberland Park, and Radnor Lake State Natural Area.

The two then drove to Geary Lake State Park, where they nailed boards onto the floor of the truck to hold the thirteen barrels in place and mixed the chemicals using plastic buckets and a bathroom scale.

At the north end of Seneca Lake is the city of Geneva, New York, home of Hobart and William Smith Colleges and the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, a division of Cornell University.

In total, 17 million megalitres of water entered the State ’ s western river systems leading to Lake Eyre.