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Carson City, officially the Consolidated Municipality of Carson City, is an independent city and the capital of the state of Nevada.
Carson City is about south of Reno and originated as a stopover for California bound emigrants, but developed into a city with the Comstock Lode, a silver strike in the mountains to the northeast.
Prior to 1969, Carson City was also the county seat of Ormsby County.
In 1969, the county was abolished and Carson City and a few small surrounding settlements within the former county were merged into a newly formed independent city called Carson City Consolidated Municipality.
Illustration of Carson City in 1877
In 1858, Abraham Curry bought Eagle Station and thereafter renamed the settlement Carson City.
Curry had decided for himself that Carson City would someday serve as the capital city and left a plot open in the center of town for a future capitol building.
As predicted, Carson City was selected as the territorial capital, besting Virginia City and American Flat.
The Legislature named Carson City to be the seat of Ormsby County and selected the hotel as the territorial prison with Curry serving as its first warden.
When Nevada became a state in 1864 during the Civil War, Carson City was confirmed as Nevada's permanent capital.
The Virginia & Truckee Railroad was built between Virginia City and Carson City.
A wooden flume was also built from the Sierra Nevadas into Carson City.
The United States Mint operated a branch mint in Carson City between the years 1870 and 1893, which struck gold and silver coins.
By 1880, almost a thousand Chinese people, " one for every five Caucasians ," lived in Carson City.
Carson City's population and transportation traffic decreased when the Southern Pacific Railroad built a line through Donner Pass, too far to the north to benefit Carson City.

Carson and School
* Carson City School District
The two middle schools are Carson Middle School and Eagle Valley Middle School.
Carson High School and the alternative Pioneer High School serve high school students.
* Kit Carson Elementary School, Albuquerque, New Mexico
* Kit Carson Elementary School, Blount County, Tennessee ( no longer used ) Lat 35d50 ' 59. 72 " N, Long 83d59 ' 7. 30 " W
* Kit Carson Elementary School, Las Vegas, Nevada
* Kit Carson Elementary School, Richmond, Kentucky
* Kit Carson Middle School, Sacramento, California
* Kit Carson Union School District, Hanford, California
* Carson Valley Middle School
The School of Sustainability and the Environment, founded June 2009, further expands the potential of the Eden Hall Campus and honors the legacy of its 1929 alumna and founder of the modern environmental movement, Rachel Carson.
Fultondale High School is located on Carson Road on the northeast side of the city.
* Carson Street Elementary School
High schools serving portions of Carson include Carson High School and Banning High School.
Some portions of Carson are in the Compton Unified School District.
Although the California Academy of Mathematics and Science is located in Carson, it is actually a part of the Long Beach Unified School District.
Meyler Street Elementary School and Van Deene Elementary School are in West Carson.

Carson and District
* Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest ( Carson Ranger District )
In the state legislature Carson is located in the 28th Senate District, represented by Democrat Ted Lieu, and in the 55th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Warren T. Furutani.
In the state legislature West Carson is located in the 28th Senate District, represented by Democrat Ted Lieu, and in the 55th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Warren T. Furutani.
At the state level, Carson Township is located in Senate District 22, represented by Republican Doug Magnus, and in House District 22B, represented by Republican Rod Hamilton.
The current elected officials () are: Mayor Carson Ross, District 1 Councilman Dale Carter, District 1 Councilman Jeff Quibell, District 2 Councilman Chris Lievsay, District 2 Councilman Kent Edmondson, District 3 Councilman Grant Bowerman, District 3 Councilman Ron Fowler.
* Station 55-Jackson Township Fire Co. No. 1 / Jackson Twp Fire District No. 3 ( Combination Volunteer / Career ) Chief Timothy Carson
The Truckee – Carson Irrigation District ( TCID ) is a political subdivision of the State of Nevada, which operates dams at Lake Tahoe, on the Truckee River and Lake Lahontan as well as of canals and of drains in support of agriculture in Lyon County and Churchill County.
# REDIRECT Truckee – Carson Irrigation District
Julia May Carson ( July 8, 1938 – December 15, 2007 ), born Julia May Porter, was a member of the United States House of Representatives for from 1997 until her death in 2007 ( numbered as the 10th District from 1997 to 2003 ).
Carson was the first woman and first African American to represent the 7th District.
When Jacobs retired in 1996, Carson ran as his replacement in what was then the 10th District, and won Democratic endorsement despite being heavily outspent by party chairman Ann DeLaney, 49 percent to 31 percent.

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