Winnemucca Research Paper

Insider Addition to Winnemucca Nevada How many of you have been to Winnemucca or driven through it? What do you know about Winnemucca? We are in the middle of nowhere but you have to come to through Winnemucca to get to Reno, Idaho or if you’re going to Utah. When you do drive through; what do you see? Do you make an assumption that this town has nothing to offer? Do you judge our book by its cover? Lots of things to think about. But, were actually a very colorful town with lots of history and captivating memories. Do you ever think about what your town has seen; throughout history and current events? Were a town full of miners, railroaders, ranchers, and many other occupations? What makes your town? Our town is held together by our local mines and ranches. If we’d didn’t have mines and ranches we’d be a ghost town. Besides the mines and ranches we also have our railroad that goes through down town. It’s the central port for transporting goods into California, Idaho and Utah. But I’m sure every town has those qualities. But, do you have the best food? We do! We have our famous Basque restaurants. This one particular restaurant called, “The Martin Hotel” dates back to 1898. Now that’s history. Imagine what this restaurant has seen. Who it has seen come through their doors. As we have seen, in any town, city, country that we all go through similar events. We’ve all had a famous person come through from time to time. We’ve all made headlines on some news source, but what is the one thing about your town that makes it so unique. What makes Winnemucca so special is Sarah Winnemucca. Our town was named after her. She was a leader and an educator who was from a Paiute Tribe. Sarah worked as an interpreter for the United States Army. Her and her whole family learned English and shortly after she wrote her own autobiography about all the advice she has been given. Isn’t she interesting? Why she’s so fascinating is in the 19th century Native American Indians weren’t treated very well. Why was she? Could it be that times were changing or was it because our town was so accepting? I think our town was accepting, but it was also a time where Native American Indians were getting their citizenship and being allowed the same opportunities. To be able to understand our town you’ll have to understand why people were brought here. Besides the gold rush in California and other miners branching off to become rich; we have the longest river in America that starts and ends in the same state. (Jennifer Robinson) The first white man that was documented crossing the river was, Peter Skene Ogden. (Humboldt County School District) The river was 1st named, “Ogden’s River” until 1845. After 1845, the river’s name was tossed and turned over eighteen different times before finally settling on a name. It was finally name, The Humboldt River. Don’t let this beautiful description foul you. We are at the end of the river and it’s disgusting. You can’t see an …show more content…
Would you of known all these awesome facts about our history? Probably not! Every town has bad news, and every town has something their known for. Our town has a lot of heart, passion and history. Next time you drive through Winnemucca ask yourself what piece of history came through this very town? Do you think those who went to donner summit passed through Winnemucca? Think about it. Research places. Not just what you see when your passing through a town. Get deep into a town. In every article and every book that I’ve researched people came to Winnemucca because of the Railroad, Mining, and Farming. And, to this day that is what our town relies on. Others, followed the Humboldt Rover to go west on to California. California Gold Rush is what brought more migrates through Humboldt County, because they knew if they followed the river, it would lead them to the gold country. Were a very close community with lots of history to share with visitors passing through? We are a proud town of Jace Billingsley, who is on the roaster for the Detroit