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| | Carson City - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Carson City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Capital of Nevada, situated at an altitude of 1,425 m/4,674 ft near the eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevada, 48 km/30 mi south of Reno, and to the east of Lake Tahoe; population (2000 est) 52,500. |
 | | In 1858, it was renamed Carson City after the Carson River, which was named after the US frontier guide Kit Carson. |
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