Boulder City is one of only two cities in Nevada that prohibits gambling
The 6th Best Place to Retire In 2009, Money magazine ranked Boulder City 6th in its annual list of the top 25 places to retire in the United States, which was based on affordable housing, medical care, tax rates and arts and leisure
Notable People
May 1998 Playboy playmate Deanna Brooks was born in Boulder City in April 1974.
Boulder City residents Desi Arnaz, Jr. and his wife Amy are the owners of the Boulder Theatre, a former cinema converted into a live theatre, which is home to the Boulder City Ballet Company.
Inventor and politician Paul C. Fisher (1913–2006) was the founder of the Fisher Spacepen Co., located in Boulder City.
Caliente
FLDS controversy - According to testimony given in the criminal case, Utah v. Warren Jeffs, the Hot Springs Motel located in Caliente is the site of several forced marriages between under-aged girls and older men. The hotel was owned and operated by members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS Church). This was verified in Grand Jury Testimony involving the trial Arizona vs Warren Jeffs. Warren Jeffs was the leader of the polygamous FLDS Church, and before his capture was on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
Carlin
Carlin was the home of the Native American shaman John Rolling Thunder Pope, who worked as a brakeman on the railway
On August 12, 1939 a train operated under the name City of San Francisco derailed while crossing a bridge near Carlin, killing 24 and injuring 121. The wreck appeared to have been caused by sabotage but remains unsolved to this day. The train was operated by a joint partnership of the Chicago and North Western Railway, the Southern Pacific Railroad, and the Union Pacific Railroad.
Elko
Each January, Elko is the host to the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.[13] This festival is a week-long celebration of life in the rural West, features poetry, music, stories, gear, film, photography, food.
Every July, Elko is host to the National Basque Festival[15]. The "Basco Fiasco," as it is humorously referred to, is a celebration on traditional Basque culture and its ties to the Elko community. The festival includes strongman competitions, a running of the bulls, traditional food and wine, and Basque Dancing.
The annual Elko Motorcycle Jamboree also known as the "Rumble in the Rubies Motorcycle Rally"[16] is usually held in the summer months in Elko.
In Popular Culture
Elko was the main setting for Roland Smith's novel Zach's Lie.
Elko was one of the settings and filming locations of the 2005 film Don't Come Knocking, directed by Wim Wenders, and co-written by Wenders and Sam Shepard. The character Howard Spence (Shepard), a troubled actor in western films, runs off from a film set and visits his mother in Elko.
Elko and Elko County are major settings in Dean Koontz's novel Strangers.
Elko is where the ill-fated brothers end up in Willy Vlautin's first novel The Motel Life.
"Fear and Loathing in Elko" is a short story by Hunter S. Thompson
Elko is mentioned as the one place he would like to be if he could choose, by the lead character, "Phil the Weatherman", played by actor Bill Murray, in the very beginning of the movie, Groundhog Day.
Americana band Railroad Earth have a song entitled "Elko," with lyrics depicting the prostitution, gambling, and drinking. They also have an album entitled Elko (a live performance).
Pat Nixon
Ely
Notable People
Pat Nixon, the wife of Richard M. Nixon, and the former First Lady of the United States, was born in Ely on March 16, 1912.
Film History
The climactic scene to the 2001 movie Rat Race was filmed in Ely, in and around the restored train depot of the railway museum.
Operation Haylift (1950) by director William A. Berke, is about a historical event that took place in White Pine County. George N. Swallow was portrayed by Joe Sawyer. Sawyer was also the producer and co-screenplay writer for the film.
Roadside Prophets (1992), an independent film directed by Abbe Wool.
My Blueberry Nights (2007), was directed by Wong Kar Wai.
Play Dead (2008), a film directed by Jason Wiles. Guncrazy (1992), starring Drew Barrymore
Lovelock
2008, O.J. Simpson began a minimum 9 year prison sentence at the Lovelock Correctional Center
Wells
The Lone Star Motel located in Wells was used in the 2001 film Joy Ride for a critical scene.
I've Been Everywhere Lyrics
Winnemucca
Winnemucca is featured prominently in the novel Revoltingly Young by C.D. Payne, and is also a setting in More Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin.
The city is also referenced in the North American version of the song "I've Been Everywhere."
According to a billboard spotted along State Route 140 (the "Winnemucca To the Sea Highway"), Winnemucca styles itself "The City by Battle Mountain" (the song referenced above talks about the hitchhiker walking along "the dusty Winnemucca road").
Notable People
The rodeo announcer Bob Tallman was born in Winnemucca in 1947 and lived his later childhood and teenage years there.
Jeffery S. Miller the author, lived here for several years. He worked briefly for the Humboldt Sun writing video game articles titled, "Jeff's Arcade". Winnemucca is where he wrote The Ballad of J.D. Higgins among several short stories. He also worked as FM Director for a local radio station, KWNA-FM. Miller left Winnemucca in late 2009. His voice can still be heard on the promos for the station
Yerington
Notable People
Jesse Brinkley, professional boxer, contestant on season one of The Contender.
Nevada Barr, writer
The Wilson Ranch Fire Balloon
During World War II, one of many Japanese fire balloons launched at the United States landed on the Wilson Ranch near Yerington. The ranchers, not knowing what it was, attempted to notify the authorities by mail, but did not receive a response until after they cut it up and used it as a hay tarp. It was one of seven fire balloons turned in to the Army by Nevadans.
Darcy Farrow - "Darcy Farrow," a folk song written by Steve Gillette and Tom Campbell, mentions Yerington ("Her eyes shone bright like the pretty lights / That shine in the night out of Yerington town," 7-8) and other places and landmarks in the area, including Virginia City, the Carson Valley, and the Truckee River. Critics have noted the geographical inaccuracy in the line "The Walker runs down to the Carson Valley plain." The most popular version of "Darcy Farrow" was performed by John Denver and recorded on his multi-platinum album Rocky Mountain High
