Following in the footsteps of the early settlers that traveled across Nevada in wagon trains, visitors will find the Cowboy Country a diverse and fascinating land rich in the legends, lore and customs of the Old West.
There is plenty to do in this wide open country that stretches along Interstate 80 from the Utah border to Reno. The tawny hills bristle with a variety of wildlife. Wild horses run free. Game birds, such as pheasant, chukar, quail and sage hen abound. Deer roam in dozens of mountain ranges.
Without Interstate 80 there just wouldn't be any way to get from here to there in Nevada. Interstate 80 is the Main Street of northern Nevada. The highway stretches more than 400 miles from the Utah border to California, through the middle of about a dozen communities.
Choose a city below to find a museum:
Elko | Midas | Winnemucca
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Northeastern Nevada Museum
1515 Idaho Street,
Elko, NV 89801
Phone: 775-738-3418
Fax: 775-778-9318
Email: director@museum-elko.us
Website: www.museum-elko.us
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| The Northeastern Nevada Museum, a 40,000 square-foot facility, is located in the Elko City Park. Exhibits cover local history; natural history; local cultures; wildlife from around the world displayed in natural settings; a permanent art collection; and rotating art exhibits. Research facilities include over 40,000 photos, area newspapers from 1872 to present, public records, manuscripts; and a 1,000-volume research library. The museum includes a gift shop and 90-seat theater. |
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Western Folklife Center
501 Railroad Street
Elko, Nevada 89801
Phone: 775-738-7508
Fax: 775-738-2900
Email: dminter@westernfolklife.org
Website: www.westernfolklife.org
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| Located in the historic Pioneer Hotel Building in downtown Elko, the Western Folklife Center is both a local and a regional cultural center with an exhibit gallery, 300-seat theater, 20-seat black box theater, saloon and gift shop. Over its 26-year history the Western Folklife Center has produced numerous educational exhibitions based on original research and fieldwork with traditional artists and art forms. In addition to its own exhibitions, the Folklife Center hosts traveling exhibitions in its Wiegand Gallery and also in the G Three Bar Theater. Past exhibits have featured subjects such as Hispanic traditions of Christmas and cowboying, Native American arts and crafts, documentary photography, the legacy of cowboy poetry and music, and the renaissance of contemporary handcrafted cowboy gear. The mission of the Western Folklife Center is to enhance the vitality of American life through the experience, understanding and appreciation of the diverse cultural heritage of the American West. |
Midas
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Midas School House
Friends of Midas
HC66, Box 75
Midas, Nevada 89414
Phone: 775-529-0302
E-mail: friendsofmidas@yahoo.com
Website: www.midasnevada.org
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Friends of Midas has restored and maintains the historic Midas Cemetery,
Midas School building (which burned in 2005), the original jailhouse and
outdoor displays of historic mining and ranching equipment. Plans are
underway to rebuild the Midas School which is listed on the State and
National Registers of Historic Places. If visitors make their presence
known, they will be directed to someone who will inform them of the history
of this early 1900's mining camp. The Midas School playground equipment is
the original and is still used by children of all ages.
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