Nevada State Legislature
401 S. Carson Street
Carson City, Nevada 89701
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In 1861, Governor James Nye declared Carson City as the site for the First
Territorial Legislature. That legislature designated Carson City as the capital
of Nevada Territory, which was reaffirmed by the state's Constitution in 1864.
Consequently, the legislature has always met in Carson City. But it has not
always met in the same building.
The First Territorial Legislature was held at Abraham Curry's Warm Springs
Hotel, located east of Carson City where the State Prison now stands. Mr. Curry
provided the territorial legislators a rent-free room, divided by a canvas
partition; furnishings for the room and clean sawdust on the floor that served
as both carpet and spittoon; and transportation to downtown Carson City, some
1-1/2 miles to the west, by a horse-drawn streetcar on wooden rails.
The above is excerpts taken from
The
Nevada Legislature: A Brief History
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and Political: Third Territorial Legislature
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Who
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