CARSON CITY COUNTY

On the western border of Nevada just down Highway 50 from Lake Tahoe is Carson City. The county was originally named Ormsby County but in th 1980s the name was changed. The only city in the county is Carson City. Several historic buildings have been lost over the years, fortunately, however, numerous motion pictures have been filmed in the city and have preserved the quaint nature of the town. In 1897, the very first motion picture footage taken in Nevada was of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons heavyweight prizefight held in Carson City. A plaque has been placed at the site of the arena (now the Sheriff's Office) by the Nevada Film Office.

• CARSON CITY
  Corbett-Fitzsimmons Prizefight (1897)
  Little Journey Through Nevada, A (1918)
  Desperate Trails (1921)
  Pioneer Days of the West (1921)
  Remarkable Andrew, The (1942)
  Chicken Every Sunday (1949)
  Roar of the Iron Horse (1950)
  State Penitentiary (1950)
  Train To Tombstone (1950)
  Deathwatch (1964)
  Howling In The Woods, A (1971)
  Shootist, The (1976)
  Flesh And Blood (1979)
  Honkytonk Man (1982)
  Innocent Man, An (1989)
  Pink Cadillac (1989)
  Sworn To Vengeance (1993)
  Showgirls (1995)
  Trail of Tears (1995)
  
  
  

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