The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony and Campbell Ranch is headquartered in Yerington. The people, known as Numu (human beings) in their own language, have lived in the Smith and Mason Valleys in Northwestern Nevada, since around 1000 A.D.
The community was formerly named Greenfield, Mason Valley, and Pizen Switch (irreverent nickname from the time when Yerington was a transfer - or switch - stop, and the local whiskey was so bad that it was called "poison". "Poison" came out sounding like "pizen" because of local vernacular, and the name "Pizen Switch" stuck.)
It was founded on August 6, 1871. The city was incorporated on March 17, 1907.
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Timeline
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1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPhotographs, with captions, of ha…, 1937: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Yerington
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Photographs, with captions, of hay stacking at Campbell Ranch, Yerington, Nevada, from 1937 Carson Agency Annual... - N… (1937) and it appears here side by side.
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