Elko County

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This area was long occupied by Native American tribes of the Plateau, particularly the Western Shoshone, Northern Paiute, and Bannock peoples. Their traditional ways were disrupted after European-American settlement, as the two cultures competed for resources and had differing conceptions of land use and property.
Elko County was established in 1869 from Lander County; the name was taken from the name of the county seat, Elko.
In 1877 what became known as the Duck Valley Indian Reservation was established by presidential executive order for the Western Shoshone in this area, after they signed treaties with the United States. Later the Paiute became involved in the Bannock War, but after they were allowed to return from exile in Washington State, in 1886 another executive order was used to expand the reservation to accommodate them. The federally recognized tribe of the two peoples together conducts farming and ranching in this high desert territory.

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Cities Carlin Elko (county seat) Wells West Wendover Census-designated places Jackpot Lamoille Montello Oasis Osino Owyhee Spring Creek Other unincorporated places Contact Currie Deeth Halleck Jack Creek Jarbidge Jiggs Lee Midas Mountain City North Fork Pleasant Valley Ryndon Shantytown South Fork Thousand Springs Tuscarora Twin Bridges Welcome Wild Horse Ghost towns Arthur Bullion Cobre Dinner Station Hunter Metropolis Patsville Pequop San Jacinto Shafter

Adjacent counties
Owyhee County, Idaho - northwest
Twin Falls County, Idaho - north
Cassia County, Idaho - northeast
Box Elder County, Utah - east
Tooele County, Utah - southeast
White Pine County - south
Eureka County - southwest
Lander County - southwest
Humboldt County - west

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