Carson City real estate: Carson City is state capital of Nevada and
is a small city with the museums, and many of the fine 1870s Victorian
wooden houses and churches on the west side. As well, Carson City has
a number of elegant buildings, some excellent historical museums and
a handful of world-weary casinos. Just thirty miles south of Reno along
the US-395 one can find Carson City after the jagged spires of the High
Sierra, past Mono Lake, Mount Whitney and Death Valley. Carson City
was named after frontier explorer Kit Carson in 1858. More information
about Carson City's history can be found at the Nevada State Museum
at 600 N Carson St. The museum is housed in the former Carson Mint,
it covers the geology and natural history of the Great Basin desert,
from prehistoric times up through the heyday of the 1860s, when the
silver mines of the nearby Comstock Lode were at their peak. Amid the
many guns and artifacts is the reconstructed Ghost Town, from which
a tunnel allows entry down into a full-scale model of an underground
mine.