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Elko Nevada Facts & Information
Elko Events - Elko serves as the venue for one of the greatest motorcycle events in the old west, the Elko Motorcycle Jamboree. The event starts around the middle of June.
Nevada State Metal - Silver
Once the highest concrete dam in the world, Hoover Dam offers guided tours and a museum of artifacts of the construction and its workers.
History - Elko is said to have been named by Charles Crocker, a superintendent Central Pacific Railroad. He was especially fond of animal names and added o to Elk. There is no definitive evidence of this naming history, but it has become the widely accepted version.
Pershing County located in Cowboy Country features the only round courthouse in the United States. Update: {the Bucks County Courthouse in Pennsylvania, constructed in 1960, is considered round. Now there are two.}
In 1931 the Pair-O-Dice Club was the first casino to open on Highway 91, the future Las Vegas Strip.
Fact - Elko county covers an area of 17,157 square miles.
Roads- Road conditions, Traveler information and Elko County information links can be found on the Roads Traveler Local Info page.
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