Traveling in Carson city

The first stop to visit Carson City must be the state capitol in the city center. It was built in 1870, costing $654.38+million, and made of natural sandstone excavated near the present state prison.

Because it has long been the power center of Nevada, Carson City has a rich historical accumulation. The city is full of buildings where the founders once lived and worked. A booklet of Carson City Chamber of Commerce records in detail the former residences of more than 20 celebrities, including Samuel Clemens, the great writer Mark Twain, and George Ferris, the inventor of the Ferris wheel.

Many buildings in Carson City are rumored to have ghosts. Every year, the visitor center holds a "ghost tour" on these ghost buildings. Visitors can start their own "ghost tour" just by getting a hiking map at the Nevada Museum or Carson City Tourism Bureau.

The governor's residence is a favorite place for tourists. The Governor's Mansion was built in 1908, with a standard colonial architectural style. There are seven bedrooms, an elegant dining room, a living room, a studio, a reception room, a private office, a library and a roof garden in the official residence.

In the downtown area near the Capitol, there are two oldest buildings in Carson City, namely the former state federal court and the former American mint.

The former state federal court is a Victorian red brick building, and its bell tower rings every hour. Founded in 1888, it was used as a court and post office from 1890 to 1965. Now this building is the office building of Nevada Tourism Bureau.

Mint was the largest and most important building in Carson City when it was completed in 1869. Like the Parliament Building, it is made of natural sandstone excavated near the state prison. At that time, the federal government built a mint in Carson City, because the nearby Comstock vein produced a lot of silver, and the freight for transporting silver bars to San Francisco mint was very high. Mint operated until 1893, and * * * Rong made more than 49 million dollars of coins, which were subsequently acquired by the state government in 1939 and became the Nevada Museum.

The Nevada Museum shows the history of mint, including the original coin making machine and some coins made by mint in Carson City. The museum also includes a natural history area showing the native flora and fauna of Nevada, and an exhibition area of Paiute, a restored Indian tribe, showing Indian huts, handmade baskets, and different daily tasks of tribal members, including grinding their main food pine nuts. One of the essences of the museum is the replica of the mining town "ghost town", including all the representative mining town buildings: newspaper, mining analysis room, grocery store, western pub and so on. Starting from the ghost town, visitors can start another strange journey and look for traces of the past in the19th century mine copied by the museum.

Carson City is also home to the Nevada Railway Museum. Located at the southern end of Carson City, the museum displays many cultural relics and documents about the Virginia-Chuangji Railway, including the famous steam engines Inyo and Glenbrook.

There is a circular track in the museum, and visitors can experience it on the ancient steam locomotive. In addition, the museum also restored the Wa Busca Station of the Virginia-Chuangji Railway.