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Basque Americans in Nevada

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Ethnic group in the United States
Martin Hotel, a hotel that served as a boardinghouse for Basque sheepherders.

Basques have been living in Northern Nevada for over a century and form a population of several thousand. Basque immigrants first came in the mid-1800s during the Gold rush. The Basques have also been closely-tied to sheep herding in Nevada and neighboring states.

The Basque-American culture is especially prominent in the town of Winnemucca. Basque immigrants to Winnemucca founded the Martin Hotel and the Winnemucca Hotel, both of which were associated with the Basque sheepherders.

Winnemucca Hotel, a hotel that served as a boardinghouse for Basque sheepherders.

References

  1. Billock, Jennifer. "How a Remote Nevada Town Became a Bastion of Basque Culture". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  2. "Basque Culture". Winnemucca Convention & Visitors Authority. Archived from the original on 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  3. "Basque culture leaves its mark on Nevada". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2018-01-28. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  4. McCormick, David (Summer 2020). "Nevada's Basque History". Nevada Magazine. Carson City, Nevada: Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 2024-11-27.

Further reading

  • Douglass, William, and Jon Bilbao. Amerikanuak: Basques in the New World. (University of Nevada Press, 1975).
  • Saitua, Iker. Basque Immigrants and Nevada's Sheep Industry: Geopolitics and the Making of an Agricultural Workforce, 1880–1954 (2019) excerpt

External links

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