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 Wild Horse Reservoir in northern Elko County, Nevada |
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Elko County is in northeastern Nevada with Idaho to the north and Utah to the east. This is right on the western edge of the Great Salt Desert. Elko County contains 17,178 square miles of land and 24 square miles of water, making it the 4th largest county in the United States. One explanation of the county name credits Charles Crocker, railroad owner, who reportedly named the train depot after all the elk roaming the area, adding an "o" to form "Elko." Most of the county is within the Great Basin with a small section along the Idaho border that drains into the Snake River Basin. The county seat is Elko. |
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Related Pages: South Fork State Recreation Area - Wild Horse State Recreation Area Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest - Elko Snobowl - Jarbridge Wilderness East Humboldt Wilderness - Ruby Mountains Wilderness Angel Lake Scenic Byway - California Trail Back Country Byway Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge |
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| Photo of Wild Horse Reservoir courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management Text is available for re-use under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. |
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