Editing Battle Mountain, Nevada (section)

==History==
The Battle Mountain area was home to the [[Northern Paiute]] and [[Shoshone]] peoples. The area was noted by fur trappers in the 1820s and '30s. It served as a waypoint for westward-bound travel on the [[Emigrant Trail]] along the [[Humboldt River]] by 1845. According to local legend, the name stems from confrontations between [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] and early settlers during the 1850s.<ref name="County">[http://www.landercountynv.org/residents/lander_county_links/battle_mountain_community.php Battle Mountain Community]. Lander County Online Government. 2015. Accessed: November 7, 2021.</ref>

When [[copper]] ore was discovered and mining began in 1866, the [[Central Pacific Railroad]] started a station in [[Argenta, Nevada|Argenta]] to support the mining activity. In 1868, the railroad established the Reese River [[Siding (rail)|siding]] in Battle Mountain to support it, but in 1870, the railroad moved the Argenta station to Battle Mountain<ref name="HistoricPreserv">{{cite web |title=Battle Mountain |url=https://shpo.nv.gov/nevadas-historical-markers/historical-markers/battle-mountain |website=Nevada  State Historic Preservation Office |publisher=State of Nevada |access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref> and established a townsite to serve the Battle Mountain copper and gold mining district.<ref>[http://www.charteradvertising.com/proofing/017battlemountain/proofs/web/about.html About Battle Mountain]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=November 2021}} Two railroads headquartered there starting in 1890: the Central Nevada Railway and the Battle Mountain and Lewis Railroad.<ref name="HistoricPreserv"/>  As of 2009, the  railway is still in use.<ref name="County" />

In 1874, the [[Nevada Legislature]] overrode the governor's veto and approved a railroad from [[Austin, Nevada|Austin]] to Battle Mountain.  The [[Nevada Central Railroad]] from Battle Mountain to Austin was completed in 1880. The rail line was constructed to connect the silver mines around Austin to the Central Pacific line at Battle Mountain. The rail line served the Austin area until it was abandoned in 1938.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110718104555/http://www.nevada-railways.net/ Michael Brown, ''Nevada Central Narrow Gauge,'' in Narrow Gauge and Short Lines Railroads of the West]}}</ref>

[[Ulysses S. Grant]] spoke in the town in 1879 during his western speaking tour.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

President [[Woodrow Wilson]] established Battle Mountain Indian Colony by executive order in 1918.<ref>Executive orders for establishment of Battle Mountain and Winnemucca Indian Colonies, 1918, 2013-10_3_11_13, Box: 42, Folder: 27. Western Shoshone Defense Project Records, 2013-10. University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department. https://archive.library.unr.edu/public/repositories/2/archival_objects/151045 Accessed July 02, 2023.</ref> In 1919, Nevada's Red Scare Miners held a ten-day strike at the Battle Mountain Copper Mines.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

On May 15, 1979, the voters of Lander County approved the move of the county seat from Austin to Battle Mountain in a special election. In a subsequent ruling, the [[Nevada Supreme Court]] affirmed this decision.<ref>
{{cite court
|litigants=Cirac v. Lander County
|vol=
|reporter=
|opinion=
|pinpoint=
|court=Supreme Court of Nevada.
|date=1979
|url=https://law.justia.com/cases/nevada/supreme-court/1979/11886-1.html
|access-date=22 May 2022
|quote=we conclude that respondent board was within its legal authority to call the election and that there was no basis for relief
|postscript=
}}
</ref>

Chiefs Frank Temoke and Frank Brady refused the government's offer of a payoff under the 1863 [[Treaty of Ruby Valley (1863)|Treaty of Ruby Valley]] at Battle Mountain on December 11, 1992.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

The 2008 Wells, Nevada, [[earthquake]] of 6.3 magnitude that affected the northeastern part of the state severely damaged one of the city's oldest historical buildings, the Lemaire Building, which was condemned.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}