Editing McDermitt, Nevada and Oregon (section)

==History==
The community, originally called '''Dugout''', was named after [[Fort McDermit]]. It was named after Lt. Col. Charles McDermit,<ref name=OGN>{{cite OGN|7th|page=624}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.carson-city.nv.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=11839 | title = McDermit, Charles | access-date = 2011-08-25 | format = pdf | publisher = Carson City Consolidated Municipality | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165808/http://www.carson-city.nv.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=11839 | archive-date = 2011-09-27 }}</ref> commander of the Military District of Nevada, who was killed by Native Americans in a skirmish in the area in 1865.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409171723/http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf |archive-date=2018-04-09 |url-status=live | title=Origin of Place Names: Nevada | publisher=W.P.A. | author=Federal Writers' Project | year=1941 | pages=38}}</ref> It is not known why there is a discrepancy in the spelling.<ref name=OGN/> [[Fort McDermit]], which was {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=in}} outside the current township, was originally established to protect the [[stagecoach]] route from [[Virginia City, Nevada|Virginia City]] through [[Winnemucca, Nevada|Winnemucca]] to [[Silver City, Idaho|Silver City]], [[Idaho Territory]]. The stage road was the military's most important transportation route in southeast Oregon.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/heritage/culwinnemucca.php | title = Winnemucca to Silver City Wagon Road | access-date = 2011-08-26 | publisher = Bureau of Land Management}}</ref>  The township of Dugout was established as support for Fort McDermit.<ref name=fast>{{cite web | url = http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/45/mcdermitt.html?page=0%2C1 | title = The Town That the Internet (Almost) Forgot | access-date = 2012-02-23 | last = Salter | first = Chuck | date = March 21, 2001 | work = Fast Company}}</ref>