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==History== Washoe County was created on November 25, 1861, as one of the original nine counties of the [[Nevada Territory]]. It is named after the [[Washoe people]] who originally inhabited the area. It was consolidated with [[Roop County, Nevada|Roop County]] in 1864. [[Washoe City, Nevada|Washoe City]] was the first county seat in 1861 and was replaced by [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]] in 1871. In 1911, a small band of [[Shoshone]] and [[Bannock (tribe)|Bannock]] led by [[Mike Daggett]] killed four stockmen in Washoe County.<ref>{{cite web|author=James Shown |location= Winnemucca, NV |url=http://www.nevada-history.org/indians.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721162117/http://www.nevada-history.org/indians.html |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |title=America's Last Indian Battle |access-date=January 17, 2013}}</ref> A posse was formed, and on February 26, 1911, at the [[Battle of Kelley Creek]], eight of Daggett's band were killed, along with one member of the posse, Ed Hogle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odmp.org/officer/18238-deputy-edward-e-hogle |title=Ed Hogle memorial |publisher=Odmp.org |access-date=January 17, 2013}}</ref> Three children and a woman who survived the battle were captured. The remains of some of the members of the band were repatriated from the [[Smithsonian Institution]] to the [[Fort Hall Indian Reservation|Fort Hall Idaho Shoshone-Bannock Tribe]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://anthropology.si.edu/repatriation/reports/regional/great_basin/nevada_w.htm |title=NMNH β Repatriation Office β Reports β Great Basin |publisher=Nmnh.si.edu |access-date=January 17, 2013}}</ref> In 1918, Washoe County elected the first woman elected to the [[Nevada Legislature]], [[Sadie Hurst]], a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]].<ref name=leg.state.nv>{{cite web|title=Fact Sheet|url=http://www.leg.state.nv.us/division/research/publications/factsheets/women.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709115439/http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Division/Research/Publications/Factsheets/Women.pdf |archive-date=July 9, 2011 |url-status=live|publisher=Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau|access-date=March 7, 2014|date=November 2013}}</ref> As of 2013, "Washoe County is the first school district in the state to offer Paiute classes," offering an elective course in the [[Northern Paiute language|Paiute language]] at Spanish Springs High School<ref name = "krnv">{{Cite web | publisher = KRNV, Reno, NV | title = Nevada Proud: Students get a chance to learn native language in school | work = My News 4 | access-date = October 24, 2013 | url = http://www.mynews4.com/mostpopular/story/Nevada-Proud-Students-get-a-chance-to-learn/evGAng-G2UWy6VLIxRSr-g.cspx | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192012/http://www.mynews4.com/mostpopular/story/Nevada-Proud-Students-get-a-chance-to-learn/evGAng-G2UWy6VLIxRSr-g.cspx | archive-date = October 29, 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and North Valleys High School.
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