Editing Carson City, Nevada (section)

==Notable people==
Carson City has served as one of the state's centers for politics and business. Every [[List of governors of Nevada|state governor]] since [[Denver S. Dickerson]] has resided in the [[Nevada Governor's Mansion|Governor's Mansion]] in Carson City.<ref name="Early-Carson-p60">{{cite book|last=Ballew|first=Susan J.|author2=Dolan, L. Trent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uRuaIrzRP2cC&q=dickerson&pg=PA60|title=Early Carson City|publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]]|page=60|year=2010|access-date=November 20, 2010|isbn=978-0-7385-7158-4}}</ref> The following personalities took up residence in Carson City at some point in their lives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/personalities.php |title=Historic Personalities |publisher=Visitcarsoncity.com |access-date=January 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116095139/https://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/personalities.php |archive-date=January 16, 2013  }}</ref>
* [[Mackena Bell]], racing driver
* [[Duane Leroy Bliss]], timber businessman<ref>{{cite web|title=Duane Leroy Bliss |url=http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/duane_bliss.php |publisher=Carson City Convention & Visitors Bureau |access-date=September 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053758/http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/duane_bliss.php |archive-date=September 21, 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Orion Clemens]], Secretary of Nevada Territory<ref>{{cite web|title=Orion Clemens|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/nevada/ori.htm|publisher=nps.gov|access-date=September 19, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Steven S. Coughlin]], American epidemiologist and author
* [[John Cradlebaugh]], first Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada Territory<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000850|title=Cradlebaugh, John – Biographical Information|website=bioguide.congress.gov|access-date=December 25, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Abraham Curry]], founding father of Carson City and early politician<ref>{{cite web|title=Abraham Curry |url=http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/abe_curry.php |publisher=Carson City Convention & Visitors Bureau |access-date=September 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055233/http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/abe_curry.php |archive-date=September 21, 2013  }}</ref>
* [[Dat So La Lee]], Native American basket weaver and artist<ref>{{cite web|title=Dat-So-La-Lee|url=http://www.californiabaskets.com/pages/specialitems/dat.html|publisher=californiabaskets.com|access-date=September 19, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Nellie Verrill Mighels Davis]], journalist<ref>{{cite web|title=Nellie Verrill Mighels Davis|url=http://www.unr.edu/nwhp/bios/women/davis.htm|publisher=.unr.edu|access-date=September 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055927/http://www.unr.edu/nwhp/bios/women/davis.htm|archive-date=September 21, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[David Eddings]], best selling author of fantasy novels<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2009/07/fantasy_writer_leaves_reed_18.html |title=Fantasy writer David Eddings leaves Reed College $18 million |first=Suzanne |last=Pardington |newspaper=[[The Oregonian]] |date=July 15, 2009 |access-date=August 25, 2014}}</ref>
* [[George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.]], inventor of the [[Ferris wheel]]<ref>{{cite web|title=George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. |url=http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/george_ferris.php |publisher=Carson City Convention & Visitors Bureau |access-date=September 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204234648/http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/george_ferris.php |archive-date=February 4, 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Ellen Hopkins]], author<ref>{{cite web |url=http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Ellen-Hopkins/20799681 |title=Ellen Hopkins |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |access-date=August 25, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Paul Laxalt]], former Governor and U.S. Senator<ref name=Moreno>{{cite book |last1=Moreno |first1=Richard |title=A short history of Carson City |date=2011 |publisher=University of Nevada Press |location=Reno |isbn=978-0874178364 |pages=128–29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n4LFvHSs4pUC&pg=PA129 |access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Greg LeMond]], two time World Champion road racing cyclist, and three-time winner of the Tour de France<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-greg-lemond-20150221-column.html|title=Once shunned, Greg LeMond returns to biking world and road to success|last=Wallack|first=Roy|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=January 20, 2017|date=February 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/greg-lemonds-five-greatest-wins-167285 |title=Greg LeMond's five greatest wins |date=April 20, 2015 |newspaper=Cycling Weekly |language=en-US |access-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Alice Little]], Irish-American sex-worker and advocate<ref name="schrager">{{cite web |last1=Schrager |first1=Allison |first2=Siyi |last2=Chen |title=Alice Little: The shortest legal escort in Nevada is a bed and breakfast owner |url=https://qz.com/779424/the-shortest-legal-prostitute-in-nevada-is-also-her-brothels-top-booker/ |website=[[Quartz (publication)|quartz]] |publisher=Uzabase |access-date=August 31, 2020 |date=September 23, 2016}}</ref>
* [[David Lundquist]], Major League baseball player (Chicago White Sox)<ref>{{cite web |title=David Lundquist  |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/news.cgi?id=lundqda01 |publisher=Baseball Reference |access-date=September 23, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Maurice E. McLoughlin]], two-time U.S. Open champion, member of [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/maurice-mcloughlin |title=Maurice McLoughlin |publisher=[[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] |access-date=August 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920100043/https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/maurice-mcloughlin |archive-date=September 20, 2013  }}</ref>
* [[Henry Rust Mighels]], journalist, politician, first husband of Nellie Verrill Mighels Davis<ref>{{Cite web|title=Henry R. Mighels {{!}} Carson City|url=https://www.carson.org/government/departments-g-z/parks-recreation-open-space/cemeteries/lone-mountain-cemetery/politicians-buried-in-lone-mountain-cemetery/henry-r-mighels|access-date=February 22, 2022|website=www.carson.org}}</ref>
* [[Hank Monk]], stagecoach driver<ref>{{cite web|title=Hank Monk |url=http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/hank_monk.php |publisher=Carson City Convention & Visitors Bureau |access-date=September 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131033126/https://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/hank_monk.php |archive-date=January 31, 2013  }}</ref>
* [[William Ormsby]], soldier and namesake of [[Ormsby County]] and [[Ormsby House]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Schrantz |first=Scott |url=http://aroundcarson.com/2006/05/06/the_two_houses_of_ormsby_then_and_now/ |title=The Two Houses of Ormsby Then and Now |publisher=Aroundcarson.com |date=May 6, 2006 |access-date=December 28, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Donovan Osborne]], Major League baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals)<ref>{{cite web |title=Donovan Osborne |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/osbordo01.shtml |publisher=Baseball Reference |access-date=September 23, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Darrell Rasner]], Major League baseball player (New York Yankees)<ref>{{cite web|title=Darrell Rasner |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rasneda01.shtml |publisher=Baseball Reference |access-date=September 23, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Don Tatro]], member of the [[Nevada Senate]]<ref>{{Cite web|author=Staff Report|title=Don Tatro to run for state Senator District 16|url=http://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2022/jan/31/don-tatro-run-state-senator-district-16/|access-date=February 4, 2022|website=www.nevadaappeal.com}}</ref>
* [[Mark Twain]], author (lived with his brother Orion Clemens)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/mark_twain.php |title=Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) – Carson City |publisher=Visitcarsoncity.com |access-date=January 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204234729/https://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/mark_twain.php |archive-date=February 4, 2013  }}</ref>
* [[Matt Williams (third baseman)|Matt Williams]], Major League third baseman (San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, and Arizona Diamondbacks)<ref>{{cite web |title=Matt Williams |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willima04.shtml |publisher=Baseball Reference |access-date=September 23, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Sarah Winnemucca]], Native American activist and author<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/2017-legislature/sarah-winnemucca-may-get-her-day-in-nevada/ |title=Sarah Winnemucca may get her day in Nevada |date=April 11, 2017 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |access-date=March 31, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>