Editing Ely, Nevada (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Helen Delich Bentley]] - born to Yugoslavian parents and graduating from Ely High School, she was appointed by Richard Nixon to lead the Federal Maritime Regulatory Agency in 1969. She served as a representative for Maryland in the US Congress from 1985 to 1995.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/helen-delich-bentley-journalist-turned-politician-who-promoted-baltimore-port-dies-at-92/2016/08/06/ddc7cd6a-5c10-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html| title = Helen Delich Bentley, journalist-turned-politician who promoted Baltimore port, dies at 92 - The Washington Post| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>
* [[Albert J. Carpenter]] (9 June 1911 - 21 June 1999), officer in the [[United States Coast Guard]] from 1933 to 1968<ref name="1967-06 USCG">{{citation |date=June 1967 |title=Biographical Sketch |publisher=[[United States Coast Guard]] |language=en |url=https://www.uscg.mil/history/people/Flags/CarpenterABio.pdf |access-date=2021-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202065209/https://www.uscg.mil/history/people/Flags/CarpenterABio.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-02 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Patricia Nixon]] - Former first lady of the United States was born in Ely.  Her father was a miner in the area and the family left when Patricia was two years old.  Pat and her husband Richard Nixon visited the area during his 1952 vice-presidential campaign.<ref>Ely Public Library</ref>