Winemucca, Nevada

Further east in Nevada, our next stop was Winnemucca named after Chief Winnemucca.   It’s a lovely town sitting beside the Humboldt River, although it was quite chilly and windy while we were there, the RV Park we stayed in was very nice.

We drove a narrow paved road to the top of Winnemucca Mountain, from there we had a great views of the town and mountains beyond.  

We drove out to Paradise Valley and almost added another State to our list as it turned out that we were only 50 miles from the Oregon State Line.   Much to our surprise we discovered that in 1828 a representative associated with the Hudson Bay Company came through Paradise Valley as I’d always associated the Hudson Bay Company with Canada.  

Settlers arrived in the valley in 1863 and came into conflict with the local Indians, so a fort was established about 4 miles away.   As well an RV Park there, a few obviously lived in houses and lots of interesting old buildings.   These days it’s mostly a ranching and farming area.

Some of the old buildings in Paradise Valley.

The Humboldt Museum in Winnemucca is a very interesting place and we were lucky enough to be shown around by one of the curators.   One of the things we learned was that one of Charlie Chaplin’s leading ladies, Edna Purviance, was born in 1896 in Paradise Valley and the museum has one of her dresses on show.   Another was that the potatoes used to make Pringles, well at least Pringles in the US, are grown in Winnemucca.  

This dress once belonged to Edna Purviance.

I also liked this rather large touring car it reminded me of the song from Oklahoma about a surrey with a fringe on top.

Have fun, we are!