CARSON CITY, the capital of Nevada, U.S.A., and the county seat of Ormsby county, from Lake Tahoe, which lies at the crook in the western boundary of the State. It is on Federal highway 5o, and is served by the Virginia and Truckee railway, which has repair shops there. It is picturesquely situated in Eagle valley, near the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada, 4,72oft. above sea-level. In 1890 the population was 3,950; in 193o, 1,596. The city is Federal headquarters for Nevada, as well as the seat of the State Government. In Carson City there is a branch of the United States mint, a Federal school for Indians, a State orphans' home and the State prison, and a museum with a series of mastodon skeletons and prehistoric remains found in the neighbourhood. A trading-post was established there in 1851. The town was laid out in 1858, was made the capital in 1861 and was chartered as a city in 1875. It was named after Christopher ("Kit") Carson, frontier hero and guide.