![]() Historical Markers of Washoe County & Reno
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*HM 30*-- Reno --
Location: Downtown Reno
Description:
Reno became the county seat in 1871, quickly incorporated in 1876 and in 1906, started the city's reputation as the 'divorce capital of America'. Tourism increased, businesses boomed and a new industry flourished when gambling was legalized in 1931. Today's Reno is not only a bustling metropolis, one of only 2 in Nevada, but caters to the arts and outdoor life in comparison to Las Vegas in the south. The famed Reno Arch just north of here was erected in 1926 with the words spanning across Virginia Street... "Reno, The World's Biggest Little City". Since then, the arch has been replaced three times dawning its inscription by a slogan from a prizefight held in Reno around 1910.
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