Washoe Valley (Nevada)

Located between Reno and Carson City, it is named for the Washoe people, Native Americans who lived there before the arrival of Europeans.

Among the ranch's famous horses was El Rio Rey, the American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt of 1889.

The Winters Ranch[3] and Bowers Mansion in the valley are today listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Washoe Valley, along with much of the region in the lee of the Sierra Nevada mountains, is known for its occasionally strong winds.

Describing the Washoe Zephyr as it occurred while he was in Carson City, Mark Twain wrote: The valley is a main thoroughfare in northern Nevada, with Interstate 580/US 395 and US 395 Alt passing along the base of the Sierra Nevada at the western edge of the valley, connecting Reno and Carson City.