Winnemucca Lake is a dry lake bed in northwest Nevada that features the oldest known petroglyphs in North America. Located astride the border between Washoe and Pershing counties, it was a shallow lak
Winnemucca Lake bed, blue lake to the left is Pyramid Lake
Petroglyph site 26 Wa 3329, with some of the oldest known petroglyphs in the Americas
Detail of Petroglyphs – the carvings can be dated because they were covered by tufa layers, after the water level rose above them
Numaga was a Paiute leader during the Paiute War of 1860 that centered on Pyramid Lake in what is now Nevada in the United States. The war was caused by an influx of miners and ranchers after silver w
Numaga
Frederick W. Lander, who negotiated peace with Numaga
James W. Nye, first Governor of Nevada