Fort Churchill State Park
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Looking to get a taste of what life was like in Nevada before it entered official statehood? A visit to Fort Churchill State Historic Park—about an hour east of Carson City—should be high on your adventuring to-do list. This former United States Army fort was built to protect early settlers as they made their way across the American West. Today, the fort’s ruins stand in a fascinating state of arrested decay thanks to northern Nevada’s arid, high desert climate. Much still feels like the Wild West, but the sky’s the limit when imagining what life must’ve been like here more than 150 years ago in a lawless territory
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table, fire ring and charcoal grill, and all are shaded by large cottonwood trees
