National Monument

For the Basque Sheepherders who were the first settlers in the area in 1870. They shared the area with Paiute and Shoshone Indians as well as coyotes and many other wild animals that would have loved to eat their lambs. Later they got some more European company in the people who were searching for gold and silver.
engraved on a big slab of sandstone are all the names of the Basques. Impressive. My first dentist here in Reno was called 'Calestaugi and that name was 5 times on the slab.

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