ENLARGE
Courtesy of the Nevada Historical Society Sarah Winnemucca poses in this undated photograph. Winnemucca's command of English enabled her to bring the Paiute cause to the nation.
Editor's note: This is the first of two parts of Chris Bayer's essay on Major William Matthew Ormsby and his impact on the early years of Carson City....
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