Funded in part by the
Nevada Commission
on Tourism

 

 
2008 Special Events
 
May 9-11, 2008
Spring Barrel Race
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Winnemucca Events Complex
 
May 23-25, 2008
Run-A-Mucca
Motorcycle Rally

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Winnemucca - Downtown
 
May 30-June 1, 2008
Mule Races, Show & Draft Horse Challenge
Winnemucca Events Complex
 
June 7, 2008
Basque Festival
Winnemucca Convention Center

June 14, 2008

Koyote Kruisers "Kruise 2008"
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Winnemucca Events Complex
 
June 18-22, 2008
Nevada High School Finals Rodeo
Winnemucca Events Complex
 
June 15, 2008
Fathers Day BBQ
Paradise Valley, NV

July 4-6, 2008
McDermitt Ranch Rodeo
McDermitt, NV
 
July 12 & 13, 2008
Winnemucca Junior Rodeo
Winnemucca Events Complex
 
 
 
 
 

Welcome to Winnemucca, NV the Crossroads of the West.

Our high desert city is full of classic charm. Our historic downtown area is interspersed with delightful boutiques, restaurants, pubs and the hometown businesses that serve our community.

Winnemucca is a great jumping-off point for many types of outdoor recreation. Nearby are fabulous hiking, hunting and biking trails, as well as miles of ATV and off-road adventure trails. In town, there are over 1,000 hotel rooms, several diverse restaurants, casino gaming, and plenty of other opportunities for fun.

Winnemucca has never laid claim to being the oldest settlement in the state, but its location has been more or less continuously occupied since about 1830 when beaver trappers like Peter Ogden established a camp here on what they called Marys River.

Twenty years later, when westward bound wagon trains began using the Humboldt Trail, the trading post on the southern bank of the river at Graveley Ford came to be called Frenchmans Ford, and by 1863 when it was renamed for the last time, in honor of the principal Paiute chief of the region, a rough settlement had grown up along the river bank.

 


Winnemucca Convention and Visitors Authority
50W. Winnemucca Blvd. Winnemucca, NV 89445
775-623-5071 | 1-800-962-2638