Conflicts

Nevada

65 engagements recorded

Valley of Fire Conflict Site

Lovelock Cave Violence Evidence

Nevada Great Basin Lacustrine Resource Raids

Grimes Point Massacre (Nevada)

Lovelock Culture Displacement – Humboldt Sink

Grouse Creek Massacre

Gravelly Ford Massacre (or verify location — coordinates are in Elko County area, not Humboldt)

Pyramid Lake War – Battle of Pyramid Lake First

Pony Express Route Attacks — Nevada-Utah (1860)

First Battle of Pyramid Lake

Battle of Pyramid Lake

Williams Station Massacre — Pony Express (May 7, 1860)

Paiute War — Battle of Pyramid Lake 1860

Pyramid Lake War Skirmishes (1860)

Spring Valley Station Raid

Battle of Pyramid Lake — Second Engagement (June 2, 1860)

Second Battle of Pyramid Lake

Battle of Pyramid Lake First

Battle of Pyramid Lake — First Battle

Pyramid Lake War — First Battle

Fort Churchill Engagements

Williams Station Massacre

Pyramid Lake War — Second Battle (June 3, 1860)

Battle of Pyramid Lake — Second Battle

Pyramid Lake War – Battle of Pyramid Lake Second

Fort Churchill Punitive Expedition (1860)

Battle of Pyramid Lake — First Engagement (May 12, 1860)

Battle of Pyramid Lake (Second)

Mexican-American War

Battle at Fort Churchill Area (1860)

Battle of Pinnacle Mount — Nevada (1860)

Battle of Winnemucca Lake

Pyramid Lake War — Second Battle

Battle of Pyramid Lake Second

Pyramid Lake War — First Battle (May 12, 1860)

Humboldt River Massacres — Nevada (1861–1862)

Paiute Attack on Overland Trail NV

Battle of Gravelly Ford (Shoshone)

Egan's Canyon Fight — Idaho-Wyoming Area (1862)

Battle at Edwards Creek Station

Ruby Valley Skirmish

Reese River Valley Fight

Elko Area Shoshone Skirmish

Aurora Vigilante Hangings — Dailey Gang NV

Nevada Vigilante Hangings Aurora

Winnemucca Lake Raid

Battle of Mud Lake

Battle at Quinn River Crossing

Winnemucca Lake Skirmish

Battle of Quinn River

Battle of Infernal Caverns (NV approach)

Virginia City Comstock Gang Wars, Storey County NV

Muddy Mission Raid

Verdi Train Robbery — Central Pacific Express NV

Austin Nevada Stage Robberies — Wells Fargo Response

Pioche Nevada Mining Feud Killings, Lincoln County NV

Battle Mountain Outlaw Gang — Anti-Chinese Violence NV

Golconda Chinese Labor Camp Attack NV

Tuscarora Mining Camp Violence, Elko County NV

Eureka Charcoal Burners' War, NV

Elko County Range Wars, Northeastern NV

Paiute Ghost Dance Troubles 1890

Hole-in-the-Wall Gang — First National Bank of Winnemucca

Shoshone Mike — Last Wild Indian Confrontation 1911

Shoshone Mike Incident

Gunfight at Pioneer Saloon Goodsprings NV

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