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| 1874 | The University of Nevada was established in Elko and then relocated to Reno in 1886. |
| June 20, 1890 | Elizabeth Potts was hung for murder behind the courthouse - the only female ever executed in Nevada. |
| May 3, 1906 | Ruby Mountain National Forest was established. |
| 1908 | The Jarbidge Gold Boom began and then lasted to 1935. |
| December 5, 1916 | The world's last stagecoach robbery and murder took place in Jarbidge Canyon. |
| 1944 | The development of training of the atomic bomb with the crew of the Enola Gay was held in Wendover. |
| 1985 | The world famous Cowboy Poetry Gathering started in Elko. |
| 1993 | Elko was named one of the 100 Best Small Towns in America. |
| 2010 | Elko County built the Northeastern Nevada Regional Railport, a transloading and warehousing site to diversify the economy's reliance on mining. |
| 2013 | Spring Creek named Best Place in Nevada to Raise a Family with Elko taking tenth place. |