1955 Map of Lovelock

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Pyramid Lake and the dry basin of Winnemucca Lake dominate the southwestern corner of this mid-century western Nevada landscape, where the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation meets the vast reaches of the Black Rock Desert. The U S Naval Gunnery Range occupies several massive tracts of land, signaling the military's significant presence in the Great Basin during the Cold War era. The region's economy is clearly defined by its reliance on transport and extraction, with the Southern Pacific and Western Pacific railroads threading between mountain ranges to serve remote outposts like Gerlach and Jungo.