Ever since mining camps and railroad towns were founded in Northern Nevada in the 1860s, ranching has defined the culture on the high desert plains of the Great Basin. Paradise Valley, north of Winnemucca, where this buckaroo camp was photographed over a century ago, is still home to numerous historic ranches.– Courtesy Paradise Valley Folklife Project collection, 1978-1982 (AFC 1991/021),American Folklife Center, Library of Congre
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