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Winnemucca, Nevada

by | Sep 1, 2007 | Travel & Preservation

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Trappers and Basque sheepherders arrived in today’s Winnemucca, Nevada, in the 1830s, but a Wild Bunch robbery put it on the Old West map. On September 19, 1900, the Sundance Kid and two other  members of the Wild Bunch robbed the First National Bank, galloping away with about $32,000 in gold coin (see p.92). Basque customs (below) are still celebrated annually in Humboldt County, and Winnemucca is the place to eat for Basque-style cuisine: it has more Basque restaurants per capita than any o


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