Definition: Our city started out as Lake's Crossing, a toll crossing of the Truckee River where the Virginia Street Bridge is today. The name Reno came from Major General Jesse Lee Reno, a Union officer who was killed in Civil War action at South Mountain, MD, on Sept. 14, 1862. The choice of name was most likely a farewell gesture to Gen. Irvin McDowell, army Commander of the Pacific, when he returned East.
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Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada.
