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A turn-off notice issued by a utility service provider. A turn-off notice, cut-off notice, or shut-off notice is a warning letter sent out by the provider of a service for a residence or other building, such as utility, phone service, or cable television, that if payment is not sent by the date indicated in the notice, the service will be interrupted.
Winnemucca (/ ˌ w ɪ n ə ˈ m ʌ k ə / ⓘ) is the only incorporated city in, and is the county seat of Humboldt County, Nevada, United States. [5] As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 8,431, [6] up 14.0 percent from the 2010 census figure of 7,396.
Winnemucca Municipal Airport (IATA: WMC [2], ICAO: KWMC, FAA LID: WMC) is six miles southwest of Winnemucca, in Humboldt County, Nevada. [1] The airport was renamed Franklin Field on April 20, 2019, in honor of Lt. Col. Irl “Leon” Franklin, a decorated Vietnam War veteran and combat pilot who earned the Silver Star for his lead role in Operation Ivory Coast.
Sarah (née Winnemucca) Hopkins (c. 1844 – October 17, 1891) was a Northern Paiute writer, activist, lecturer, teacher, and school organizer. Her Northern Paiute name was Thocmentony, also spelled Tocmetone, [1] which translates as "Shell Flower."
Winnemucca (son-in-law), Sarah Winnemucca (granddaughter) Truckee (died 1860), also known as Captain Truckee , Wuna Mucca , [ 1 ] The Giver of Spiritual Gifts , [ 1 ] Old Winnemucca , One Moccasin , [ 1 ] Onennamucca , [ 1 ] One-ah-mucca ), or Old Chief Winnemucca , was a medicine chief of the Northern Paiute people and an influential prophet ...
The Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada has a reservation at in Humboldt County, NevadaThe reservation was established on June 18, 1917, and comprises two parcels of land, 20 acres (0.081 km 2) enclosed within the urban area of the City of Winnemucca centered on Cinnabar Street, and 320 acres (1.3 km 2) of rural land on the southern edge of the city west of Water Canyon Road.
The Central Pacific Railroad reached Winnemucca on September 16, 1868, and the first train arrived to the town on October 1. The line was later acquired by the Southern Pacific Railroad. The first transcontinental train rolled through on May 11, 1869. [4]
Winnemucca Lake is a dry lake bed in northwest Nevada that features the oldest known petroglyphs in North America. Located astride the border between Washoe and Pershing counties, [ 1 ] it was a shallow lake until the 1930s, but was dried when a dam and a road were built that combined to restrict and block water flow.