In Nevada, U.S. Route 50 runs from the resort communities of Lake Tahoe eastward to the Utah border near Great Basin National Park. Route 50 is a transcontinental highway that stretches from West Sacramento, California, to Ocean City, Maryland, on the east coast. The Nevada portion crosses several large desert valleys separated by alpine forestland, across the Basin and Range province of the Great Basin. It passes through the state capital in Carson City as well as Fort Churchill State Historic Park, ghost towns and petroglyph sites. The route was constructed along a historic corridor, first used for the Pony Express and Central Overland Route and later for most of State Route 2 (before the U.S. Highway System) and the Lincoln Highway. U.S. Route 50 in Nevada was named "The Loneliest Road in America" by Life magazine in 1986; they were referring to large desolate areas with few or no signs of civilization along the route, but Nevada officials seized on the name as a marketing slogan.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_50_in_Nevada

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1601:

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex led a failed rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex%27s_Rebellion

1879:

Enraged by a controversial umpiring decision, cricket spectators rioted and attacked the England cricket team during a match in Sydney, Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Riot_of_1879

1915:

Film director D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (film poster pictured) was released, becoming one of the most influential and controversial films in the history of American cinema. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_a_Nation

1971:

Trading began on NASDAQ, the world's first electronic stock exchange. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASDAQ

2010:

A freak storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggered a series of at least 36 avalanches that buried over 3.5 km (2.2 mi) of road, killed 171 people and trapped over 2,500 travellers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Salang_avalanches

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

sawpit: A pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawn with a long two-handled saw (a pitsaw) by two people, one standing above the timber and the other in the pit below. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sawpit

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