Bull_Run_Mountains_(Nevada)

Bull Run Mountains (Nevada)

Bull Run Mountains (Nevada)

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For other uses, see Bull Run (disambiguation).

The Bull Run Mountains is a mountain range in Elko County, Nevada, United States. Much of the range is contained within the Mountain City Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. Porter Peak, at 9,157 feet (2,791 m) is the highest point of the range.[2]

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The range was named in commemoration of the Battle of Bull Run, in the American Civil War.[3]

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  1. [1]
    "Bull Run Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
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    "Porter Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  3. [3]
    Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 22.
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