Reno (/ˈriË noÊŠ/ REE-noh) is a city in the northwest section of the
U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about 22
miles (35 km) from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in
the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is the
county seat and largest city of Washoe County and sits in a high
desert river valley at the foot of the Sierra Nevada. Its downtown
area (along with the neighboring city Sparks) occupies a valley
informally known as the Truckee Meadows, which because of large-scale
investments from Greater Seattle and San Francisco Bay Area companies
such as Amazon, Tesla, Panasonic, Microsoft, Apple, and Google has
become a new major technology hub in the United States. The city is
named after Union Major General Jesse L. Reno, who was killed in
action during the American Civil War at the Battle of South Mountain
on Fox's Gap.Reno is part of the Renoâ€"Sparks metropolitan area, the
second-most populous metropolitan area in Nevada after the Las Vegas
Valley. Known as Greater Reno, it includes Washoe, Storey, and Lyon
Counties, as well as the state capital, Carson City.Archaeological
finds place the eastern border for the prehistoric Martis people in
the Reno area. As early as the mid-1850s, a few pioneers settled in
the Truckee Meadows, a relatively fertile valley through which the
Truckee River made its way from Lake Tahoe to Pyramid Lake. In
addition to subsistence farming, these early residents could pick up
business from travelers along the California Trail, which followed the
Truckee westward, before branching off towards Donner Lake, where the
formidable obstacle of the Sierra Nevada began. Reno, Nevada Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter