Preservation Society offers summer tours of historic Nevada State Prison in Carson City
Nevada State Prison Preservation Society is offering May through October tours of the historic Nevada State Prison in Carson City.
Go here for tickets.
The Nevada State Prison has an extensive history within Carson City, beginning as the site of the first meetings of the Territorial Legislature, and quickly becoming the Territorial Prison in 1862. With statehood in 1864, it became the Nevada State Prison, and was the only state prison in Nevada until the late 1950s.
Until its closing in 2012, Nevada State Prison was one of the oldest prisons still operating in the entire country.
For more information about the prison, tours and to buy tickets, go to Nevadastateprison.org.