Esmeralda County, Nevada
Esmeralda County is one of the first counties of Nevada. It was established on November 25, 1861. The county seat used to be Aurora until 1883. After that, it was Hawthorne from 1883 until 1907. In 1907, the county got it's current seat. The author Mark Twain wrote the book Roughing It from 1870-71 about his time as a miner in Esmeralda.