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Northern Nevada and southern Idaho are among the least densely occupied parts of North America, rivalling the Canadian Shield and upper Alaska. Yet the area does sustain a continuing livestock economy, and one that has achieved some fame. Paradise Valley is a small (under 500 people) ranching community in northern Nevada, near the Santa Rosa Range, that is far from any beaten tracks. It has been chronicled in a Smithsonian Institution exhibit ("Buckaroos in Paradise"), narrated in several short stories, proved the refuge for the notorious game-warden killer Claude Dallas, and it remains today a modest and elegant place. Yet the nature of the economy is still evident, here.
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