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{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Nevada, United States}}
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|official_name = Ruby Valley, Nevada
|settlement_type = [[Unincorporated area|Unincorporated community]]
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Elko County, Nevada|Elko]]

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|postal_code = 89833<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/89833|title=Ruby Valley ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2022|access-date=November 18, 2022}}</ref>
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'''Ruby Valley''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Ruby Valley]], in [[Elko County, Nevada|Elko County]], [[Nevada]], United States.<ref name=gnis/>

It was the site of the [[Ruby Valley Pony Express Station]], which has since been moved {{convert|60|mi}} to [[Elko, Nevada]] and restored and listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

Ruby Valley has a small K-8 school and many cattle ranches. [[Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge]] and state-owned Gallagher Fish Hatchery are in Ruby Valley.

==History==
On October 1, 1863, the [[Treaty of Ruby Valley (1863)|Treaty of Ruby Valley]] was signed by Gov. [[James W. Nye]] of the [[Nevada Territory]] and Gov. [[James Duane Doty]] of the [[Utah Territory]]. Twelve chiefs signed for the Western Bands of the [[Shoshone]] Nation of Indians. The treaty assured their ownership of property (that later became a U.S. [[nuclear test site]]). The treaty stated that the presence of U.S. settlements will not negate Native [[sovereignty]]. The Western Shoshone did not cede land but agreed to allow the U.S. government the "right to traverse the area, maintain existing telegraph and stage lines, construct one railroad, and engage in specified economic activities."{{cn|date=August 2024}} The Union relied on this treaty to demonstrate to European governments and banks backing the Union that it could provide the gold needed for the [[American Civil War]].

==Notes==
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{{Elko County, Nevada}}

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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Elko County, Nevada]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Nevada]]

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Ruby Valley, Nevada - Revision history

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