Winnemucca, Nevada

USA / Nevada / Winnemucca /
 city, county seat

The site of a September 19, 1900 bank robbery by the Wild Bunch.

Figures in the song made famous by a Comfort Inn advertising campaign with a song covered by Johnny Cash "I've Been Everywhere"
According to the song written by Geoff Mack in 1959, but made famous by Hank Snow in 1959, and later, Johnny Cash, "I was toting my pack along the dusty Winnemucca Road / When along came a semi with a high and canvas covered load"
www.winnemucca.nv.us/ is the city website

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Cassidy%27s_Wild_Bunch
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Coordinates:   40°58'8"N   117°43'22"W
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