McDermitt Travel Guide

McDermitt is an unincorporated community straddling the Nevada-Oregon border, in Humboldt County, Nevada and Malheur County, Oregon. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined the portion of McDermitt in Nevada as a census-designated place (CDP). The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name. The Oregon portion of McDermitt is not part of the CDP.
The community, originally called Dugout, was named after Charles McDermit sic, a commander of the Military District of Nevada in the 1860s. It was originally established to protect a stagecoach route from Virginia City, Nevada to Boise, Idaho.
As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 269, a precipitous decline from the 373 people enumerated in the census a decade earlier.
The community is on U.S. Highway 95. Its economy has historically been based on ranching and farming, and home to a mercury mine until 1990. Mining may start up in the area again, courtesy of Canadian firm Gold Canyon Resources http://www.gcu-vse.com/. Samples from a former mercury mine in the area suggest that it could become home to the world's only gallium mine, which is normally produced as a by-product of aluminum and zinc mining.
The state line goes through the White Horse Inn, a now-abandoned saloon, hotel, and reportedly, brothel http://www.baberfamilytree.org/Notes/4.htm#138. When it was open, you could order your food in Oregon, thus avoiding Nevada sales tax http://www.scs.unr.edu/~sjbarnes/mcdermit.html. (...) more....

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