LANDER

county, central Nevada, U.S. It is drained by the Humboldt and Reese rivers. The county is arid and is covered by the Shoshone and Toiyabe mountains, which include large segments of Toiyabe National Forest in the south. The county seat, Battle Mountain, is in the far north. The county was formed in 1862. The major economic activity is mining, most notably of turquoise and gold. Area 5,494 square miles (14,229 square km). Pop. (1990) 6,266. city, seat (1884) of Fremont county, west central Wyoming, U.S., on the Popo Agie River, east of the Wind River Range, at an altitude of 5,360 ft (1,634 m). It was settled in the 1870s around Fts. Augur and Brown and named for Col. F.W. Lander. Ranching, lumber, oil wells, coal mines, iron ore, and uranium are its economic assets. To the north is the Wind River Indian Reservation (Shoshoni and Arapahoe tribes) with the grave of Sacajawea (Shoshone guide of the Lewis and Clark expedition). Sinks Canyon State Park and the Shoshoni National Forest are immediately southwest. The city sponsors the annual One-Shot Antelope Hunt. Inc. 1890. Pop. (1990) 7,023.