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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Gary Lewis / The Bulletin
September 3, 2009
Twelve thousand years ago, Lake Lahontan covered much of what now is northwestern Nevada, as well as what now are parts of California and southeast Oregon. With a surface area of more than 8,500 square miles and a maximum depth of about 900 feet, it would have been one of the largest lakes in....