Area 51 is acknowledged with State Route 375 officially christened "The Extraterrestrial Highway" in a ceremony featuring the director and cast of the movie "Independence Day." The highway runs between Alamo and Tonopah, Nevada. There is a tiny restaurant
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Camels were used as pack animals in Nevada as late as 1870.
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To drive from Los Angeles, California to Reno, Nevada the direction traveled is to the west.