Does living between the unforgiving mountains and dusty deserts of the Sierra push Renoites to be resourceful and inventive? Is it easier to try innovative new things in the Wild West, outside the glare of the national spotlight? Or is it just that the Biggest Little City is a national and international trendsetter? Check out this rundown of how Renoites have altered the world of fashion, aeronautics, entertainment and more.

Riveted jeans, 1871

Jacob Davis, born near the Baltic Sea in 1831, came to the United States in 1854 and ran tailor shops in New York City and in Augusta, Maine, former Nevada state archivist Guy Rocha wrote in an article for the Nevada State Library and Archives. Davis moved to the West and ended up in Reno in 1868, opening a tailor shop on Virginia Street the next

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