NevadaGram #160 — Hamilton, the Belmont Mill and Wheezer Dell
In Nevada, even in our Age of Tesla, it is still possible to venture as deep into history and prehistory as you care to go. Here's a day trip from Ely or Eureka that...
NevadaGram #159 – I-80 postcard from Shorty
Robin, Shorty and I recently made a pleasant trip across northern Nevada to update Shorty's book, and here is some of what we discovered along the way.
Two Burning Man art pieces and one locally...
NevadaGram #158 – A Visit to Winnemucca, Comstock Mining Update
When we planned last week's visit to Winnemucca we determined to try nothing but new restaurants and lodgings. No Griddle for breakfast. No Martin Hotel for lunch. No Ormachea's for dinner. No Tortilla Factory...
NevadaGram #157 – Landsailing Championships on Smith Creek Playa, Plus Bulletins from Austin, Wells,...
The World Championship Land Sailing Competition was held last month at Smith Creek Playa west of Austin alongside old US 50 (now Nevada 722). It had been held in recent years at Ivanpah in...
NevadaGram #156 – A Visit to Genoa, Post Card from Shorty,
If you've ever visited the Carson Valley in your lifetime, you can probably still see it clearly in your memory.
The broad green valley, speckled with grazing cattle, made lush by rivulets from mighty granite...
NevadaGram #155 – Virginia City, an SOS from Lake Tahoe and More
Was it a mistake for me to be your guide to Virginia City?
I know too much.
It's helpful to be able to point out that B Street was once Virginia City's Champs-Elysees. It's just a...
NevadaGram #154 – Rural Round Up in Ely, Comstock Mining Update, Burning Man Art...
By mid-afternoon on the last day in April, a bus coming from Reno, another one from Las Vegas and a slew of passenger cars coming from every which way had all accomplished the voyage...
NevadaGram #153 – Getting There, Post Card from Shorty and “Queen of the Night”
Getting there. When you hear someone say that our long highway distances are boring, it's easy for a Nevada-lover to suppose they lack a crucial gene.
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NevadaGram #152 – Dog Trials in Winnemucca, Hotel Comes Down in Eureka, Comstock Mining...
Comstock Mining Update
This month's Comstock Mining Update begins with the Lyon County Commissioners meeting in Yerington on Thursday, March 6. (CONTINUED below or click the link above)
There is every kind of mid-winter fun available in Nevada,...
NevadaGram #151 – Boulder City, a Post Card from Shorty
We are doing ourselves a big favor by visiting Boulder City in February. It is the perfect cure for a Comstock winter, if you're not going to Belize. When we are snowed in and battling...
NevadaGram #150 – Comstock Mining Update, Must See-Must Do 2014
Comstock Mining Update: At its regularly scheduled meeting on January 2, the Lyon County Commission broke all precedent by ignoring its Planning commission's recommendation to deny the Comstock Mining Inc's Master Plan Amendment and Zoning...
NevadaGram #149 – Comstock Mining Update, “Jesus’ Birthday”
The struggle over pit mining in the Virginia City National Historic Landmark has shifted south through Devil's Gate from Storey to Lyon County. At last month's scheduled hearing before the Lyon County Planning...
NevadaGram #148 – A Dream Speech and a Call from Joe
AS I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND the Governor's Conference on Tourism in Las Vegas this week, I found myself reflecting on the Great State of Nevada and its future, imagining a speech from that...
NevadaGram #147 – Nevada Day in Carson City
IT IS NEVADA DAY, the grandest 72-hour day of our year, and the great Nevada Day Parade in Carson City on Saturday is its most splendid expression, a gaudy 3-hour procession of floats, bands...
NevadaGram #146 – Andy & the Snake, A Postcard from Shorty
THE NEW Harrah's Hotel was one of four or five buildings that rose up out of Reno's grimy brick downtown like bright porcelain teeth in a mouthful of rotting stumps. I had begun talking...
NevadaGram #143 – Comstock Mining Updates
Since late in 2010 the necessity of defending the Virginia City National Historic Landmark against surface mining has meant interrupting the NevadaGram from time to time.
Compared to the other frustrations and annoyances we and...
NevadaGram #142 – A Visit to Tuscarora
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Tuscarora's great event takes place every other year, usually over the Memorial Day weekend: Open Studios, during which visitors may tour the ateliers and meet the "sensitives" (as my friend Buckeye Blake...
NevadaGram #141 – Living Large in Laughlin, Postcard from Shorty
Laughlin should have been named Fun City —
Laughlin NV in the 1970s no-one comes here on business unless they are in the fun business. We come for the food, the drink, the easy-going...
NevadaGram #140 – Rural Round Up in Pahrump, An afternoon in Carson Valley, A...
April's great event for those of us non-metropolitans who strive to build Nevada Tourism, is Rural Round Up.
It is the annual gathering of folks from what we used to call the cow counties...
NevadaGram #139 – March 2013 Sourdough Slim and Squaw Tom Sanders
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The New York Times goes winter kayaking on Lake Tahoe.
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NevadaGram #138 – February 2013 Chinese New Year in Virginia City
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The New York Times visits the Neon Museum in Las Vegas.
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NevadaGram #137 – January 2013 Pit Mining on the Comstock, More from Shorty
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The New York Times finds a Storey County Commissioner at the Mustang Ranch.
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NevadaGram #136 – December 2012 Merry Christmas
Elko's Festival of Trees represents for us the whole spectrum of Christmas activities around Nevada: a community event based on creativity and generosity that has become an integral part of what makes Elko Elko....
NevadaGram #135 – November 2012 A Heavenly Day in Fallon, Must-see, Must-do for 2013
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The New York Times visits downtown Las Vegas and finds Zappos.
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NevadaGram #134 – October 2012 Goldfield Days, Traveling Teenager
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Indian Country Magazine visits Lake Tahoe.
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Goldfield Days was an adventure.
We have rich memories of...
NevadaGram #133 – September 2012 Goldfield Days, Postcard from Kingston, Calamity on the Comstock
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The Guardian (UK) cuts a rug in Las Vegas.
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NevadaGram #132 – August 2012 Pit Mining the Comstock and A Visit with...
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The New York Times goes crayfishing at Lake Tahoe.
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NevadaGram #128 – April 2012 Tonopah, Death Valley Junction
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USA Today includes Virginia City's Americana Music Festival among the 10 best.
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NevadaGram #127 – March 2012 Rural Round Up at Incline Village, Will James settles...
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The New York Times goes winter kayaking on Lake Tahoe.
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NevadaGram #126 – February 2012 Pat Nixon Centennial in Ely, “Love Ranch”, More from...
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The Christian Science Monitor hails a cab in Las Vegas.
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NevadaGram #125 – January 2012 Handing Out Awards, Wild Women in Elko
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In the State of Nevada 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, jingle dancers are juxtaposed with state statistics.
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NevadaGram #123 – Must-see, Must-do for 2012
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The Guardian (UK) cuts a rug in Las Vegas.
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NevadaGram #122 – Bookstorming in eastern Nevada
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The folks from Vail go skiing in the Rubies.
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Our dog Shorty is a 35-lb terrier, yellow...
NevadaGram #121 – Mizpah Hotel Opens, Perfect Tourist Comes to Visit
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The Guardian (UK) cuts a rug in Las Vegas.
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NevadaGram #116 – Rural RoundUp in Mesquite, Surprise in Eureka
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American Airlines introduces its passengers to Sheriff Stone of Gold Point.
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NevadaGram #115 – Mining Threatens Virginia City National Historic Landmark, Fitzsimmons Defeats Corbett...
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The New York Times goes winter kayaking on Lake Tahoe.
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NevadaGram #114 – Finding Sam Clemens Cove at Lake Tahoe
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The Wall Street Journal visits a proposed wild horse sanctuary in Elko County.
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NevadaGram #113 – Governor’s Conference
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Association News Magazine.
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I attended the Governor's Conference on Tourism in December. It was held at the...
NevadaGram #111 – Stayed Home – Working to help prevent pit mining on the...
Corrado De Gasperis, CEO of Comstock Mining Inc. appeared at a meeting of the Silver City Town Advisory Board. He announced that his company had acquired some 6,000 acres of mining claims on and...
NevadaGram #110 – Stayed Home to Fight the Mine
It was at this point in the calendar that local residents on the Comstock Lode began to hear about a scheme to pit mine in the Virginia City National Historic Landmark, and to organize...
