In Elko: Barrick and Newmont Combine
Image: Nina Riggio/High Country News
Originally published by High Country News.
by Nick Bowlin, High Country News and Daniel Rothberg, The Nevada Independent
In the final days...
Corbett vs. Fitzsimmons, Carson City 1897
The dawn of battle day In Carson was all that could be desired by the several thousands of people who have traveled many miles...
Horse Guts
by Squaw Tom Sanders
This story I want to tell you about happened in 1917. I worked at Mono Lake there. It was team days...
Silver City Guard Ambushes BiCentennial Wagon Train
by David Toll
b&w photos by Gary Elam (except as noted)
When it was announced that Nevada's Bicentennial Wagon Train would make its first stop at...
The Famous Garcia World’s Fair Gold Medal Saddle from Elko
The book follows the journey of G.S. Garcia and J.M. Capriola, two legendary saddle makers in northeastern Nevada who made their living from the...
The Last Spike and the First Glimpse of the new Nevada Southern Railway
On Friday morning April 27 Robin and I visited Boulder City and the Nevada State Railroad Museum, home of the Nevada Southern Railway.
The little...
Icky to Underwrite Ichthyosaur Digs
The Ichthyosaur is Nevada's favorite fossil, and it has been given a new lease on life by a German professor of Paleontology and a...
All (Dirt) Roads Lead to Picon
by Gage Smith
See my recipe for a Perfect Picon below
I am known to some as The Picon Guy. Now how can a guy like...
The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Reintroduces Bighorn Sheep on Tribal Lands
by Kalen Goodluck/High Country News
The day began early for the crew of scientists, state and tribal officials — long before the sun rose across...
Dirt Roads to Silver Peak
by Gage T. Smith, "the Picon Guy"
In past columns that I have written, I have never had much good to say about Silver Peak.
Silver...
A Visit to Death Valley, Autumn 2013
Someone once described being in Paris as being an ant crawling across a magnificent work of art.
Death Valley is like that too, except that...
Adding to Your Nevada Bookshelf
Ten years ago I wrote a piece about essential books for your Nevada Bookshelf. When I came across it recently and decided to update...
Las Vegas Correspondence – July 2019
Summer is here and the farmers markets are open for business!
Although Las Vegas has farmers markets in various areas of the city and county...
Nevada Bicycling Cranks Down as Chair Lifts Start Turning
by Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe
The end of the bike event season is welcomed, after dedicating most of the late winter, spring and...
Thunder Mountain: A Monumental Undertaking
Dan Van Zant is determined to preserve and protect
a remarkable piece of Nevada history
Story and photos by Richard Menzies
A
Daniel Van Zant is a middle-aged...
The Ghosts Have Nearly Gone
If I had a time machine, my first journey (after taking care of some personal business) would be to Goldfield. I'd set the chronometer...
Edna Purviance: Nevada’s Forgotten Movie Star
Wholesome . . . Delectable . . . Enchanting
Watch Her Movies Here
by David Toll
You might think that a state with so few celebrities to...
Nevada Highway Patrol, 1972
I was driving north out of Carson City on a bitter cold night last February with a broken headlight and the fresh air vent...
Legislators and Lobbyists Guide to Power Dining in Carson City
Urban safari: Observe Legislators and Lobbyists
At Work from a nearby table in Carson City
by Barry Smith
As 63 legislators and hundreds of lobbyists arrive in...
Yank Van Duzen, Hero
by Harry Gorham
To return To the subject of ventilation — those men in Gould and Curry could not escape to a shaft a thousand...
150-Year-Old Locomotive Reno Returns to Virginia City
Most Famous Engine in Movie History, Star in 100+ Films
The most historic existing icon of Nevada’s past, the 150-year-old Virginia & Truckee Railroad steam...
Mark Twain Couldn’t Take a Joke
“There were many practical jokers in the new Territory. I don’t take pleasure in expressing this fact, for I liked those people; but what...
The Great Race Redux 1908 – 2008
Luke Rizzuto was one of the people who thrilled when a centennial re-creation of the Great New York to Paris automobile race was announced....
NevadaGram #216 – The Nevada Hall of Fame
The Nevada Hall of Fame
When it first occurred to me that Nevada has no Hall of Fame I envisioned a big sign on...
NevadaGram #220 – Fall Color in Nevada
Ten of the Best Places for Autumn Colors in Nevada
1. Virginia City
Six Mile Canyon extends from Virginia City's north end down past Sugarloaf Mountain...
A Visit to Battle Mountain During HPV Speed Challenge
We are in Battle Mountain for the World’s Fastest Human-Powered Speed Challenge, which is a contest to see whose bicycle can go fastest on...
Mark Twain’s Collar Buttons
by Dan De Quille
The Golden Era, December 6, 1863
If I had known that Mark Twain's shirts were all without collars I would never have...
Under the Trampoline
by Squaw Tom Sanders
Well, I’m going to tell you a story about that happened in 1925. I lived in Fallon and it was the...
Hiking Among Carson Valley’s Spring Bloom
by Amy DeMuth
As winter days lengthen into spring, nothing ushers in the new season like an ample dose of sunshine, a big breath of...
Las Vegas Correspondence – June 2019
The Mob Museum
Las Vegas receives its share of national attention, and the latest comes from USA Today, which named The Mob Museum – The...
Gordon Frazier
Somewhere in the rocky high ground North east of Nevada's pyramid Lake there's a white Mustang mare that Gordon Fraser and I would like...
Butch Cassidy and the Great Winnemucca Bank Robbery
Winnemucca is a tranquil town on the Humboldt River, a trading post transformed by the railroad into a lively shipping center, a bumptious cow...
NevadaGram #219 – IHPV Speed Challenge, NevadaGram Wins ‘Best Writing’ Award
It's a little after 7 on a clear September morning and we are standing on a large open flat on the east side of...
The Helping Spirit at Wabuska Nevada
by Eddie Ann Miller
"Wabuska" is the Washoe Indian word for "White Grass". The natives appropriately named this area for the chalky white alkali soil,...
2019 Elko County Fair
We're on our way to the Elko County Fair but you'd never guess it from our route. Elko is on I-80, about 100 miles...
Elko Correspondence – July 2019
Art in the Park
Elko County Art Club's annual Art in the Park craft and arts show is coming! July 13th and 14th, 2019! There's...
Nevada’s Newest Foodie Paradise — Baker
The sky was so brown and the air so thick that we wanted to leave Gold Hill and to get as far away from...
