Four Brick Buildings Along A Dirt Road
by Gage T. Smith, "the Picon Guy"
I guess it is an age related thing but I am finding that in my travels, what was supposed to be the focus of the trip gets relegated...
Dirt Road to the Top of Minnehaha Canyon
by Gage T. Smith "the Picon Guy"
Sometimes we tend to overlook what is right in our own back yard.
A few weeks ago, some of my buddies decided to do a ride in the Pine...
OATBRAN 2019 – Part II
by Curtis Fong, "The Guy from Tahoe"
Thursday, September 26: “Rolling Beauty – Is This Nevada?”
Eureka to Ely: 79 Miles – 3900 vertical feet of climbing
Another absolutely beautiful Central Nevada morning, as I headed out...
First Tracks with Curtis Fong
Tour Nevada's Snow with Ski Guide Curtis Fong
Curtis Fong is a member of the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame, the US Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame and the International Skiing Heritage Association. He...
September Rides
by Curtis Fong, "the Guy from Tahoe"
Just because the kids are back in school and it’s September, it doesn’t mean that summer is over, and if you’re thinking of storing your camping gear or...
A Visit to Boulder City, February 2014
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...
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 beer brewer in Reno. Metaphorically, I mean, not that Old Stonybones...
Jampacked June for Bicycling in Nevada
by Curtis Fong, "The Guy From Tahoe"
Holly Molly! Did you see how fast that Peloton was moving through Carson Valley?
Amazing Race!
Women's Stage 2
The 13th Annual Tour of California, Men's Stage 6 and Women's Stage...
Cruising Carson City, November 2015
Carson City is a real city now. No, really.
There are lots of ways to measure this, but in my mind the true mark of a city is whether or not you can do all...
A Steamin’ Miracle in Ely
By Mark Bassett
Executive Director Nevada Northern Railway
The long awaited forensic audit of Nevada Northern Railway was released last week by Larry Bertsch, CPA. In his presentation, Mr. Bertsch stated, “…the railroad is on a...
Three Nevada Gates
By El Picon
(Picon Drinkers of the American West)
There are three Gates east of Fallon. Lt. Simpson entered the area from the east and came down what he called Gibraltar Canyon, named for the large...
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 locomotive Reno, has made its final run full circle, returning...
Dancing with Poop in his Pants
by Chicken John
Allow me to explain . . . Ya see, he had an idea for a camp-type thing at Burning Man. He and a bunch of friends were gonna build a windmill thing....
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 Silver City on its way to Valley Forge, local BiCentennial...
Railfanning – April 2016
Railfanning
Clearing the way - Union Pacific "Snow Fighters" keep the trains moving in Winter
Trains keep America running. They carry bulk commodities like grain, coal, and petroleum, along with finished products like automobiles, other manufactured...
Johnny Bartholomew: Hero on the V&T Railroad
by Mark McLaughlin
A
In its heyday during the 1870s, Virginia City rivaled cosmopolitan San Francisco and the Barbary Coast as the most exciting and wildly indulgent city in the Far West. An important key to...
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 fresh air and a ramble among the company of nature....
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 gone into partnership with him in rooms. I should have...
Dirt Roads in Black & White
by Gage T. Smith, "the Picon Guy"
I've always had an interest in photography and packed a camera with me just about everywhere since I was a kid. But in the days of film, not...
Las Vegas — Reality or Promoter’s Illusion?
by Myram Borders
Las Vegas rode into the 20th century on a horse-drawn wagon and left in a golden chariot.
Editor's Choice
After spending seven months late in 2013 and early 2014 writing more than half of...
Skiing Elko’s SnoBowl
by Curtis Fong, "the Guy from Tahoe"
When skiers talk about skiing in Nevada, they bring up well know resorts such as Heavenly, Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe and Diamond Peak. but, no one ever mentions...
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 jammed open, sipping at a can of beer when the...
Boyhood Days in Winnemucca 1901-1910
by
James R. Chew
As a young boy, my family and I lived in Winnemucca's Chinatown on Baud Street. It had a population of about 400 Chinese, who were practically all railroad workers. Surprisingly, only four...
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 feet deep or a tunnel 1500 feet long because the...
The Sheepherders’ Ball, Baker 2010
Robin and I went to Baker for an event unique even here in Nevada where one-of-a-kind is the general rule.
It is the bittersweet Old Sheepherders' Party, the 7th annual tribute to the tough and...
The McKeen Car, A Nevada Treasure
by Peter Barton
Administrator, Nevada Division of Museums and History
A little past Noon on Monday, May 9, 1910, a futuristic rail car rolled down the tracks along Washington Street in Carson City and eased up...
Ely’s Bristlecone Birkebeiner is Nevada’s First, Best(and Only) Crosscountry Ski Race
by Erick Studenicka
First contested in 1983, the Ely Outdoor Enthusiasts club bills its annual Bristlecone Birkebeiner Cross Country Ski Race in rural White Pine County as the longest running Nordic event contested in Nevada.
But...
Skiing in Nevada – Miracle March? March Madness?
by Curtis Fong “The Guy From Tahoe”
Miracle March? March Madness? These were terms that locals used this past month when the Storm Door finally opened and Mother Nature brought winter back to Lake Tahoe...
NevadaGram #161 Sesquicentennial Nevada Day
Nevada Day was very big this year, being the Sesquicentennial edition and all. The year-long effort to celebrate the milestone with events and activities around the state — more than 500 of them...
Art “Placemaking” or Art “Placekeeping” in Downtown Elko?
By David Roche
Executive Director, Western Folklife Center
When the Western Folklife Center was awarded an art “placemaking” grant from ArtPlace America in the fall of 2015, it initiated a creative process already stimulated by Elko’s...
Curtis Fong Pedals Into June
by Curtis Fong, "the Guy from Tahoe"
June bicycling will be kicking into high gear this month with a variety of events and activities —
June 1st - 14th: the Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition will kick...
Sutro’s Tunnel Vision
Sutro’s Tunnel Vision
By David Moore
In the early 1860s Adolph Sutro, a 30-year-old Prussian who ran a cigar business in San Francisco, joined the rush to Virginia City and the Comstock Lode. Like most of...
Red-haired Giant Cannibals at Lovelock Cave? Really?
By Brendan Riley
Colorful tales of the American West don't fade away easily, even when they seem to have been discounted. Take, for example, the story of legendary red-haired cannibal giants whose alleged existence in...
Tecopa Getaway
This Carson City resident was intent on getting away from the grind and finding a hot spring to soak in. She found it in Tecopa. Introducing the first in a series on Finding It...
A Visit to Virginia City, Spring 2014
Is 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...
The Center of the Universe
The cemetery in Dayton Nevada is the center of the universe for my family. Dayton and its cemetery is the place our collective identity began. My mother was born in Dayton, her mother was...
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 to bring out one day.
She's one of three or four...
Northern Nevada Arts & Artists
Here's what is going on in some of our Northern Nevada Cities in April
Carson City
Carson City has a very positive arts community with many summertime events and art galleries as well as the Carson...
