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 depot on Yucca Street was just coming to life when...
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...
NevadaGram #230 A Visit to Tonopah and Berlin
Bound for the Belvada
by Bob Naugle
We just had to get out of Vegas for President’s Weekend. These days dealing with COVID, and the stress of school, required a break. Besides if I stayed home,...
Nevada’s Dead Towns
by John Muir (1875)
Nevada is one of the very youngest and wildest of the States; nevertheless it is already strewn with ruins that seem as gray and silent and time-worn as if the civilization...
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 I am saying is true. I wish I could say...
Bicycling Nevada, the look ahead
by Curtis Fong, the guy from Tahoe
In recent years, bicycling has become an integral part of attracting tourism to the state of Nevada. Bike the West was at the forefront of promoting bicycle tourism...
Bicycling Nevada – July is Looking Hot!
by Curtis Fong, "the Guy from Tahoe"
The Bicycling Season in Nevada has started and is going strong
with many exceptional June events and more upcoming in July.
America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride on Sunday June 3...
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
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Daniel Van Zant is a middle-aged desk jockey, who, when he’s not developing marketing strategies for...
Northern Nevada Arts & Artists for June
Welcome June in northern Nevada.
Carson City
Check out 2018 Stewart Father's Day Powwow in Carson City on June 15th and 17th. If you have been to a Powwow then you know the excitement and pageantry 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...
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...
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 from the Utah line. Heading out from Gold Hill, about...
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...
Skiing Nevada — Winter Starts Now!
by Curtis Fong "The Guy from Tahoe"
Winter is now upon us and Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe is up and running for the season. Thanksgiving storms have graced the mountains with enough natural snow to...
Bicycling Nevada in August
by Curtis Fong, "the Guy from Tahoe"
August with its hot daytime temps and thunder showers is the Dog Days of Summer when it comes to bicycling events in Nevada. Still, August is still a...
4th of July in Austin
by Gage T. Smith, "the Picon guy"
Founded in the 1860s, Austin has always been the town that refused to die. Forever, it was the county seat of Lander County — until it wasn't. The...
Bicycling Nevada – May 2019
Put Up Your Skis and Bring Out the Bike
by Curtis Fong "the Guy from Tahoe"
Just like that . . . Winter turns to Spring and Spring turns to Summer. . . .
Plenty of snow...
Betty’s Cards
Pick a Card from the Wall
by Sam Toll
I was born in Carson City Nevada in 1962 and grew up in Gold Hill. I spent my first 20 years on the Comstock Lode and at that time the...
Jackrabbits in Winter
by Larry Hyslop
I was walking my dogs along a snow-covered dirt road, bundled up since the temperature was in the teens. A black-tailed jackrabbit emerged from the base of a large sagebrush to sprint...
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 you drive, and early in November Robin and I devoted...
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...
Railfanning – April 2016
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...
Stalagmites Pinpoint Drying of the American West
Research suggests western U.S. deserts were relatively wet up until 8,200 years ago.
By Jennifer Chu, MIT News
All around the deserts of Utah, Nevada, southern Oregon, and eastern California, ancient shorelines line the hillsides above...
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...
See the Wind and Catch it
Based on the true story that Ila Clements Davey (Godby) told me and I imagined it
by Alan Goya
There was a lot for a kid to do in Boulder City in the spring of 1935,...
Northern Nevada Arts & Artists for May
by Dana Nollsch
The frantic activity at left is Trish and Deon Reynolds, with the able and enthusiastic assistance of Mark Salinas, mounting a photo mural, and it is the prelude to big doings in...
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....
Bicycling on the Hot Seat in August
by Curtis Fong, "The Guy from Tahoe"
Wow! Where is this summer going? Its already August and the tourist season is definitely upon us, limiting road biking events, due to summer traffic and warm temperatures....
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...
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...
Northern Nevada Arts & Artists
August is heat in Northern Nevada, and that brings out the festival season as well as quite a few art-oriented events. Let's take a look at a few of these events.
Street Theater in Carson...
A Visit to Genoa
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 cliffs...
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 Death of Indian Johnny
by David Toll
Now for some time travel. Buckle up, please.
While cleaning out an old building in Virginia City not so long ago, Winson Hong made a fascinating discovery. He found an advertising calendar from...
High Adventures
Exploring the Great Outdoors of Northeastern Nevada
by Brenda J. Waters
There are few spots on this planet that aren’t inhabited, and there are even fewer that haven’t been explored.
Most of us have said that...
Hal Bales, General Sales Manager – Cherry 8-3718
The first thing I looked at was the phone number. Pat and Betty took ownership of the Golden Gate Bar in the early 1950’s when the country was still calling with the numbering system...
Nevada Day in Carson City 2013
It began as Admission Day in 1938 with a modest celebration at the Capitol and the first such parade on Carson Street.
TODAY IT IS NEVADA DAY, the grandest 72-hour day of our year, and...
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...
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...
Corporal T.M. Murphy and the Battle of Tonka Tunnel
by David W. Toll
History books will tell you that the first American soldier to shed his blood in World War I was a lieutenant in the medical corps, wounded by a shell burst on July...
