Lincoln County Correspondence – December 2019
The Historic Mountain View Hotel in Pioche
Once as elegant a hotel as graced anyplace in the Western states between San Francisco and Denver, the...
Lincoln County Correspondence – June 2019
Mountain Biking in Lincoln County
Mountain biking is becoming quite the individual or family recreational sport in Lincoln County. That is due primarily to the...
Lincoln County Correspondence – May 2019
Lincoln County Spring and Summer
Here in Lincoln County we probably will not have to wait long to see some of in state tourists. Out-of-state...
Dave Maxwell, Lincoln County, April 2019
Lincoln County’s Five State Parks
Springtime is a good time to plan for those summer weekend getaways, when school is out with the kids, or...
Lincoln County Correspondence – April 2019
Lincoln County’s Five State Parks
Springtime is a good time to plan for those summer weekend getaways, when school is out with the kids, or...
Lincoln County Correspondence – March 2019
Nevada miners enjoyed Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey
Any mining town, be it for coal, gold, silver, salt, whatever, from the earliest days of the community or...
Lincoln County Correspondence – January 2019
Rainbow’s End
In Henry Mancini’s Oscar-winning song "Moon River" from the 1961 movie “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” is the phrase “rainbow’s end, waitin’ round the bend...
Lincoln County Correspondence – October 2018
Annual Dutch oven cook-off pleases crowd
Some of the over 200 people who attended the Dutch Oven Cook-Off at Cathedral Gorge State Park on Sept....
Lincoln County Correspondence – September 2018
Cathedral Gorge Dutch Oven Cook-Off
It’s an event that grows larger and more popular every year, so if you like good outdoor cooking, then you’ll...
Lincoln County Correspondence – August 2018
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Fast Guns in Pioche
Do you recall ever seeing Ben Cartwright, Hoss, or Little Joe get into a middle-of-the-street gunfight with anybody on the famous...
Lincoln County Correspondence – July 2018
Alamo Cowboy Writer Mike Prince
After a distinguished career as an engineer with the Hughes Corporation and a middle school teacher and coach, Mike Prince...
Lincoln County Correspondence – March 2018
Pioche Fire House added to National Register of Historic Places
Add another building to the National Register of Historic Places in the town of Pioche.
The...
Lincoln County Correspondence – February 2018
Famed Million Dollar Courthouse jail maybe not so secure
When you come to visit in Lincoln County sometime, plan to make a stop in Pioche...
Lincoln County Correspondence – January 2018
E.T. Highway and E.T. Jerky
“Calling occupants of interplanetary craft!” Well, it’s better than the "CQ, CQ" call we used to use with my cousin’s...
Lincoln County Correspondence – November 2017
Volleyball player coached by grandmother
Not too many players have the circumstance to be coached in their high school careers by their father or mother....
Lincoln County Correspondence – October 2017
Park to Park Pedal
Time to get after it again. The 2017 annual Park to Park Pedal, sponsored by the Nevada State Parks, is now...
Lincoln County Correspondence – September 2017
Pahranagat Man
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Do you know what Pahranagat Man is, or where it is? Have you ever seen it? It does exist. It’s an Indian rock...
Lincoln County Correspondence – July 2017
Pioche, seat of Lincoln County
In stark contrast to its very colorful 19th-century past, 21st-century Pioche, Nevada attracts visitors and new residents with its friendly,...
Lincoln County Correspondence – June 2017
Beaver Dam Gravel Grinder
“Wanna take a ride?” That’s a line from a 1997 science-fiction movie “Contact” with Jodi Foster and Matthew McConaughey.
But for now...
Lincoln County Correspondence – May 2017
World Migratory Bird Day
"Come Fly with Me" is an old song by Frank Sinatra, and let’s make it the theme this year for World...
Lincoln County Correspondence – April 2017
New Hiko Junction billboard
When are you coming to Lincoln County again? Soon, we hope. And as you come to the Hiko Junction, where U.S....
Lincoln County Correspondence – March 2017
"P" stands for Pahranagat
Does your town or community have a letter of the alphabet high on a mountain side to mark its location? Some...
Lincoln County Correspondence – February 2017
Free Roaming Burros and a Remarkable Mule in 1930s Pioche
Pioche, Nevada, in the days of the Great Depression and even before, had a group...
Lincoln County Correspondence – January 2017
Fine Dining in Lincoln County
Windmill Ridge was awarded a Hotel of the Year Shout-Out in 2013
Lincoln County’s only restaurant of fine dining is the...
Lincoln County Correspondence – December 2016
Drone Demo at Alamo Airport
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The hottest things in aeronautics at present aren’t stealth bombers, advanced jet fighters or bigger jumbo airliners. The hottest things are...
Lincoln County Correspondence – November 2016
Forfeit gives Pahranagat football 100th win
Allow us to crow a little bit again. Only two schools in the over-a-century long history of high school...
Lincoln County Correspondence – October 2016
Gold Butte, Rising Star SpoPahranagat Valley sets national high school record with 94th straight win
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Who would have thought a few years ago that a...
Lincoln County Correspondence – August 2016
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Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge
Few landscapes are as starkly contrasting as the lush wetlands and arid surrounding Mojave Desert found at the Pahranagat National...
Lincoln County Correspondence – July 2016
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Nevada’s Best Kept Secret
Do you know what the best kept secret in Nevada is? We like to say it is Kershaw-Ryan State Park...
Lincoln County Correspondence – June 2016
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Beaver Dam 49er Gravel Grinder
For bicycle enthusiasts to start the summer season, the Nevada State Parks offer the 4th annual Gravel Grinder, scheduled...
Lincoln County Correspondence – May 2016
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Memorial Day in Caliente and other things
“See the USA in your ….” There was the name of a certain automobile in that 1950s...
Lincoln County Correspondence – February 2016
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New Ash Springs Proposal
The popular Ash Springs Hot Springs picnic area, about seven miles north of Alamo on U.S. 93, was closed by...
Lincoln County – Correspondence – December 2015
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I trust you all had a Happy Thanksgiving. And now it’s December and the Christmas season. Here in Lincoln County, there are a...
