Tuscarora Correspondence – May 2016
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One Cowboy's Culinary Treat May Be Another Person's "Eww!"
Old timers will tell you that some years branding calves in Independence Valley may extend from April 15 to 4th of July. It depends on the...
Tuscarora Correspondence – April 2016
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Tuscarora's Souper-Man
One of the busiest citizens of Tuscarora is Ben Parks, who divides his time between running the Tuscarora Pottery School and serving as a nurse in the Intensive Care Unit at the Northeastern...
Tuscarora Correspondence – March 2016
Tuscarora
A Conspiracy of Rabbits
It’s quiet in Tuscarora these days and, most likely, will stay that way until spring. A main topic of conversation -- if you can find someone to talk to -- is...
Tuscarora Correspondence – January 2016
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The Wild Women of Tuscarora
If you are in Elko for the Cowboy Poetry Gathering, January 25-31, don’t miss the opening of the Wild Women show on Thursday, January 28. From the Western Folklife Center...
Tuscarora – Correspondence – December 2015
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The Tuscarora Ladies Club
Making apple and pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving and Christmas is the Tuscarora Ladies Club biggest fundraiser. A couple of Saturdays before Thanksgiving, club members convened at Society Hall, our community center,...
Tuscarora – Correspondence – September 2015
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If you missed the Elko County Fair Labor Day weekend you missed seeing Tuscarora-Independence Valley cowboys and cowgirls compete — and some years sweep — the stock horse events. Our local Tuscarora ranch folks...
Tuscarora – Correspondence – August 2015
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We think this was the 17th Annual Fourth of July parade in Tuscarora, but nobody knows for sure. This year Vern Lamb, who lives and works at the nearby NDOT maintenance station, drove the...
Tuscarora – Correspondence – July 2015
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Summer hours for Society Hall, the Tuscarora community center, are Saturday and Sunday 11:00-2:00. (Maintained by the Friends of Tuscarora and Independence Valley) The Tuscarora Ladies Club and various other cookie-makers (out-of-work buckaroos, ex-line...
