Nevada History

Adding to Your Nevada Bookshelf

Nevada Traveler - January 4, 2022 1

Ten years ago I wrote a piece about essential books for your Nevada Bookshelf. When I came across it recently and decided to update it, it occurred to me that because lots of likely...

150-Year-Old Locomotive Reno Returns to Virginia City

Nevada Traveler - December 18, 2021 0

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...

Mark Twain Couldn’t Take a Joke

Nevada Traveler - July 2, 2021 0

“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...

Joe Brown

Nevada Traveler - April 28, 2020 1

If I hadn't slowed to look down the road west, I probably wouldn't have noticed the eight-year-old Chevy parked on the shoulder about 100 yards down from the intersection. The hood of the car...

The Mind Reader

Nevada Traveler - March 31, 2020 0

by Harry M.Gorham Due to the frenzy of speculation occasioned by the ore discovery in the Sierra Nevada, every stock quoted in the San Francisco exchange was quoted at ridiculous prices, and those who could...

Mountain View Hotel, Pioche

Dave Maxwell - November 10, 2019 0

The Mountain View Hotel of Old Pioche by Dave Maxwell Once as elegant a hotel as graced anywhere in the western states between San Francisco and Denver, the Mountain View Hotel in Pioche has fallen into...