NevadaGram #111 – Stayed Home – Working to help prevent pit mining on the...
Corrado De Gasperis, CEO of Comstock Mining Inc. appeared at a meeting of the Silver City Town Advisory Board. He announced that his company had acquired some 6,000 acres of mining claims on and...
NevadaGram #201 – Art, Skiing, Driving Old Lonely, the April Calendar
Skiing in Nevada
by Curtis Fong “The Guy From Tahoe”
Miracle March? March Madness? During this past month the Storm Door finally opened and Mother Nature brought winter back to northern Nevada… Gotta hand it to...
NevadaGram #202 – Rural RoundUp in Tonopah, Big Spike in Boulder City, Reno Night...
Rural RoundUp, the annual grand conclave of tourism workers from all around rural Nevada, was held this year in Tonopah. The speakers were insightful and entertaining, the workshops apt and informative, the meals ambitious...
NevadaGram #175 – Winter at South Shore
Lake Tahoe is well-known as a vacation/recreation destination, and so we made a visit between January snowstorms to see what the Lake has to offer in winter.
“We were like a couple of kids,”...
NevadaGram #163 – 2015 Must-See Must-Do Awards, A Visit to Ely, Elko’s ‘Lost Ski...
And now the moment that everyone has been waiting for: the announcement of the annual Must-See Must-Do List for 2015.
As always, this list reflects our personal preferences — lots of nominations on the website...
NevadaGram #170 – Smith Valley and Yerington, Nevada Correspondence
A while back I recounted our drive along the Bodie Road in far western Nevada, and our homeward journey via Smith Valley and Yerington. Shortly after that NevadaGram was dispatched I was chided by...
NevadaGram #177 – Sparks, City of Mystery
Last week, unable to spare the time for a vacation in Tuscany, I decided to spend a day in Sparks.
You might be tempted to begin a self-guided tour downtown where Sparks grew up across...
NevadaGram #8 – April Armpit, McGill Drugstore and biking across Nevada
Early in April I aimed Buttercup east on Interstate 80 bound for Battle Mountain. I wanted to live life in the Armpit.
Turns out it's not bad. Yes, Battle Mountain is a visual disappointment, a...
NevadaGram #41 – Hawthorne to Wellington, 3 FAQ, Skiing around Elko and New Year’s...
Before the big snows fell I took a pleasant trip which I'll recommend to anyone who enjoys rambling along the dirt roads of western Nevada.
But first, why are some people "creeped out" by Hawthorne,...
NevadaGram #103 – From Reno To Winnemucca and Back By Train
I mentioned in an earlier NevadaGram (not getting the NevadaGram yet? Sign up here) that there will be an almost-impromptu birthday party for Edna Purviance in October at Winnemucca.
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NevadaGram #61 – Northern Nevada Railway Centennial in Ely, Ten Essentials for your Nevada...
We had a great time at the Nevada Northern Railway's Centennial celebration.
We stayed over the night before in Eureka, and managed to get into Ely in time to join in the pancake breakfast that...
NevadaGram #150 – Comstock Mining Update, Must See-Must Do 2014
Comstock Mining Update: At its regularly scheduled meeting on January 2, the Lyon County Commission broke all precedent by ignoring its Planning commission's recommendation to deny the Comstock Mining Inc's Master Plan Amendment and Zoning...
NevadaGram #79 – On the Road, 1908, 1909 and 2008
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The Boston Globe Visits Laughlin.
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On the anniversary of The Great 1908...
NevadaGram #212 – Boulder City 1935, Squaw Tom, Sourdough Slim, and the MaryJane Sisters...
See the Wind and Catch it
Based on the true story that Ila Clements Davey (Godby) told me, as I imagined it.
by Alan Goya
There was a lot for a kid to do in Boulder City...
NevadaGram #65 Carson City, Virginia City, Gold Hill, Carson Valley
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Ishmael Reed rides the Holiday Train to Reno.
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NevadaGram #30 – Ely’s Ghost Train, Art Flap in Elko and a Love Letter...
The Northern Nevada Railway in East Ely offers one of life's greatest rushes.
For $550 you can rent a steam locomotive and "chug-chug poof-poof off we go!" You can actually throw the lever and move...
NevadaGram #100 – December 2009 Merry Christmas
Season's Greetings
from the Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort
and all of us at the Nevada Travel Network
NevadaGram #224 – The Mind Reader
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...
NevadaGram #222 – Bighorn Sheep Reintroduced at Pyramid Lake
by Kalen Goodluck/High Country News
The day began early for the crew of scientists, state and tribal officials — long before the sun rose across the snow-covered sagebrush. “How many are you going to give us?”...
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...
NevadaGram #15 – Governor’s Conference, Reno, Aurora, Las Vegas
The recent Governor's Conference on Tourism, held in Reno last week, focused on Nevada's new slogan, "Bring It On". Poster Boy for the new campaign (and speaker at the Tuesday luncheon) is Glen Plake,...
NevadaGram #62 – October 2006 Fernley, Gold Point, Carson Valley and Lovelock
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The Boston Globe Visits Laughlin.
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A few days ago I found myself...
NevadaGram #194 – Laughlin, Art Flap at Baker
We'd been a long day on the road and running late, hurrying now that a sunset was setting the sky on fire, worried we'd find all the campsites taken. We'd visited the Big Bend...
Trip Report #19 – Pyramid Lake, Beatty, Historic Hotel for sale
Fishing is hot at Pyramid Lake right now. Go to the south end of the nets (near Sutcliffe), or the area around the Block House at the south end of the lake, or...
NevadaGram #160 — Hamilton, the Belmont Mill and Wheezer Dell
In Nevada, even in our Age of Tesla, it is still possible to venture as deep into history and prehistory as you care to go. Here's a day trip from Ely or Eureka that...
NevadaGram #66 – Carson City, Goldfield and elsewhere
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution celebrates Chinese New Year in Las Vegas.
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Last time...
NevadaGram #51 – Governor’s Conference, Baker, Eureka, Ely, Pahrump
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The Los Angeles Times meets Frenchies in Las Vegas.
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The recent Governor's...
NevadaGram #254
Eureka!
Need to get away for a few days? Decompress from that city living? Maybe just a change of scenery? Eureka is your ticket. Located in the center of the state, it’s just a few...
