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Down the Dirt Road to Green Creek
A nice day outing with some spectacular scenery awaits you in the Green Creek area just inside California, or, as we say around here Far Western Nevada). Located a few miles south of the...
NevadaGram #215 – Nevada’s Museums, Dirt Roads, on Wheels and Goings On
Nevada's Museums — What a Collection!
We've gathered glimpses of 60 of Nevada's Museums to introduce a new section of our website devoted to these repositories of our history and culture.
The materials on exhibit vary...
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...
Curtis Fong Puts the Skis Away and Pedals Off into the Sunshine
Just like that . . . Winter turns to Spring and Spring turns to Summer. . . .
Plenty of snow left in the mountains and Heavenly will remain open Fri-Sun, and through Memorial Day,...
NevadaGram #213 – Nevada Ghost Town Comes to Life
by Justin Panson
The Ghost Town has the most beautiful name, drawn from botanical nomenclature, at once Victorian and old western. But I omit it here, based on keeping secret places secret. With a place...
NevadaGram #210 – 2019 Must-See Must-Do and a Whole Lot More
As always, this is Not a Best List but a list of some of the people, places and things we encountered in the past year that we feel deserve a shout-out.
Enter your own nominations...
All (Dirt) Roads Lead to Picon
by Gage Smith
See my recipe for a Perfect Picon below
I am known to some as The Picon Guy. Now how can a guy like me be saddled with such a moniker? It all started...
NevadaGram #209 – Christmas Trains, Secrets of the Picon, and the Guy from Tahoe...
Nevada is blessed with a handful of historic railroads operating around the state, and they all devote considerable energy to creating forever Christmas memories. If there's a child in your world, these train rides...
NevadaGram #208 – Nevada in Paris
Last year Robin and I spent several magical days following Sam Clemens around Paris and when the opportunity came to come back again, I decided to see what else Nevada people have been up...
Two Nevada Women in Paris’ ‘Belle Epoque’
"La Belle Epoque" in Paris Is defined as the period of social , economic, technological and political progress that took place from 1879-1914, and it's clear that our two Nevada girls contributed to it...
OATBRAN Part II, Putting Away the Bikes and Breaking out the Skis
OATBRAN Ride continues on US Highway 50 across Nevada. My last write-up featured the start from Lake Tahoe to the Lunch Stop at Bean Flat between Austin and Eureka. This the continuation of the...
NevadaGram #207 – Squaw Tom, The Picon Drinker and the Guy from Tahoe
Fate and circumstance have decreed that this month's NevadaGram will feature Squaw Tom Sanders at the top of the page. This is one of the stories that won him the Nevada Press Association's First...
Bicycling Nevada – October
by Curtis Fong The Guy from Tahoe
Wow! Where did the Cycling season Go? This past September was chock full of events that included the 8th Annual TAMBA Rose to Toads, the Mammoth Gran Fondo,...
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...
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...
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...
NevadaGram #203 – Last Chance Joe, Wandering, Cold Springs Station, Old Time Fiddlers
There's a paunchy, nearly toothless bewhiskered old guy who's always wearing a goofy grin and has been a familiar figure on Victorian Avenue in Sparks for more than 50 years — since it was...
The Evolution of Last Chance Joe
by Dick Dreiling
The original image of Last Chance Joe was designed in 1952 by Roscoe E. "Duke" Reading of Boise Idaho for Dick Graves.
NOW Available
at Your Local DMV Office!
The Last Chance Joe Charity License...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
South Lake Tahoe Correspondence – April 2018
Lake Tahoe in all its splendor is wonderful to gaze upon from any vantage point, and even the small peek-a-boo views can provide a sense of awe. But seeing the lake from atop an...
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...
Nevada Correspondence – March 2018
In this edition:
Carson Valley, Elko, Ely, Las Vegas, Laughlin, Lincoln County, North Lake Tahoe, Pahrump, Reno, South Lake Tahoe, Sparks
Carson Valley
On the morning of February 2nd last month, “Punxsutawney Phil,” the legendary weather predicting...
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 National Park Service announced new listings in February, including the...
NevadaGram #200 – Skiing the Rubies, A Foodie in Vegas, Shopping in Winnemucca
Introducing a new section of the NevadaGram, Let's Go Outside with Curtis Fong.
"I remember the guide telling us what line he was going to ski and indicating a stop point at the bottom and...
The Helping Spirit at Wabuska Nevada
by Eddie Ann Miller
"Wabuska" is the Washoe Indian word for "White Grass". The natives appropriately named this area for the chalky white alkali soil, which dusts everything, including grasses that grow near the hot...
Tecopa Getaway
This Carson City resident was intent on getting away from the grind and finding a hot spring to soak in. She found it in Tecopa. Introducing the first in a series on Finding It...
Comstock Mining Update – December 12, 2017
Supreme Court Rules for CRA vs. Lyon County and Comstock Mining Inc.
Comstock Residents Association won a decision at the Nevada Supreme Court on December 11. One part of the complaint against Lyon County and...
NevadaGram #198 – Must See-Must Do, Hot Spring Getaway
It is traditional for us to unlimber our Nevada 'Must-See Must Do' list in this first edition of the New Year. In the past Robin and I (and once, Shorty — he loved the...
Pahrump Correspondence – December 2017
The Pahrump Nugget 250 is not just a race
The Pahrump Nugget 250 truly ranks up there as one of the most unique things about Pahrump. People who settled in this town have a natural...
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NevadaGram #196 – Following Mark Twain around Paris
On the 4th of July 1867, Sam Clemens was 32 years old and had acquired the beginnings of a reputation and a career by becoming Mark Twain. He had embarked on a 5-month tour...
Comstock Mining Update – November 1, 2017
Bulletin!
In his 3rd Quarter conference call, in addition to the usual quarterly loss, Corrado De Gasperis announced a 5 to 1 reverse stock split, to be effective November 10th.
This is good news for...
NevadaGram #195 – Incline Village, Crystal Bay and Coaldale
In all my years of exploring Nevada the most difficult place for me to get a handle on has been Incline Village. I could never find the There there. Now with the help of...
NevadaGram #191 – Dream Train to Elko, Comstock Mining Update
The 34th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering is scheduled for January 29-February 3 next year. Its theme will be "Basques and Buckaroos: Herding Cultures of Basin, Range and Beyond" and tickets will go on sale...
Mark Twain’s First Letter
by Jim Reed
In signing his famous “letter from Carson City” on January 31, 1863, the man directing the pen morphed from Samuel Langhorne Clemens to Mark Twain with just a few wriggles of his...
NevadaGram #189 – Fallon’s Secret Revealed, The Nevada Calendar for April
Here's what Fallon has been so carefully guarding from the world: There is no quieter, calmer, sweeter or more secret getaway in Nevada than Fallon.
I know, right? Does not compute. That's how clever Fallon has...
