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Comstock Mining Update – June 27, 2013
On June 26, as Comstock Mining Inc. romanced its investors and future prospects with tours, presentations and the good news about the expansion approval, CRA held its third annual Meet 'n' Greet Barbecue...
NevadaGram #141 – Living Large in Laughlin, Postcard from Shorty
Laughlin should have been named Fun City —
Laughlin NV in the 1970s no-one comes here on business unless they are in the fun business. We come for the food, the drink, the easy-going...
2013 Must-See Must-Do in Nevada
I compiled this list because of the overwhelming sense that so many of the great people who are doing exceptional things here are just not getting the attention they deserve. Because I first presented...
NevadaGram #135 – November 2012 A Heavenly Day in Fallon, Must-see, Must-do for 2013
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The New York Times visits downtown Las Vegas and finds Zappos.
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NevadaGram #134 – October 2012 Goldfield Days, Traveling Teenager
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Indian Country Magazine visits Lake Tahoe.
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Goldfield Days was an adventure.
We have rich memories of...
NevadaGram #133 – September 2012 Goldfield Days, Postcard from Kingston, Calamity on the Comstock
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The Guardian (UK) cuts a rug in Las Vegas.
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NevadaGram #128 – April 2012 Tonopah, Death Valley Junction
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USA Today includes Virginia City's Americana Music Festival among the 10 best.
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2012 Must-See Must-Do in Nevada
I compiled this list because of the overwhelming sense that there are so many great people doing great things here, and they're not getting the attention they deserve. I was tempted to call them...
NevadaGram #127 – March 2012 Rural Round Up at Incline Village, Will James settles...
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The New York Times goes winter kayaking on Lake Tahoe.
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NevadaGram #126 – February 2012 Pat Nixon Centennial in Ely, “Love Ranch”, More from...
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The Christian Science Monitor hails a cab in Las Vegas.
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NevadaGram #125 – January 2012 Handing Out Awards, Wild Women in Elko
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In the State of Nevada 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, jingle dancers are juxtaposed with state statistics.
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NevadaGram #123 – Must-see, Must-do for 2012
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The Guardian (UK) cuts a rug in Las Vegas.
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NevadaGram #122 – Bookstorming in eastern Nevada
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The folks from Vail go skiing in the Rubies.
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Our dog Shorty is a 35-lb terrier, yellow...
NevadaGram #121 – Mizpah Hotel Opens, Perfect Tourist Comes to Visit
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The Guardian (UK) cuts a rug in Las Vegas.
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NevadaGram #116 – Rural RoundUp in Mesquite, Surprise in Eureka
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American Airlines introduces its passengers to Sheriff Stone of Gold Point.
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NevadaGram #115 – Mining Threatens Virginia City National Historic Landmark, Fitzsimmons Defeats Corbett...
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The New York Times goes winter kayaking on Lake Tahoe.
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NevadaGram #114 – Finding Sam Clemens Cove at Lake Tahoe
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The Wall Street Journal visits a proposed wild horse sanctuary in Elko County.
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NevadaGram #113 – Governor’s Conference
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Association News Magazine.
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I attended the Governor's Conference on Tourism in December. It was held at the...
NevadaGram #109 – Inside Nevada’s Mutable Border: Randsburg California
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The folks from Vail go skiing in the Rubies.
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On the map, Nevada is an oddly shaped chunk...
NevadaGram #108 – Edna’s 115th in Winnemucca, Scandal in old Tonopah
Despite its affinity for famous people from Kit Carson to Frank Sinatra, Nevada has relatively few notable natives. Even Wayne Newton came from somewhere else. How many Nevada-born celebrities can you name?
Emma Nevada was...
NevadaGram #107 – Squaw Tom, Mike O’Callaghan and Sam Clemens
I wish I could tell you how I missed this one when we were gathering Tom's stories for the collection published a few years ago. It's an extension to one of the stories that...
NevadaGram #106 – The California Trail and Virginia City’s Camel Races
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Nevada's ancient Bristlecones are under attack.
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I was pounding the keys upstairs over an Elko barroom, so I missed the...
NevadaGram #105 – Elko, Jiggs and an Excursion Down South
I'm getting to really, really like Elko. Anyone who reads the NevadaGram knows that I've really liked Elko for a long time, but now it's really really.
It's city enough to have a Home...
NevadaGram #104 – Mark Twain at Piper’s Opera House
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The New York Times drives across Nevada.
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Last fall I was talking...
NevadaGram #102 – A Side Trip to San Francisco
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The New York Times visits the non-smoking casino in Fernley.
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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 #99 – The Death of Indian Johnny
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Via Magazine Visits the National Finals Rodeo.
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Now for some time travel....
NevadaGram #98 – Death Valley and Tonopah
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The New York Daily News gnaws on some ribs.
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Someone once described...
NevadaGram #97 – Squaw Tom’s ‘Cat Queedup’ and uniquely delightful experiences in Carson City,...
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The San Francisco Chronicle drives around Lake Tahoe.
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Last year I introduced...
NevadaGram #96 – Carson Valley and Lake Tahoe
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CNN discovers gold in Elko.
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We've been living high and low in...
NevadaGram #95 The Nadadada Motel, A Mystery at the Hotel Nevada, and Alice Ramsey...
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The New York Times checks into Reno's NadaDada Motel.
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As the whole...
NevadaGram #94 June 2009 Rio de Janeiro, Pine Grove
I'm a long way from Tuscarora, about 200 feet in the air and 5,000 miles from the nearest sagebrush.
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The New York Times drives the Extraterrestrial Highway.
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NevadaGram #93 – Open Studios in Tuscarora, the California Trail Interpretive Center
As winter gives way to spring, the state shakes off the last of its snow with a spate of Memorial Day celebrations. The most unusual of them takes place in Tuscarora in odd years,...
NevadaGram #92 – April 2009 Incident at Tonka Tunnel, Hollywood comes to Gold...
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The New York Times eats lamb testicles in Virginia City.
History books will tell you that the first American soldier to shed his blood in World War I was a lieutenant...
NevadaGram #91 – Poetry in Fallon, Art & A Capella in Eureka
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The New York Times eats lamb testicles in Virginia City.
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We can't...
NevadaGram #90 – Fallon is Fun City, Sidetrip to Washington DC, a Glimpse of...
For a long time I've wanted to write an article titled "Fallon for Lovers" but I never had the gumption to go there with romance in mind. But even though the idea has slid...
NevadaGram #89 A Little of Everything
In previous NevadaGrams (here and here) I pointed to some Nevadans who have made prominent acting careers, but how did I miss Reno Browne?
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The New York Times checks out...
NevadaGram #88 – Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Season's Greetings
from the Reno Santas
and all of us at the Nevada Travel Network
NevadaGram #87 – Mark Twain in Hawthorne, Tonopah, Eureka
Luke Rizzuto was one of the people who thrilled when a centennial re-creation of the Great New York to Paris automobile race was announced.
He has a rare 1918 Chevrolet touring car with an...
NevadaGram #86 – The Great Race Revisited
Luke Rizzuto was one of the people who thrilled when a centennial re-creation of the Great New York to Paris automobile race was announced.
He has a rare 1918 Chevrolet touring car with an...
