Tag: Boulder City
See the Wind and Catch it
Based on the true story that Ila Clements Davey (Godby) told me and I imagined it
by Alan Goya
There was a lot for a kid...
The Last Spike and the First Glimpse of the new Nevada Southern Railway
On Friday morning April 27 Robin and I visited Boulder City and the Nevada State Railroad Museum, home of the Nevada Southern Railway.
The little...
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...
Searchlight Correspondence – January 2018
Searchlight: On the Road from Las Vegas to Laughlin
For the next several months I will be exploring my visits to Laughlin from Las Vegas....
Boulder City Correspondence – October 2017
What Makes Something Historic?
Why preserve an old building? Is it the architecture? Did something significant happen there? Is it attached to a historic event...
Boulder City Correspondence – August 2017
Bullock’s Field, the old Boulder City Airport
Prior to 1933, Boulder City's "airport" was a graded dirt strip that accommodated the occasional private plane. In...
Boulder City Correspondence – July 2017
Snow White Sang at the Boulder Theatre
Somewhat neglected in the story of Boulder City is the fact that Boulder Dam was built not just...
Boulder City Correspondence – February 2017
Keyhole Canyon
If Zion Canyon in Utah is a cathedral where one feels the overwhelming glory of nature, then Keyhole Canyon, just south of Boulder...
Boulder City Correspondence – December 2016
The Birds of Lake Mead
Chirp, caw, quack, squawk, squeak, coo are parts of the cacophony of sounds performed in winter at the edge of...
Nevada Correspondence – October 2016
In this edition:
Boulder City, Carson Valley, Elko, Ely, Las Vegas, Laughlin, Lincoln County, Mesquite, South Lake Tahoe
Boulder City
Good Citizens
The biggest event of the year...
Boulder City Correspondence – September 2016
A Walkable City & Alabam the Toilet-paper Man
Everyone has seen something that looked like something but which they are sure couldn't really be. In...
Boulder City Correspondence – August 2016
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Lake Mead and Boulder City
There would be no Boulder City without Lake Mead. Boulder City's was created to be the headquarters to build...
Boulder City Correspondence – July 2016
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Boulder City 68th Annual Damboree 4th of July Celebration
One of of the joys of Boulder City is scale. Unlike the the sometimes over the top...
Boulder City Correspondence – June 2016
Boulder City
The Magic Forest of Wee Thump
Boulder City is really at the intersection of so many crossroads. While in Boulder City one just needs...
NevadaGram #178 – Rural RoundUp in Laughlin, Detour to Paris
Rural RoundUp is the annual conclave of Nevada's tourism industry, Cow County division, a party it throws for itself. The venue rotates; last year...
Boulder City Correspondence – May 2016
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Discovering Boulder City
Travelers tend to run into Boulder City, coming and going from somewhere else. Going to Lake Mead and Hoover Dam. Coming...
Las Vegas Correspondence – May 2016
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No May showers for this bunch of festivals!
We started with a few festivals in our April edition and now May is jam-packed with...
Nevada Correspondence – December 2015
In this edition:
Baker, Carson Valley, Las Vegas(2), Lincoln County, Tuscarora, Railfanning in Weso
Railfanning Correspondence – December 2015
Railfanning in Weso
This month's railfan dispatch is all about watching trains in Weso, Nevada. Wait, where?
If you try locating information about Weso on the...
NevadaGram #153 – Getting There, Post Card from Shorty and “Queen of the Night”
Getting there. When you hear someone say that our long highway distances are boring, it's easy for a Nevada-lover to suppose they lack a...
NevadaGram #151 – Boulder City, a Post Card from Shorty
We are doing ourselves a big favor by visiting Boulder City in February. It is the perfect cure for a Comstock winter, if you're not...
NevadaGram #135 – November 2012 A Heavenly Day in Fallon, Must-see, Must-do for 2013
What They're saying About Us
The New York Times visits downtown Las Vegas and finds Zappos.
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NevadaGram #125 – January 2012 Handing Out Awards, Wild Women in Elko
What They're saying About Us
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
What They're saying About Us
The Guardian (UK) cuts a rug in Las Vegas.
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NevadaGram #92 – April 2009 Incident at Tonka Tunnel, Hollywood comes to Gold...
What They're saying About Us
The New York Times eats lamb testicles in Virginia City.
History books will tell you that the first American soldier to...
NevadaGram #44 – Tonopah Mining Park, Warm Springs, the E.T. Highway and Mesquite
E-Mail of the Month
I saw one of your travel reviews about Goldfield on line. We took Mylo for a little tour of Nevada museums,...
NevadaGram #31 – Jazz, Railroads, Dude Ranches, the Mary Jane Sisters in Eureka and...
No sooner do the first wildflowers of spring begin to paint the mountainsides than Jazz music fills the air around Nevada.
A consortium of Las...
NevadaGram #26 Female Bank Robbers, Winnemucca Wants Your Vote and The Family E Discovers...
There is a gang of female bank robbers headquartered in Austin and making raids as far away as Goldfield. They don't actually rob banks,...
NevadaGram #14 – Wendover, Ely, Hawthorne, Boulder City
The new edition of The Complete Nevada Traveler has rolled into Gold Hill in a big 18-wheeler from Dexter, Michigan. We've unloaded 4,000 copies...
NevadaGram #10 – Tonopah, Rachel, Ash Springs, Overton, Boulder City
I had the pleasure of a late spring voyage through the sagebrush sea. It was a wonderful break from the grueling tasks of mundane...
