Tag: Ely
NevadaGram #154 – Rural Round Up in Ely, Comstock Mining Update, Burning Man Art...
By mid-afternoon on the last day in April, a bus coming from Reno, another one from Las Vegas and a slew of passenger cars...
NevadaGram #152 – Dog Trials in Winnemucca, Hotel Comes Down in Eureka, Comstock Mining...
Comstock Mining Update
This month's Comstock Mining Update begins with the Lyon County Commissioners meeting in Yerington on Thursday, March 6. (CONTINUED below or click the link...
NevadaGram #138 – February 2013 Chinese New Year in Virginia City
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The New York Times visits the Neon Museum in Las Vegas.
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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 #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 #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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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 #113 – Governor’s Conference
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Association News Magazine.
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NevadaGram #101 – Old Sheepherders Party in Baker, Fire & Ice in Ely
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The Los Angeles Times can't find Beatty anywhere.
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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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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...
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....
NevadaGram #69 – The World Comes to Virginia City
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The Boston Globe Visits Laughlin.
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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...
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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NevadaGram #50 – The Mary Jane Sisters, Hawthorne Loop Trip, Arc Dome Wilderness
In this long, lingering autumn of sunny skies and still air, lots of adventurous folks have been out exploring the state.
The MaryJane Sisters...
NevadaGram #47 – Caliente, Panaca, Pioche, Planet X
Among the many things I don't understand is why so few people from Las Vegas are visiting the rest of Nevada.
Of course there has...
NevadaGram #44 – Tonopah Mining Park, Warm Springs, the E.T. Highway and Mesquite
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I saw one of your travel reviews about Goldfield on line. We took Mylo for a little tour of Nevada museums,...
NevadaGram #42 – Pogonip, Reveries and Remembrance
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The New York Times Magazine meets Michael Heizer.
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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...
NevadaGram #37 – Virginia City, Rawhide, Las Vegas, Carson Valley, Ione, Ely and Topaz...
It must have been the rumble of Harleys that woke me up to the fact that things are changing in Virginia City. Landrum's, the...
NevadaGram #35 – Exploring The Ruins of Troy
We celebrated Labor Day weekend by traveling to Troy. Not the one in Asia Minor with the big troublemaker named Helen, the other one,...
NevadaGram #34 – All about Nevada
If you have visited our home page lately, you may have clicked the link to Edna Purviance, Nevada's Forgotten Movie Star. For a long...
NevadaGram #33 – 1400 miles through the sagebrush, Part Two
It's been a while since I returned home from a 9-day, 1400-mile trip through the sagebrush but I'm still enjoying it. Here are some...
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...
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,...
Trip Report #25 – More Battle Mountain, Is Tonopah The Next Ghost?
No sooner did Battle Mountain bring off its hugely successful "Old Spice Festival in the Pit" than its citizens took a deep breath and...
NevadaGram #23 – Canada, Goldfield Hotel for sale, Two Elys, Fallon’s famous Cantaloupe Fest
In last month's Travelgram I mentioned Canadians and tipping, which inspired a sharp rebuke from Winnemucca: "For your information not all of us Canadians...
Trip Report #20 April 2003 Mizpah Hotel, Wooly Worms and Memorial Day around Nevada
The sternwheeler Tahoe Queen presents, “Mark Twain’s Tales of Tahoe,” a daily two hour and 15 minute Emerald Bay cruise departing at 2:30 pm...
Trip Report #18 – Pahrump Winery, The MaryJane Sisters, Nevada Variations
At Pahrump the buzz is all about the sale of the state's first and only Winery to Western Horizon Resorts, a Colorado company which...
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...
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 #6 – Yerington and Winnemucca Dining, The Rainbow Turns 7 and Nevada Goes...
John Sanderson writes from Yerington to enthuse about Joe Dini's Lucky Club on Main Street as one of the finer dinner houses in rural...
NevadaGram #1 Our Maiden Voyage into the Desert.
Recently Robin and I made a four day (too brief) cruise through the sagebrush sea. Here are some highlights —
We sped past Lovelock, made...
