Tag: Gold point
Six Days in Goldfield
by Gage T. Smith, "the Picon Guy"
To most folks, driving to Las Vegas on Highway 95, Goldfield is just a minor irritant. First of all, you have to slow down to 25 and after...
NevadaGram #183 – World Human-Powered Speed Challenge in Battle Mountain
We are in Battle Mountain for the World Human-Powered Speed Challenge, which is a contest to see whose bicycle can go fastest on five miles of straight, flat Highway 305 about 15 miles south...
Nevada Correspondence – November 2015
In this edition:
Baker, Gold Point, Las Vegas(2), Laughlin, Lincoln County, Mesquite, Tuscarora, Virginia City, West Wendover, Railfanning in Nevada
Baker
Although November sees fewer humans in and around Baker, it's the time of year when thousands...
Gold Point Correspondence – November 2015
Gold Point
It’s almost that time of year when the ghosts and goblins come out in your neck of the woods -- unless you live here in Gold Point, where we have ghosts every full...
NevadaGram #166 – Rural RoundUp, The One and Only McKeen Car, The Diana Mine
This year's Rural RoundUp — the 25th Annual — was held in the Carson Valley. For the rural tourism marketers in attendance it was an enjoyable visit to one of the most beautiful places...
NevadaGram #122 – Bookstorming in eastern Nevada
What They're saying About Us
The folks from Vail go skiing in the Rubies.
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Our dog Shorty is a 35-lb terrier, yellow...
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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The...
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 shed his blood in World War I was a lieutenant...
NevadaGram #68 – April 2007 Gold Point, Tuscarora, Las Vegas and Laughlin
This time instead of looking back on a visit here or there, I'm looking forward. But the basic idea is the same: enjoying Nevada. And I'm hopeful that the sunny skies will especially inspire...
NevadaGram #63 – Eureka, Elko, Las Vegas, Gold Point, Wadsworth
If they gave a Pulitzer Prize for grocery stores, Raine's Market in Eureka would have won it already.
It is an amazing store. In its 19th century building — pressed tin ceiling, oiled wood floor...
NevadaGram #62 – October 2006 Fernley, Gold Point, Carson Valley and Lovelock
What They're saying About Us
The Boston Globe Visits Laughlin.
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A few days ago I found myself...
NevadaGram #59 – Three Nevada Ghost Towns and How They Survive
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The LA Times Discovers Pyramid Lake.
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Ghost Towns are among Nevada's most...
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 daily and starring McAvoy Layne as the Ghost of Twain.
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