Tag: Hamilton
NevadaGram #254
Eureka!
Need to get away for a few days? Decompress from that city living? Maybe just a change of scenery? Eureka is your ticket. Located in the center of the state, it’s just a few...
Ely Correspondence – August 2017
1987 Ely Centennial Celebration – Thirty Years Later
Mining is an up and down activity, with the price of minerals controlling the rise and fall of the economy in a mining town. The 1980’s were...
Ely Correspondence – September 2016
Great Basin College Fall Field Trips
Two field trips are being offered by the Great Basin College during the Fall Semester. These are introductory classes with no prerequisites.
Great Basin Ecology (Biol 299) on September 9-11...
Nevada’s Dead Towns
by John Muir (1875)
Nevada is one of the very youngest and wildest of the States; nevertheless it is already strewn with ruins that seem as gray and silent and time-worn as if the civilization...
NevadaGram #160 — Hamilton, the Belmont Mill and Wheezer Dell
In Nevada, even in our Age of Tesla, it is still possible to venture as deep into history and prehistory as you care to go. Here's a day trip from Ely or Eureka that...
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 #70 – ATVs in Elko County, Gridley Days in Austin
As Nevada's back country becomes more accessible, our wide open countrysides are attracting more and more visitors. A few weeks ago, they attracted Robin, Chris and me.
Chris is 17 now, and to celebrate the...
