Tag: Ione
Berlin and the Cannonball Safe
by Adam Michalski
Transporting valuables in modern times is relatively easy. Armored vehicles, utilizing reinforced bodies and bullet-resistant windshields while traveling on paved roads, deliver cash between banks or jewels to jewelry stores. In the...
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 went from Austin to Ely, with side trips to Cave...
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 locally famous diner on Reno's South Virginia Street (since 1947),...
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, but they play the part to the hilt, in full...
NevadaGram #12 – August All Around Nevada, Love Note to Beatty and Cowboy Salt
The new edition of The Complete Nevada Traveler is now at the printer. Getting it there took all our August traveling time, so this Trip Report is a melange of items from around the...
NevadaGram #11 – Fallon, Gabbs, Berlin-Ichthyosaur, Ione, The Toiyabes, Austin
Here's a weekend excursion into central Nevada that seemed to have a week's worth of pleasure in it. Our group was husband, wife and 3 children 8 - 12 and we headed east on...
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 Winnemucca and the Model T on Sunday evening and finished...
