Tag: Tonopah
NevadaGram #225 – Cowboy Joe, Carson Valley, Valley of Fire, Burning Man
by David Toll
If I hadn't slowed to look down the road west, I probably wouldn't have noticed the eight-year-old Chevy parked on the shoulder about 100 yards from the intersection. The hood of the...
NevadaGram #222 – Bighorn Sheep Reintroduced at Pyramid Lake
by Kalen Goodluck/High Country News
The day began early for the crew of scientists, state and tribal officials — long before the sun rose across the snow-covered sagebrush. “How many are you going to give us?”...
NevadaGram #218 – Elko County Fair
We're on our way to the Elko County Fair but you'd never guess it from our route. Elko is on I-80, about 100 miles from the Utah line. Heading out from Gold Hill, about...
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 #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 and entertaining, the workshops apt and informative, the meals ambitious...
Tonopah Correspondence – September 2017
Working Together: Tonopah High School and the Town of Tonopah
Every day and each night there are visitors and locals alike exploring the Old Tonopah Cemetery, made famous by its proximity to the Clown Motel...
NevadaGram #184 – Gerlach, City of Dreams
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We drove to Gerlach north from Silver Springs, through Fernley, Wadsworth and Nixon — towns most visitors never notice, if they see them at all...
NevadaGram #182 – Visits to Eureka, Tonopah and Winnemucca, Richard Bangs Makes it to...
In Silver City, Saturday August 20th was a hot and happy summer's day as townspeople, former residents, grandparents, friends from out of town, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins by the dozens gathered at...
NevadaGram #180 — Pioche to Great Basin National Park, Wine-Walking in Eureka
Nevada State of Mind
(Part 2: Pioche to Great Basin National Park)
by Richard Bangs
Pioche was once the baddest town in the West, badder than Tombstone, Deadwood or Dodge City.
In its heyday as a silver...
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 in the beautiful Carson Valley in the shadow of the...
Tonopah Correspondence – May 2016
Tonopah
A Glimpse of Tonopah
Here is a glimpse into a few things of many that you can do on your visit to Tonopah, Nevada. Today we're going to stop by the Clown Motel, where this...
Ely Correspondence – March 2016
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Great Basin College Geology Field Trips
For the adventurous person interested in the Great Basin, two geology field trips are being offered by the Great Basin College during the Spring Semester.
The Death Valley field trip...
NevadaGram #146 – Andy & the Snake, A Postcard from Shorty
THE NEW Harrah's Hotel was one of four or five buildings that rose up out of Reno's grimy brick downtown like bright porcelain teeth in a mouthful of rotting stumps. I had begun talking...
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 #128 – April 2012 Tonopah, Death Valley Junction
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USA Today includes Virginia City's Americana Music Festival among the 10 best.
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NevadaGram #127 – March 2012 Rural Round Up at Incline Village, Will James settles...
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The New York Times goes winter kayaking on Lake Tahoe.
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NevadaGram #125 – January 2012 Handing Out Awards, Wild Women in Elko
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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
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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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Our dog Shorty is a 35-lb terrier, yellow...
NevadaGram #121 – Mizpah Hotel Opens, Perfect Tourist Comes to Visit
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The Guardian (UK) cuts a rug in Las Vegas.
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NevadaGram #109 – Inside Nevada’s Mutable Border: Randsburg California
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The folks from Vail go skiing in the Rubies.
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On the map, Nevada is an oddly shaped chunk...
NevadaGram #108 – Edna’s 115th in Winnemucca, Scandal in old Tonopah
Despite its affinity for famous people from Kit Carson to Frank Sinatra, Nevada has relatively few notable natives. Even Wayne Newton came from somewhere else. How many Nevada-born celebrities can you name?
Emma Nevada was...
NevadaGram #98 – Death Valley and Tonopah
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The New York Daily News gnaws on some ribs.
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NevadaGram #92 – April 2009 Incident at Tonka Tunnel, Hollywood comes to Gold...
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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 #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 romance in mind. But even though the idea has slid...
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 #75 – Tonopah, Hollywood
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The San Francisco Chronicle Visits Yucca Mountain.
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NevadaGram #74 – Laughlin, Tonopah
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The New York Times takes a cruise on the Desert Princess.
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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 went from Austin to Ely, with side trips to Cave...
NevadaGram #46 – Carlin to Palisade, Mesquite discoveries, Ginny’s Desert Adventure
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The New York Times drives Interstate 80.
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One of the pleasures of...
NevadaGram #45 – Wendover, Wells, Elko and a New State Park for Tonopah?
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The Seattle Times attends the opening of Las Vegas' new $2.7 billion casino hotel.
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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, parks, and oddities last week. Mylo is 5 now, and...
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, up a narrow canyon that spills out of the Grant...
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 time I thought Pansilee Larson and I were the only...
NevadaGram #32 – 1400 miles through the sagebrush, part one
I'm still unpacking from a 9-day, 1400-mile trip through the sagebrush. Some highlights:
In Hawthorne people were already buying red, white and blue petunias to plant in their gardens for the Armed Forces Day celebration,...
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 Vegas investors has bought Tonopah's historic Mizpah Hotel and announced...
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 began setting up for the 2003 World Human Powered Speed...
NevadaGram #24 – Too Much Fun at the Armpit Festival, Historic Hotel Auctioned, and...
The First Annual Festival in the Pit was a huge success, and Battle Mountain is still experiencing the bliss.
This flamboyant and flourishing offspring of the Ultimate Insult and the Old Spice deodorant company, drew...
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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