Tag: Virginia City National Historic Landmark
NevadaGram #190 – Ichthyosaur Digs, Rural RoundUp in Elko, Nevada Calendar
Rural RoundUp 2017
This year's Cow Counties Tourism Pro-Am convened in Elko. Story below.
More than 500 fans of a Reno-brewed IPA, and of its namesake — a giant prehistoric ocean-dwelling reptile — attended a fundraiser at...
NevadaGram #181 – Comstock Mining Update
We failed.
For more than five years residents of the Comstock tried to keep an upstart mining company from digging an enormous pit mine in the the Virginia City National Historic Landmark just above Devil's...
NevadaGram #179 – Exploring the Edge of the World, Comstock Mining Update
Nevada State of Mind
by Richard Bangs
It feels like we’re driving to the edge of the world where the water falls off.
Infinity is just ahead. To the right are mountains that arc up from the...
Silver City Correspondence – January 2016
Silver City
Visit Silver City's 1860 Post Office
The Comstock community of Silver City, Nevada is sometimes mislabeled a "ghost town," but it is far from it. Located just a three miles from Virginia City, the...
NevadaGram #148 – A Dream Speech and a Call from Joe
AS I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND the Governor's Conference on Tourism in Las Vegas this week, I found myself reflecting on the Great State of Nevada and its future, imagining a speech from that...
NevadaGram #132 – August 2012 Pit Mining the Comstock and A Visit with...
What They're saying About Us
The New York Times goes crayfishing at Lake Tahoe.
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NevadaGram #121 – Mizpah Hotel Opens, Perfect Tourist Comes to Visit
What They're saying About Us
The Guardian (UK) cuts a rug in Las Vegas.
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NevadaGram #115 – Mining Threatens Virginia City National Historic Landmark, Fitzsimmons Defeats Corbett...
What They're saying About Us
The New York Times goes winter kayaking on Lake Tahoe.
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NevadaGram #110 – Stayed Home to Fight the Mine
It was at this point in the calendar that local residents on the Comstock Lode began to hear about a scheme to pit mine in the Virginia City National Historic Landmark, and to organize...
