Tag: Yerington
NevadaGram #170 – Smith Valley and Yerington, Nevada Correspondence
A while back I recounted our drive along the Bodie Road in far western Nevada, and our homeward journey via Smith Valley and Yerington. Shortly after that NevadaGram was dispatched I was chided by...
Sparks Correspondence – August 2015
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Last Chance Joe’s Last Chance is Now
The Sparks Heritage Museum, dba Sparks Museum and Cultural Center, working with Sparks Councilwoman Julia Ratti, was recently able to save from destruction the iconic figure of Last...
NevadaGram #132 – August 2012 Pit Mining the Comstock and A Visit with...
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The New York Times goes crayfishing at Lake Tahoe.
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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 #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 #94 June 2009 Rio de Janeiro, Pine Grove
I'm a long way from Tuscarora, about 200 feet in the air and 5,000 miles from the nearest sagebrush.
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The New York Times drives the Extraterrestrial Highway.
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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...
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 #6 – Yerington and Winnemucca Dining, The Rainbow Turns 7 and Nevada Goes...
John Sanderson writes from Yerington to enthuse about Joe Dini's Lucky Club on Main Street as one of the finer dinner houses in rural Nevada:
Giuseppe's is open Friday and Saturday nights and it's the...
