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by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/13/july_4th_in_carson Flickr user AgentADQ has put up some pictures of the July 4th fireworks show in Carson City this year.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/13/july_4th_in_carson Flickr user AgentADQ has put up some pictures of the July 4th fireworks show in Carson City this year.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/13/july_4th_in_carson Flickr user AgentADQ has put up some pictures of the July 4th fireworks show in Carson City this year.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/13/july_4th_in_carson Flickr user AgentADQ has put up some pictures of the July 4th fireworks show in Carson City this year.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/13/july_4th_in_carson Flickr user AgentADQ has put up some pictures of the July 4th fireworks show in Carson City this year.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/13/july_4th_in_carson Flickr user AgentADQ has put up some pictures of the July 4th fireworks show in Carson City this year.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/13/july_4th_in_carson Flickr user AgentADQ has put up some pictures of the July 4th fireworks show in Carson City this year.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/13/july_4th_in_carson Flickr user AgentADQ has put up some pictures of the July 4th fireworks show in Carson City this year.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/13/july_4th_in_carson Flickr user AgentADQ has put up some pictures of the July 4th fireworks show in Carson City this year.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/13/july_4th_in_carson Flickr user AgentADQ has put up some pictures of the July 4th fireworks show in Carson City this year.There are also pictures of the V&T running up on the Comstock, and the Nevada State Railroad Museum from that same day.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/07/13/july_4th_in_carson Flickr user AgentADQ has put up some pictures of the July 4th fireworks show in Carson City this year.

Mills Park in Carson City was transformed this weekend into a scene right out of U.S. History. This year's Carson City Rendezvous celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Pony Express.

Prepare yourself for a living history weekend at the 27th annual Carson City Rendezvous, June 11-13, at Mills Park in Carson City. This year's Rendezvous features a salute to the Pony Express, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.

At Corley Ranch the Chorus of the Comstock honored ninety-five CBI veterans with moving patriotic songs, “ This is My Country”, “America the Beautiful”, and “Armed Forces Medley”. “God Bless America” received a standing ovation.
The audience (over 200) were delighted by the the “old barbershop songs” “Yes Sir That’s My Baby”, “ Five Foot Two”, “Shine on Harvest Moon”, “Darkness on the Delta”, “Nellie” and “ Summertime”.

VIRGINIA CITY — Longtime Virginia City businessman Hugh Roy Marshall brings old cars, old wars and old warhorses to the Northern Nevada airwaves this Saturday, May 22.
Tales of Nevada Past and Present airs at 1 p.m. on 5,000-watt 1270-AM. The program is also available live to online listeners at www.KBZZ.com. The on-air call-in talk line is (775) 823-1920.

This week's featured players:
The old war horse: Veteran tourism media specialist Harry Spencer, a popular local columnist who specializes in stories of his first-hand knowledge of the golden age of Nevada gambling.

VIRGINIA CITY — Longtime Virginia City businessman Hugh Roy Marshall brings history to the airwaves and the Internet beginning Saturday.
Tales of Nevada Past and Present premieres at 1:00 p.m. PDT on 5,000-watt on the regional affiliate 1270-AM. The program will be available live to online listeners at www.KBZZ.com. The on-air talk line is (775) 823-1920.

"The rich future of Virginia City and the legacy of the legendary Comstock Lode cannot be fully realized without a continuing focus on all the things that led us here," Marshall says.

The Chorus of the Comstock lead by director, Jim Crowley, presents songs of tribute for the celebration of 100 years, to the day, that the McKeen motor car arrived in Carson City for the V&T Railway, and, the culmination of a 12 year and nearly one million dollar restoration effort for this unique antique railway transport car. The program included the patriotic theme selections, “This is My Country”, “America the Beautiful”,”Armed Forces Medley” and “ God Bless America”. Barbershop quartets, "Miners" and "Assisted Living" entertained at Wabuska depot and the State Museum building.

We meet on Thursday nights 7:00-9:00pm at the Carson City Senior Citizen Center, 901 Beverly Drive, CC, NV 89706.

The Chorus of the Comstock , Carson City’s chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society ( FWD), is directed by Jim Crowley. Guests are welcome. Come join us on Thursdays for good fellowship and song. Available for performances. see website: www.chorusofthecomstock.com

The former Silver Dollar Club, now Jackpot Crossing, is open on Fairview, one block south of Highway 50 East.

The casino was purchased by Northern Nevada Comstock Investments last year, who shut the business down in August for a complete remodel. The company also owns Cactus Jack's, The Senator Club and the Comstock Casino in Carson City, as well as casinos in Fernley and Fallon.

We will have more details tomorrow.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/04/29/new_diesel_locomotive_on_the_vt

Written by NV Energy Public Information Officer Karl Walquist:

The effort to reconstruct the historic Virginia & Truckee Railroad is receiving a boost from NV Energy with a $100,000 grant to the Northern Nevada Railway Foundation, the fund-raising arm of the Nevada Commission for the Reconstruction of the V&T Railway.

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St. Patty's Day came early on the Comstock this year and hundreds of people gathered in Virginia City for the annual parade and Rocky Mountain Oyster festival. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYAa6Xbyd08

By Quest Lakes

After determining that their family really had no further use for them, and that they ought to be in the hands of those who care about them, the daughter of renown photographer Ansel Adams has given e

by Scott Schrantz

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Let's stop shooting ourselves in the footBy Dr. Eugene T.

Hollywood on the ComstockBy Sue Morrow For the Nevada Appeal