Nevada history

The Friends of the Nevada State Museum will share the histories of some notable Nevadans on Friday, August 3, 2018 when they premiere A Night of Notorious Nevadans.

Speaker Glen Whorton of the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society will speak on “The Prison in Nevada History” in a free presentation at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Saturday, July 7, at 10 a.m.

President of the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society, Glen Whorton, will present a history of the Nevada State Prison from 1861 until its closing in 2012. The presentation will include its territorial origins, famous or infamous incidents, its wardens and inmates.

Young Chautauquans of the Douglas County Historical Society will present “Home Means Nevada” at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Wednesday, June 27, at 6:30 p.m.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada State Museum is celebrating the Summer Solstice with a book signing featuring a dozen female authors with books on Nevada history.

If you didn’t take advantage of early voting, then today is the day to cast that Primary ballot. The local library can be your best friend during summer vacation; Carson City celebrated the kick-off to their summer program on Sunday, while the library in Minden will host a party this evening to get the summer events started. The State Library and Archives have started a new lunchtime program. Join them for Archives Appetizer, a monthly speaker program that will cover different topics of Nevada History. Muscle Powered features two guided hikes on Tuesdays.

Are you a History Geek? Come and join us for Archives Appetizers, a monthly BYOBB lunch and discussion. Bring your lunch to listen and comment on a Nevada topic hosted by the Nevada State Library and Archives in Carson City.

NV Energy announced Thursday it has contracted for more than 1,000 megawatts of new renewable energy resources to be built in Nevada, and for the first time, is requesting approval to build 100 megawatts of battery energy capacity.

Author Nancy Raven will speak on her book A Postal Journey: Discovering Nevada Through Its Post Offices at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Saturday, June 2, at 10 a.m.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada State Railroad Museum’s historic McKeen Motor Car — built for service on the Virginia & Truckee Railroad in 1910 — will be making its first runs of 2018 this weekend, May 5-6.

RENO — “The Ox-bow Incident,” a 1943 motion picture adapted from an iconic novel by the same name by one of Nevada’s most famous authors, will be shown at April’s High Noon Shootout with Neal Cobb at the Nevada Historical Society.

The film will be shown on April 19 at noon at the Historical Society, 1650 N. Virginia St., in Reno. Admission is $5, free for members and children 17 and younger.

CARSON CITY — Mina Stafford not only loves history and what museums have to offer, she especially loves sharing it with others.

CARSON CITY — After more than a year, visitors to the Nevada State Museum can watch the museum’s historic Coin Press No. 1 carry on a mission it started nearly 150 year ago in the very same building.

CARSON CITY — The sight of school buses outside Nevada’s seven State museums has become less common in the years since the Great Recession hit in 2007 as school districts dealing with tight budgets cut spending on field trips and their related transportation costs.

Join a dozen Northern Nevada authors this Sunday, Nov. 19 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 pm for the Nevada State Museum's Autumn book signing event! We will be at the Nevada State Museum in the Dema Guinn Concourse, located at 600 North Carson Street, Carson City.

It was at one time the mightiest voice in Nevada journalism, and could make or break powerful men with just one sentence printed on a Hoe steam press, located in the basement of the Territorial Enterprise building. After a long and distinguished career the T.E. building is being sold once again.

Snowshoe Thompson, Julia Bulette and Mark Twain Together Again: What could possibly go wrong? Featuring Steve Hale as "Snowshoe Thompson" Kim Harris as "Julia Bulette" and McAvoy Layne as "Mark Twain" presenting history and comedy at Genoa Town Hall as you've not seen since the last time they were together!

A bright blue sky and the clear, crisp fall air made for a perfect setting for a visit to Carson City by a group of Russian-speaking guests from the San Francisco Bay area.

CARSON CITY, Nevada — It’s a milestone birthday coming up this month for Carson City’s Glenn Lucky and the community will have the opportunity to take part in festivities honoring one of its favorite sons.

The Carson City Republican Women's Club will hold its September meeting on Tuesday, the 19th at the Carson City Nugget. Social time begins at 11:00 a.m. and the meeting is called to order and lunch served at 11:30 a.m.

Michael E. Fischer will portray the tenth governor of Nevada, John Sparks, at Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Wednesday, August 23, at 6:30 pm.

Author Bonnie Boice Nishikawa will speak on her book "Nevada State Orphans/Children’s Home: My Life as a 'Home' Kid" at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park this Sunday, August 6, at 10:00 a.m.

In a one man show, Chris Bayer will portray both Major William Ormsby and Lucky Bill Thorington in “The Major and the Gambler” at Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Wednesday, August 9, at 6:30 pm.

Major William Mathew Ormsby was born in 1814 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Ormsby was a teamster, failed horse dealer, citizen at large, visionary and one of the most important figures in the founding of Nevada and its capitol, Carson City. He was killed in 1860 during the Pyramid Lake Paiute uprising.

Historian Patty Cafferata will present “By Gas, Rope, Bullet or Poison: A History of Capital Punishment in Nevada” on Saturday, July 29, at 10:00 am at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park.

Sharing Nevada’s unique and exciting history with visitors from across Nevada and from around the world has been part of the commitment that the Friends of the Nevada State Museum made decades ago.

For now, this is the last regular column that will carry the Ron and Geoff byline. Geoff is leaving the Assistant Controller’s job July 1 for a new one.

James Smack, the Deputy Controller, will join Ron in the weekly column beginning next week. Geoff will make guest appearances now and then, we anticipate.

Steve Hale will portray the legendary mailman of the Sierra, Jon A. “Snowshoe Thompson, at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Wednesday, June 21, at 6:30 pm.

When Jon Thompson put on his 8-foot skis and heavy leather mail pack in 1856, he skied to Genoa and into history. His two to three day 90-mile crossings (one way) carrying the mail and valuable packages of up to 100 pounds on his back through the snow have never been physically duplicated, not even with modern equipment. This extraordinary feat has become part of the legacy and spirit of the pioneer American West.

This edition of It's Your City with host Cortney Bloomer features Diane Rhea of American Tea Mistresses who discusses two upcoming fundraisers. The Tea Mistresses are a group of women who portray women of Nevada history from 1864 to the 1900s.

June 3rd, July 1nd & 29h at 4:30 pm
Travel back in time to enjoy a classic railroad experience. The Steptoe Valley Flyer was the train that carried 4.5 million passengers from 1906 to 1941 to White Pine County.

The Steptoe Valley Flyer will be departing from the original depot, using the original First-Class Passenger Car 5 (built in 1882), the original Baggage/Railway Post Office Car 20 (built in 1906), and pulled by their original Steam Locomotive 40 (delivered here in 1910).

Legends on the Comstock Lode have a way of coming back to life and that’s exactly what happened in the mid-1970s when the Gold Hill News was resurrected after a 92-year slumber.

Nevada authors and dedicated volunteers David Lowndes and Carol Coleman were recognized with the Marjorie Fordham Award at the Nevada Historical Society Docent Council’s awards luncheon on Wednesday, April 4.