Author Dr. Peter Mires to present newest book 'Lost Carson City' at South Lake Tahoe Library
The Friends of South Lake Tahoe Library invite you to come up the hill for an informative afternoon with Dr. Peter Mires.
Carson City has the distinction of being one of the least populated state capitals in the nation, but its contributions to Nevada’s history are anything but diminutive. Set against the backdrop of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, it’s a quintessential Wild West town.
The gold and silver riches of the nearby Comstock Lode left a legacy that includes the Carson City Mint, one of only nine mints ever to exist in the United States, and the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, which still snakes through the hills. Residents once flocked to the Carson Opera House to take in a show and to the local racetrack to bet on the horses.
Author Peter B. Mires explores the city’s legacies, brick by locally quarried sandstone brick with an illustrated presentation that will inform and delight. Free and open to all. South Lake Tahoe Library 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd. 530-573-3185.
The program is Saturday, Sept. 8 at 2 p.m.
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- Carson City Mint
- Afternoon
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- Horses
- Lake
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- Mountains
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- Show
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- Sierra Nevada
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- south
- South Lake Tahoe
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- Truckee
- United States
- Virginia & Truckee
- Virginia & Truckee Railroad
- wild west
- Comstock
- history
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