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Author Stephen Provost talks Goldfield this Thursday at Nevada State Museum in Carson City
Author Stephen Provost is the featured speaker for the Frances Humphrey Lecture on Thursday, August 22 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City.
Provost will present a history of Goldfield, Nevada's last big boomtown, and its notable 20th century residents who helped shape Nevada into the state we know of today. For a brief time, Goldfield was the most populated city in Nevada, boasting more than 20,000 residents at its peak after gold had been discovered there in 1903.
Counted among its residents were people who left an indelible mark on Nevada history, including boxing promoter Tex Ricard, who got his start as a saloon owner there before staging heavyweight title fights for Jack Dempsey. In 1906, Goldfield hosted the longest lightweight championship fight in modern history.
George Wingfield, who used the fortune he made in Goldfield to become the state’s biggest banker, was instrumental in lobbying for the legalization of gambling and quick divorces. Then there was his partner, George Nixon, who owned a number of hotels, had a town named after him, and served in the U.S. Senate.
Admission to Thursday's lecture is $10 for adults. Museum members and children ages 17 and under are free. The Nevada State Museum is located at 600 N. Carson Street in Carson City. Learn more at www.carsonnvmuseum.org or follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NevadaStateMuseumCC.