Teamsters, Truckers and Truck stops in Nevada featured at Next Gold Hill Lecture
Jerry Aaron will talk about Nevada’s Trucking history at the Dec. 3 Gold Hill Lecture Series. “Teamsters & Trucking In Nevada” will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Gold Hill Hotel, 1540 Main St., Gold Hill. Aaron is the author of two books on trucking including "Nevada's Teamster's Trucking and Truck Stops."
Born and raised in California, Jerry Aaron moved to Nevada in 1957 when his father’s occupation required they reside in Reno during the summer months. The teenager soon developed a kinship with other young people he met in Nevada and enjoyed the next few summers in the Silver State.
It was the summer of 1964 when the young man returned to Nevada. Here he began a love affair with the open spaces and the open lifestyle of the hardworking people in his adopted state.
As a truck driver during the late 1960s and 1970s, the author traveled many miles throughout Nevada and other western states.
Being somewhat of a history buff, he developed a respect for those early travelers that ventured into the vastness of Nevada and the west and the hardships they faced. How strong and determined they must have been to tackle such a barren and challenging land.
Through the truck’s windshield he tried to attain an understanding of how hard it must have been for the muleskinners and early day truckers as they traversed this desolate and often harsh land.
Dinner is from 4-8 p.m. at the Crown Point Restaurant at the Gold Hill Hotel with several menu options offered.
The lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Great Room.
The cost is $25 for the dinner and lecture and $10 for the lecture only. Advance reservations are required by contacting the Gold Hill Hotel at 775-847-0111. You can find them on their website here and Facebook here.
Other upcoming lectures include:
— Dec. 10 – Patty Cafferata – “History of How Nevada Celebrates Christmas.”
— Dec. 17 – Kristin Hamlet – How Brothels Work – From An Insider – Then and Now.
— Jan. 7 – Steve Botts – “Life of Mark Twain”
— Jan. 14 - Tom Zachry - “Tom’s Fairly Western” Western, folk and original songs.
— Jan. 21 - Eileen Cohen, subject TBA.