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The Carson City Mint operated from 1870 until it stopped producing coins in 1893, and was finally closed entirely in 1933. The historic building remained unoccupied until 1941, when it […]
Operation Haylift, 1948-1949
I recently received an email from 91 year old Harold Harvell concerning an earlier article I wrote about the Operation Haylift of 1948 – 1949. Mr. Harvell was personally involved […]
Building the Fence Over Spooner Summit
For over 18 years, I worked in various capacities for the Nevada State Highway Department, later to become NDOT. I knew many of the subcontractors on the Interstate projects and […]
Nevada’s Central Pacific Railroad
The completion of the Nevada portion of the Central Pacific Railroad was celebrated with with the driving of the golden spike near Promontory Point, Utah in May, 1969. This followed […]
Sutro Tunnel Compared to Carlin Tunnels
In my long career at NDOT, I was involved with one of the largest tunnel projects ever attempted in Nevada. This was when I was a field engineer in the […]
Nevada’s Contribution to the Civil War
No sooner had the Pyramid Lake Indian Wars ended and fear of attack subsided in the Nevada Territory and on the Comstock in 1860, The American Civil War began. Fortunately, […]
John Charles Fremont, The Pathfinder
The following is from a presentation I gave for the Nevada State Museum tour guides when the Fremont artifacts were on display at the museum several years ago. […]
North America’s Oldest Petroglyphs are at Winnemucca Lake
A few years ago, I attended a program by Eugene Hattori, at the Nevada State Museum about the incredibly old petroglyphs that were carved into the tufa coating on boulders […]
Pony Express Stations: Smith Creek
This will be the last in my series of articles about the Pony Express stations in western Nevada. When Pony Bob Haslam made the longest ride in Pony Express history, […]
Pony Express Stations: Middlegate and Cold Springs
The site location for Middlegate Station is unknown. There are several possible locations along US Hwy. 50 near the modern Middlegate bar and restaurant that could have been the site […]