The Carson City Mint coin die discovery
The Carson City Mint operated from 1870 until it stopped producing coins in 1893, and was finally...
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Category: History
History of Presidents Day
Presidents Day as we know it did not start until 1971. That year the February birthdays of...
Read More Operation Haylift, 1948-1949
I recently received an email from 91 year old Harold Harvell concerning an earlier article I wrote...
Read More Eureka’s First Jail
Weather historians in Nevada note the winter of 1869 was particularly hard. Bitter cold and snows...
Read More Cub Scouts come to Eureka
Remember being a Cub Scout? Does it hold pleasant memories for you? Normally, it is an enjoyable...
Read More Christmas Reflections
Did you know that the Pilgrims banned Christmas? Dec. 25 in the New World at the time of the...
Read More Dial Phone System Begins in Eureka
There was a time in Eureka County when rotary dial telephones did not exist. Push button phones...
Read More Building the Fence Over Spooner Summit
For over 18 years, I worked in various capacities for the Nevada State Highway Department, later...
Read More Thanksgiving Reflections
Thanksgiving is the most American of all holidays. Now highly commercialized, the real meaning of...
Read More Nevada’s Central Pacific Railroad
The completion of the Nevada portion of the Central Pacific Railroad was celebrated with with the...
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Sutro Tunnel Compared to Carlin Tunnels
Carlin Tunnels Sutro Tunnel In my long career at NDOT, I was involved with one of the largest...
Read More History: Whiskey Played a Big Part
The mountain mining town of Pioche, Nevada, was one of the toughest places in all of the old west....
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