Cub Scouts come to Eureka
Remember being a Cub Scout? Does it hold pleasant memories for you? Normally, it is an enjoyable...
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Category: History
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....
Read More Nevada’s Contribution to the Civil War
No sooner had the Pyramid Lake Indian Wars ended and fear of attack subsided in the Nevada...
Read More The History of Nevada Day
It happens every year at this time, or at least it has for a long while. Nevada Day. And it’s a...
Read More Eureka’s First Football State Title
The success of the Vandal’s football program last year, making it to the state semifinals before...
Read More County History: The Typewriter
Do you use a typewriter? More likely in our day you use a computer, be it a laptop, desktop, or...
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