History: Baseball in Eureka
1900 – 1910 was a bully time in American sport, as President Theodore Roosevelt might have...
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Category: History
Pony Express Stations: Middlegate and Cold Springs
The site location for Middlegate Station is unknown. There are several possible locations along US...
Read More Fourth of July in Eureka, 1877
The mining town of Eureka has had six newspapers during its illustrious and colorful life,...
Read More History: Nevada’s Pony Express Stations – Fort Churchill
The previous Pony Express station I told about in this series was Buckland’s Station. It served as...
Read More Pony Express: Buckland’s Station
By Dennis Cassinelli The next Pony Express station we come to when traveling east along the Fort...
Read More Pony Express Stations: Miller’s or Reed’s Station
By Dennis Cassinelli The next documented Pony Express station to be encountered when traveling...
Read More Nevada History: Dayton State Park
If it’s outdoor recreation you are after, Dayton State Park is a great place to set up a campsite,...
Read More The great Winnemucca bank robbery of 1900
History records that on Wednesday, September 19, 1900, the First National Bank of Winnemucca at...
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Nevada History: Fishing on Winnemucca Lake
By Dennis Cassinelli Wreckage of a boat on the now dry Winnemucca Lake. Demand for fresh fish...
Read More Prohibition started early in Nevada
In December 1918, Nevada’s Supreme Court certified the state’s vote and prohibition became Nevada...
Read More World War I ended 100 years ago
November, 1918, 100 years ago, was an election year in Nevada, but the most important news of the...
Read More Nevada’s Central Pacific Railroad
2018 is the 150th anniversary of the Central Pacific railroad reaching Reno, Nevada. From Reno,...
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