The Carson City Mint coin die discovery
The Carson City Mint operated from 1870 until it stopped producing coins in 1893, and was finally...
Read Moreby Dennis Cassinelli | Mar 11, 2020 | Features, History | 0 |
The Carson City Mint operated from 1870 until it stopped producing coins in 1893, and was finally...
Read Moreby Dave Maxwell | Feb 20, 2020 | History | 0 |
Presidents Day as we know it did not start until 1971. That year the February birthdays of...
Read Moreby Dennis Cassinelli | Feb 20, 2020 | History | 0 |
I recently received an email from 91 year old Harold Harvell concerning an earlier article I wrote...
Read Moreby Dave Maxwell | Feb 6, 2020 | History | 0 |
Weather historians in Nevada note the winter of 1869 was particularly hard. Bitter cold and snows...
Read Moreby Dave Maxwell | Jan 16, 2020 | History | 0 |
Remember being a Cub Scout? Does it hold pleasant memories for you? Normally, it is an enjoyable...
Read Moreby Dave Maxwell | Dec 27, 2019 | History | 0 |
Did you know that the Pilgrims banned Christmas? Dec. 25 in the New World at the time of the...
Read Moreby Dave Maxwell | Dec 12, 2019 | History | 0 |
There was a time in Eureka County when rotary dial telephones did not exist. Push button phones...
Read Moreby Dennis Cassinelli | Dec 12, 2019 | History | 0 |
For over 18 years, I worked in various capacities for the Nevada State Highway Department, later...
Read Moreby Dave Maxwell | Dec 5, 2019 | History | 0 |
Thanksgiving is the most American of all holidays. Now highly commercialized, the real meaning of...
Read Moreby Dennis Cassinelli | Dec 5, 2019 | History | 0 |
The completion of the Nevada portion of the Central Pacific Railroad was celebrated with with the...
Read Moreby Dennis Cassinelli | Nov 28, 2019 | History | 0 |
Carlin Tunnels Sutro Tunnel In my long career at NDOT, I was involved with one of the largest...
Read Moreby Dave Maxwell | Nov 21, 2019 | History | 0 |
The mountain mining town of Pioche, Nevada, was one of the toughest places in all of the old west....
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