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Nevada History: Pioneer Christmas

December 26, 2020 by Dave Maxwell

About 170 years ago, the Brier family sat, parched and exhausted, on the edge of Death Valley on Christmas night, 1849. They were not alone, for there … [Read more...] about Nevada History: Pioneer Christmas

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History: Nevada statehood gained by telegraph

October 15, 2020 by Dave Maxwell

We call Oct. 31, Halloween, but here in Nevada we also call it Nevada day, even though it might not be celebrated on that exact day. But it was on … [Read more...] about History: Nevada statehood gained by telegraph

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Nevada?s contribution to the Civil War

November 21, 2019 by Dennis Cassinelli

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 … [Read more...] about Nevada?s contribution to the Civil War

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State History: Stagecoach Travel in Nevada

February 12, 2018 by Dennis Cassinelli

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), traveled by stagecoach across the Territory of Nevada in 1860 with his brother, Orion. At that time, the most convenient … [Read more...] about State History: Stagecoach Travel in Nevada

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History: Hail the Mule!

October 7, 2017 by Dave Maxwell

Many Old West historians like to tell the story of the tenderfoot who objected to riding a mule down an almost perpendicular cliff. ?Don?t worry … [Read more...] about History: Hail the Mule!

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Confederate Lincoln County

August 20, 2017 by Dave Maxwell

Nevada is only on the Colorado River because Arizona had sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War. And prior to gaining statehood on the Union … [Read more...] about Confederate Lincoln County

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