30 Oct Wells: 2008 Earthquake Damage
On the morning of February 21, 2008, a 6.0 earthquake devastated the town's historic Front Street district. Some twenty buildings were damaged, perhaps beyond repair....
Author: Howard Goldbaum
29 Oct New and Old Ruth
In 1902 the discovery of an immense source of copper ore lead to the founding of Ruth. Its mining boom rivaled the bonanzas of precious metals on the western side of the state....
28 Oct Dry Lakes Rock Art Documentation
In October 2006 Nevada Rock Art Foundation volunteers, led by director Alanah Woody, worked to document the rock art sites in the Dry Lakes area northeast of Reno....
28 Oct Sand Mountain
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Located 20 miles east of Fallon, just off U.S. Route 50, the dune is two miles long and rises to 600 feet....
27 Oct St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church in Virginia City was built in 1876 to replace an earlier church that had burned down a year earlier....
27 Oct Winnemucca Hotel
Family-style Basque meals are served daily at the Winnemucca Hotel & Bar, hosted by Michael Lynne Olana in this 2008 photograph....
27 Oct Aspens and Arborglyphs
Our annual hike up the flanks of Mt. Rose on the White's Creek trail opens a magical land of brilliant aspen leaves....
27 Oct Mackay Mansion
Known as the Mackay Mansion, this 1860s era home was actually built for the superintendent of the Gould and Curry Mine. John Mackay later bought the mine and the building....
26 Oct Virginia City Cemetery
The Virginal City cemetery of today appears nothing like it did during the bonanza years of the Comstock. It was once a lush parkland, composed of more than a dozen different burial grounds....
26 Oct Lake Lahontan Petroglyphs
The calcium carbonate "tufa" visible below the petroglyph is evidence that the level of prehistoric Lake Lahontan was actually above the position of the petroglyphs....
25 Oct Washoe Lake Overlook
There's a cold wind, dusk light, a storm gathering. It's late October atop Slide Mountain looking south over the Washoe Valley....
24 Oct Hidden Cave
At Grimes Point, Hidden Cave was an important seasonal hunting lodge for prehistoric Native Americans who lived off the rich bounty from the lake below, which is now a desert playa....
23 Oct Sutro Tunnel
When gushing hot water threatened the production of the deeper Virginia City mines, Adolph Sutro offered an audacious solution. He would build a tunnel from Dayton up to the Comstock’s mines....
23 Oct Picnic Cave
Located near the petroglyphs of the Grimes Point National Recreational Trail, Picnic Cave’s tufa formations seem similar to the brain coral of an tropical reef....
22 Oct Lamoille Presbyterian Church
Established in 1905, the First Presbyterian Church of Lamoille was in decline thirty years later. By the mid 1950s, attendance dwindling, the Nevada Presbytery dissolved the congregation....
21 Oct Tonopah Mining Park
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The Tonopah Historic Mining Park is located on the site of the original mining claims of 1900 that started the rush to Tonopah....
19 Oct Eureka Sentinel Museum
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The Eureka Sentinel Museum is housed in the 1879 Eureka Sentinel Newspaper Building. This structure was used as the newspaper office from 1879 until 1960....
19 Oct Middlegate Station
In 1859 the overland stage built the first Middlegate Station to provide a rest stop for the passenger and freight lines crossing the area....
17 Oct Nevada Northern Railway
The Nevada Northern Railway Museum in Ely is dedicated to the restoration, preservation, interpretation, and operation of the Nevada Northern Railway's historic rail facilities. ...
16 Oct Star Basque Restaurant
Pete and Mathilde Jauregui built Elko's Star Hotel at 246 Silver Street in 1910. The Star is Elko’s solitary remaining ostatu (Basque lodging)....
15 Oct Gabbs Tower
The underground Gabbs test was planned for early 1993 at the Nevada Test Site, but it was cancelled when a moratorium on testing came into effect in October 1992....
15 Oct Monastery Observation Post
From the Monastery Observation Post the subsidence craters at the northern end of Yucca Flats are barely visible. Pan right, and the sands of Frenchman Flats may be seen in the far distance....
15 Oct Frenchman Flat
On May 8, 1953, a B-50 bomber dropped a 27-kiloton nuclear device from 19,000 feet. Detonating at 2,323 feet, the bomb blew sections of the trestle from its foundation and bent the girders....
14 Oct Red Rock Canyon
Travel 17 mi from the neon canyons of Las Vegas and you’ll find the red sandstone formations of the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Visited by more than a million people yearly....