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Subterranean thrills found at California Caverns
Following last week's column on Mercer Caverns, it seems only appropriate to also visit California Caverns, another of Eastern California's fabulous underground showplaces. more...
  01/23/2010 6:04pm
Nevada's strange, deliberate hoaxes
As mentioned last week, Nevada has had the dubious distinction of being the subject of a number of misguided scientific claims. There also have been hoaxes of a more deliberate kind, most perpetrated by 19th century newsmen.
  12/26/2009 7:00pm
Reno's Oxbow Nature Study Area
A string of ducks — a mother and three, fuzzy offspring — swim upriver in a line, each weaving perfectly to the movement of the one ahead.
  12/05/2009 6:55pm
Revealing Winnemucca's rich history
People in Winnemucca like to say their town was the crossroads of early Nevada. They're not wrong.
  11/28/2009 7:09pm
Lamoille's history makes for a fascinating story
The village of Lamoille at the base of the Ruby Mountains just may be the most picturesque place in Nevada. Located about 20 miles southeast of Elko, Lamoille can trace its roots to prehistoric times, when the native Shoshone lived in seasonal villages...
  11/21/2009 7:45pm
Fallon grad begins Peace Corps mission to Gambia
Many college graduates struggle to find their first job and their place in the world, but for Sunny Utterback, her place is with the Peace Corps.
  11/03/2009 7:38pm
Ghost town refuses to fade away
In the fall of 2008, visitors to the town of Almere, Netherlands, found a remarkable sight in a grassy lot in the town center — an exact replica of the Lincoln School archway found in the ghost town of Metropolis.
  10/17/2009 3:40pm
Goldfield being studied as historic site
GOLDFIELD, Nev. (AP) — “Elizabeth? Are you there, Elizabeth?” Virginia Ridgway asks quietly as she walks slowly into Room 109 of the long-closed Goldfield Hotel. “I come with friends.”
  10/10/2009 8:14pm
Old Virginny's final resting place
Few figures in Nevada history have been the subject of as many conflicting legends and stories as James Finney, better known as “Old Virginny.”
  09/19/2009 1:59pm
Nevada trains housed at California Railroad Museum
Some of the best historical rail equipment in the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento is originally from Nevada.
  08/29/2009 6:59pm
Railway depot turns 95 years old
FERNLEY — The Fernley Preservation Society is celebrating the 1914 Fernley/Lassen Railway Museum Depot's 95th Birthday on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Birthday cake and punch will be served at noon on location at 675 E. Main St.
  08/01/2009 4:33pm
Unionville is rich in rich in story
The mining town of Unionville is rich — but with stories, not silver or gold. In fact, it was famed writer Mark Twain who first dredged up a few tales about this once-promising 19th century mining camp.
  07/26/2009 9:23am
Interstate 80 exits have intriguing tales
This is the second part of Rich Moreno's column that explores unusual names along Northern Nevada's main corridor.
  07/11/2009 7:24pm
View from the Past
100 YEARS AGO

GENERAL NEWS AND COMMENT
  06/20/2009 8:38pm
Plenty to discover in historic Gold Hill
You know the train is coming to Gold Hill long before you see it. It lets out a loud, throaty whistle and a cloud of smoke appears over the hill above the community — the signal that the Virginia and Truckee train is beginning its descent into the...
  06/20/2009 8:37pm
Nevada's ‘widow maker' town
Once one of southeastern Nevada's most prominent mining camps, Delamar has suffered as much abuse and neglect as any ghost town in the state.
  06/13/2009 6:25pm
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