View from the Past

100 Years Ago

Local Happenings

•The Woodmen announce that they will give a dance at the pavilion Christmas night.

•Milton Wallace has been in Rawhide the past week on business. He got a petition started there in favor of Hazen as the Nevada terminal.

• The K. of P. Thanksgiving ball is sure to be a great success. The committees are working diligently for the success of the event and will see that everyone who attends will have a good time.

• A cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend the basket social at the Harmon school house next Saturday. The ladies are invited to take baskets of lunch to be sold to the gentlemen.

•The Fallon Literary and Musical Society will meet at Aunty Winder’s next Wednesday evening. There will be a general meeting and every member is to take part.

• Frank Smith has received a beautiful bouquet of roses from Mrs. Smith at Woodland, which reminds him of the attractions of his former California home.

• A 70 stamp mill was shipped from here to Rawhide this week.

• There will not be any meeting of the Home Improvement Club next week, on account of the necessary home improvements for Thanksgiving.

Churchill County Eagle — November 26, 1908

To Aid the Newcomers

The committee appointed by the Fallon Commercial Club to work with the Southern Pacific Company in the matter of immigration to the Carson Sink has decided on a plan of action. First, to form an acquaintance with all newcomers and inspire them with the possibilities of the county before a Knocker gets a hold of them. Second, to start them right in the way of locating on new land. We desire that every homesteader who feels he is unable to make good, come to us so we can intelligently lay the matter before him. We will be at the service of every man who is a booster for Fallon and the Carson Sink.

A word to the public in the matter of Knocking. We have many of them in this community. Some knock because they were born that way, others because they are worried and don’t know when they do it. Nevertheless, they knock, and many a man with money is driven away who might have stayed if a little enthusiasm was handed him.

Churchill County Eagle — November 26, 1908

75 Years Ago

Plane Rushed Serum for Fallon Child

It didn’t take long for one of the Boeing planes to get serum to a sick little girl in Fallon Sunday. It was an order given over the phone in the middle of the night to a San Francisco laboratory and the serum was in Fallon the next morning. Had they waited for an automobile or the train, it is possible that the patient would not have recovered. Apparently she at once started on the road to recovery.

The Fallon Standard — November 22, 1933

50 Years Ago

Miss Ann Gibbs Honored

Miss Ann Gibbs, a teacher at Churchill County High School since 1939, was recently honored by the Nevada State Education Association. On the national scene, Miss Gibbs was last year named as the recipient of the McCall’s Teachers of the Year Award for this state and was then selected as one of the eight finalists for the national award in which she placed second.

The Eagle – Standard — November 25, 1958

Thursday is Declared as Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 27 has been officially proclaimed by Nevada Governor Charles H. Russell as Thanksgiving Day. Under state law the day is a legal and traditional holiday and all public offices will be closed.

The Eagle – Standard — November 25, 1958

Beet Caravan

Trucks loaded with Fallon sugar beets line up at Kent’s siding, waiting to dump into railroad cars which will haul the beets to California where they will be delivered to the Speckles Sugar Company. An estimated 400 acres of beets were harvested in the area this year.

The Eagle – Standard — November 28, 1958

From the Past....Stories from the Churchill County Museum Archives, Researched and compiled by Cindy Loper, Churchill County Museum Assistant.