History
While doing historical research recently, I read a Dayton history article written by Mrs. Thurlow Douglas and published in the Jan. 26, 1941 edition of Nevada State Journal. I had not heard of “Mrs. Thurlow Douglas” and wondered what her ties to Dayton’s earliest history were. Since married women’
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Sometimes, like with Dayton, a piece of Nevada history is forgotten. This time, I am thinking of a place that was on the Immigrant Trail west of Dayton in the eastern area of Carson City that had two names – Dutch Nick’s and New Empire. An article in the 1951
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As many people know, miners working in the Comstock’s deep underground hot water shafts led dangerous lives. For some reason too, in 1871, they also enjoyed brutal entertainment. An article in the book, “Miners: True Tales of the Old West” written by Charles L. Convis, reveals one of the
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The Historical Society of Dayton Valley recently received astonishing news when a member of the Abner Levi Blackburn family, Kevin Howley, emailed me, noting the family members are having a reunion and plan to visit this end of Nevada, including Dayton, on Oct. 16 this year! He has kept me
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Laying on the desk next to my computer right now is a greenish colored, small-sized book containing the photograph of the head of a donkey on the front page. It has 142 pages and was published in 1919 and it is called “The Desert Canary.” It was a high
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Last week, with only one day’s notice, I coordinated a tour of the Dayton Museum for a group of around 22 visitors from Pub N' Sub in Reno, including business owner Steve Mathers. Fortunately, Historical Society of Dayton Valley docents Vicki Kinney and Katrina Hedlesky were available on
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Few people, young or old, would remember when Morton Stiles called Dayton home. His story was discovered on Feb. 5, 2016, at the Nevada State History archives by Karen Howe, a Dayton resident and member of the Historical Society of Dayton Valley. Karen enjoyed and spent years learning about Dayton’
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My husband Stony served in Viet Nam, beginning in 1959 right after he graduated from Napa High School, he joined the United States Marine Corp. Stony remembers a time in the nation’s history that many Americans might not know existed. This was when he served on an “advisory” peace-
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A large group of Nevada history buffs gathered at the corner of Old Town Dayton’s Main Street and U.S. 50 West on Saturday, May 16 to celebrate the beginning of the reconstruction of the town’s beloved Carson & Colorado RR Depot that burned to the ground on
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One of my favorite times of the year is the Spring season, when Dayton Elementary Schools' Fourth Graders learn Nevada history firsthand by participating in a walking tour around Old Town and inside many of our historic buildings. They also get to learn how the local criminal justice system
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The Kiwanis Club of Dayton Township visited the Dayton Museum on Sunday, April 13, with docent Pat Neylan providing the tour. It appeared the group enjoyed the many antique exhibits with the Native American local history, mining and milling and enlarged old photos catching their eye. Besides showing the Museum,
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Around the turn of the 19th Century, 26 of 27 ranches on the Carson River between Dayton and Weeks (south of Silver Springs) were owned by Italians. Many of these hardworking immigrants had first been attracted to the silver and gold strikes and settled in the upper Comstock towns of