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The Awful Truth About Our Ghosts
In Virginia City, ghosts are just people who died trying to fold a fitted sheet. That is the sober, scientific fact of the matter, and anyone who claims otherwise has either never wrestled one of those diabolical cotton traps or has lost the match so thoroughly that his soul still
Donovan Mill Gets a Spike of Innovation
The Dust & Wonder Trail — a regional cultural corridor connecting historic and cultural sites across the Comstock, Carson City, and Carson Valley — drove another spike into the ground Tuesday, Oct. 20. Lucky for us, this four-foot steel railroad spike sculpture found its home at Donovan Mill in Silver City!
Sutro Comes Home: Tribute to a Comstock Visionary
On Monday, Oct. 19, the Friends of Sutro Tunnel Charity (FoSTC) celebrated a significant milestone in Nevada mining history with the unveiling of a nine-foot-tall bronze statue of Adolph Sutro at the Sutro Tunnel historic site in Dayton. Sutro was the ambitious German-American engineer who designed and
Twain’s Legacy on Display
By Lauren Jaslow The Mark Twain Museum at The Territorial Enterprise building in Virginia City opened for tours on Saturday, Oct. 17 during the 4th Annual Mark Twain Days Literary Festival presented by the Brewery Arts Center of Carson City to celebrate the local legend Mark Twain, one of America&