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It takes a village to raise a child. It might also take a village to remember who we are. I was reminded of that while restoring an old car. My dad, Mark King, and I were driving home down Hwy 50 from Carson City when I spotted a Ford Model
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Well, now, I have lived long enough to see progress turn around, tip its hat, and walk back the way it came, claiming it discovered something new. It happens whenever a crowd gathers thick enough to convince itself that standing still is a form of travel. Such is the case
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Away back in 1673, two noted Canadian etymologists, professors Marquette & Jolliet, elected to explore a river that the Native Canadians called, "Mesippi." So they built themselves a short, though very tall two-story boat, the "Nancy," tall enough to accommodate a bunkbed, and off they sailed.
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I took a walk through Virginia City today, with Buddy leading me as though he were some canine tour guide and I, a gullible tourist who’d just discovered he’d left his sense of direction at home. Eighteen months, they say, can change a town, but I hadn’t
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Guest Contributor: Gavin Black For the better part of a week, while industriously pursuing the blue mud with the usual confidence that accompanies ignorance, the men of the Ophir struck water instead. An event which immediately suggested retreat, reflection, and a great deal of pumping. As the water was expelled,
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Easter is a time when we remember the most important words ever spoken… which makes it all the more interesting how easily we can get them wrong. My dad, Robert “Mark” King—known as “Bobbie” when he was a boy—had learned how to follow instructions. At least, that’s
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Storey County is about to receive a cloud. Not the wandering sky variety, but one owned by Amazon and filled with computers and promises. The company has begun hiring locally for a new data center at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center. A recruiting event on March 9, held at Truckee
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Henry Hudson…has anybody seen Henry? Has anybody seen the Northwest Passage? These two pieces of profane history have gone missing, and anyone who finds them will win a free trip to Disneyland, or at least Knott's Berry Farm. Let's start our search with Henry. Henry
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If you’ve ever looked back on your childhood and wondered how you survived it, you’re not alone. Some of us were guided carefully. Others… were retrieved regularly. That was certainly true for my dad, Robert “Mark” King—known as “Bobbie” when he was a boy growing up in
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Now, it’s my firm opinion that dogs have more common sense than half the people you meet in a lifetime, and Deputy Chino, a K9 in Storey County, was no exception. Chino has the nose of a bloodhound, the patience of a saint, and an attitude that suggests he
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As a warmup to celebrating our 250th birthday, I find myself reflecting upon memories regarding the discovery of the Fountain of Youth as I recall them from fourth-grade… The first European to see America, so far as we know, was a Norseman named Barney, sometime around A.D. 986. Barney
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There was a time when you could keep a family secret. Not anymore. But the real surprise isn’t that we can now discover things. It’s that the truth seems to have been waiting for us all along. I saw that the day my dad, Mark King, looked at