Places
Goldfield Hotel
Places: Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Southern Nevada
The Goldfield Hotel was built in the boomtown of Goldfield, Nevada. The hotel was constructed at the site where two previous wooden hotels had stood. Both the earlier hotels burned down in major fires in 1905 and 1906.Gold was discovered north of town in 1902. People rushed to Goldfield in waves,... more
Goldfield
Places: Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Southern Nevada
The last gold rush in the West began with a discovery around 1900 by the great Shoshone prospector Tom Fisherman. Two young Tonopah roustabouts, Harry Stimler and William Marsh, followed him to the site and staked claims in late 1902. They continued to work these claims sporadically over the... more
Golden Gate Corner
Places: Clark County, Las Vegas, Southern Nevada
[VR Morph by Howard Goldbaum]Watching this morphing animation, you might think downtown has changed a lot. So it has, but not entirely.In the original photo, taken in the 1940s, several men are perched along a fence enclosing a park located on the east side of the Union Pacific Railroad depot.... more
Golden Currant
One of several species of wild currants, the golden currant (Ribes aureum) is a member of the gooseberry family. It is an attractive, perennial shrub with golden yellow flowers found in many areas of Nevada. Golden currant was considered a tasty and valuable food for the Indians of the region,... more
Golconda
Places: Humboldt County, Northern Nevada
Although some mining existed in the Golconda area as early as 1866, its most important years came between 1898 and 1910 when it served as a copper processing center for the Adelaide mine. In 1907, a gold discovery just two miles away contributed to its status as a mining town, although the total... more
Germans and Las Vegas
Places: Clark County, Las Vegas, Southern Nevada
Germans have been at the center of Las Vegas's development since the city's founding in 1905. Whether German-born, first, or second generation, most migrated to Southern Nevada after living elsewhere in Nevada or the United States, and either had become part of the American mainstream or... more
German and Austrian Immigrants
Generalizing about German immigrants living in nineteenth-century Nevada is difficult for several reasons. Before 1870, various German states were autonomous, and people coming from these principalities often identified with individual states more than with the concept of a German nation. Many... more
George Springmeyer and the Nevada Progressive Party
The Nevada Progressives emerged in the wake of a profound reconfiguration of the state's political parties. Following a brief flirtation in the 1890s with the Silver Party, quickly hijacked by the old guard, Nevada political sentiments shifted when the central Nevada mining boom after 1900... more
George Malone
Although not highly regarded during his lifetime, Nevada politician George Malone has endured as a champion of conservative causes. He is quoted on right wing web sites on everything from free trade to the Korean armistice. Born August 7, 1890, in Fredonia, Kansas, Malone graduated from the... more
George Hearst
Places: Virginia City, Storey County, Northern Nevada
George Hearst, born on a Missouri farm in 1820, was a shrewd investor who turned a small investment in the Comstock Lode into the foundation of an American empire. He was seeking his fortune in California when news of the 1859 Comstock Lode discoveries rippled through the western mining camps.... more
Gender in Nevada: A Comstock Case Study
Indisputably, women were in the minority in nineteenth-century Nevada. Mining boomtowns attracted single men more quickly than women; nevertheless, both genders were present during the earliest period of settlement, and women played a significant role in the building of the territory and state.A... more
Geiger Grade
Places: Storey County, Washoe County, Northern Nevada
An early wagon road dating to the 1850s ascended north from Dayton along Gold Canyon, eventually reaching Virginia City. After 1859, another road descended east from Virginia City along Six Mile Canyon to the Carson Valley. Because teamsters used it to haul ore to the Carson River for processing,... more
Gary Short
An itinerant poet at heart, Gary Short has surveyed the universe of Guatemala, Albania, Mexico and, most recently, Tasmania. Throughout all of these journeys, he has returned to the landscape that claims him: the Comstock. He thinks of this last place and Guatemala as his twin homes, his private... more
Garter Snakes
Garter snakes (genus Thamnophis) are the familiar striped "garden snakes" of North America. All of them bear live young rather than laying eggs, and most are fast–moving snakes that are active during the day. Because garter snakes tend to be found near water or in moist habitats,... more
Gareth Hughes: Unlikely Missionary to the Paiutes
Places: Washoe County, Northern Nevada
In May 1958, Reno and San Francisco newspapers announced that Gareth Hughes, Welsh-born silent screen celebrity and Shakespearean stage actor, was leaving his mission to Pyramid Lake Paiute Indians and returning to his homeland. The widespread and richly deserved praise for nearly two decades of... more
Gabbs
Places: Nye County, Southern Nevada
As World War II raged in Europe in 1941, the British government found itself short of magnesium alloy. The metal—a third lighter than aluminum—was an important component in effective aircraft and weapons construction. One American company, Basic Refractories, Inc. (BRI), of Cleveland... more
Frenchman's Station aka Bermond
Places: Churchill County, Northern Nevada
Frenchman's Station was located in the center of Dixie Valley (Churchill County), east of the salt flats. The property was originally taken up by a man named Aime "Frenchy" Bermond, a native of France who came to Nevada in 1899. The station, a stage stop and relay point along the... more
Frenchman Flat
Places: Nye County, Southern Nevada
Frenchman Flat is a dry lakebed, covering 123 square miles, contained within areas 5 and 11 of the Nevada Test Site. At this site, the military conducted fourteen atmospheric tests between 1951 and 1962, and five underground nuclear tests between 1965 and 1968. The underground tests followed the... more
Fremont Street
Places: Clark County, Las Vegas, Southern Nevada
Like the city it long has symbolized, Fremont Street was built and transformed within the span of a single century. Long known as "Glitter Gulch" for its bright lights, Fremont Street is the heart of downtown Las Vegas and, next to the Strip, the second most recognizable street in... more
Fred Hart
Fred H. Hart is an excellent but lesser-known practitioner of the western journalistic tradition of the humorous literary hoax perfected by Dan De Quille and Mark Twain. He was a miner in Austin who went east in 1868 to pursue the rich mining strikes around Hamilton. There he became a correspondent... more
Fred Balzar
Places: Esmeralda County, Mineral County, Storey County, Washoe County, Northern Nevada, Southern Nevada
Fred Balzar was born in Virginia City, Nevada, on June 15, 1880. He was involved in mining and railroads and was Mineral County draft board chair during World War I. Balzar had a substantial officeholding record over the years. He was a sheriff, an assessor, and an assemblyman, and served terms in... more
Frank Sinatra
Places: Clark County, Las Vegas, Southern Nevada
Frank Sinatra easily ranks among the greatest singers to grace a stage in Lake Tahoe and Las Vegas. In Nevada, he achieved this status despite an often-cantankerous demeanor, run-ins with casino executives and state officials, and onstage struggles as he played major showrooms long past his peak.... more
Frank Bergon
Places: Ely, White Pine County, Northern Nevada
Frank Bergon is a critically acclaimed Nevada novelist. In 1993, the Western Writers of America made Bergon a finalist for the best novel of the West in recognition of his work, The Temptations of St. Ed and Brother S. He was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 1998.Bergon was born in... more
Four Queens and Fremont
Places: Clark County, Las Vegas, Southern Nevada
[VR Morph by Howard Goldbaum]When the first photo in this montage was taken, Fremont Street looked much as the railroad intended: a line of businesses with the depot at the end. Now, Fremont Street is "Glitter Gulch," where the neon shines bright. Obviously, paving the street helped... more
Fort Churchill
Places: Lyon County, Northern Nevada
Lyon County’s Fort Churchill was founded in July 1860 during the critical period of conflict between Native Americans and newly arrived settlers. Captain Joseph Stewart, recently of Fort Alcatraz, had led forces from California to fight in the second phase of the Pyramid Lake War. He then... more