Places
Utah Juniper
Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) occurs in every county of the state, and it covers more acreage in Nevada than any other tree. It is extremely adaptable, occurring in low valleys as well as in high-elevation mountain shrub communities, ranging in elevation from 2000 to 8000 feet. Utah juniper... more
Valley of Fire
Places: Clark County, Southern Nevada
The Valley of Fire is located approximately 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas, in an awe-inspiring landscape of flaming red sandstone. The area was utilized by Basketmaker peoples and later by Ancestral Puebloan peoples between approximately 300 B.C. and 1150 A.D. Bright red sandstone carved into... more
Live Wire Fund
Places: Clark County, Las Vegas, Southern Nevada
Near the end of World War II businessmen in Las Vegas began planning for the post-war economy. Much of the town's prosperity had been built upon the payrolls of the 25,000 civilian and military employees of the Las Vegas Gunnery School and Basic Magnesium, Incorporated. Realizing that both... more
Valley Times
Places: Clark County, Las Vegas, Southern Nevada
In a storied journalism history that includes Mark Twain and Dan De Quille, national figures such as Hank Greenspun, and renowned newspapers like Virginia City's Territorial Enterprise, the Valley Times has a place among Nevada's most controversial and important newspapers.The publication... more
Little Church of the West
Places: Clark County, Las Vegas, Southern Nevada
The Little Church of the West pays homage to Nevada's mining heritage while cashing in on one of the state's major commercial enterprises, the wedding industry. The church that now sits at 4617 Las Vegas Boulevard South, on the "Strip," was built in 1942 as part of the Last... more
Literature of Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Places: Reno, Washoe County, Northern Nevada
Walter Van Tilburg Clark loved Reno and Nevada. The deserts and mountains, the mining camps and cattle ranches, the hiking trails and few lakes were an emotional home to him. They fired his imagination with scenes and characters, which, especially toward the end of his life, fascinated him as myth.... more
Venetian Resort Hotel Casino
Places: Clark County, Las Vegas, Southern Nevada
In 1999, The Venetian replaced the imploded Sands on the Las Vegas Strip. Its builder, Sheldon Adelson, proved both controversial and visionary, battling contractors and unions while building a major megaresort that became the basis of a gaming empire.In 1996, after imploding the Sands, Adelson... more
Literature of Nuclear Nevada
The story of nuclear Nevada can be divided into two categories, reflecting the reality that Nevada has endured two nuclear ages. Artistic responses to these events constitute the literature of nuclear Nevada.The first category might be labeled the literature of the Nevada nuclear testing era, which... more
Vernacular Architecture in Nevada
Places: Northern Nevada, Southern Nevada
Vernacular architecture is a term encompassing a range of building forms, types, and styles. In the past, the term referred to folk or traditional building by people with no formal architectural training. Today, scholars define the term more broadly to include the architecture of specific regions... more
Literary Magazines in Nevada
A state caught in a population boom, Nevada has experienced something of an arts explosion in the period since 1995. Indeed, the growing number of residents has created a diverse community and contributed greatly to the development of cultural activities that at one time appeared relegated to... more
Virginia and Truckee Railroad
Places: Carson City, Esmeralda County, Lyon County, Northern Nevada, Southern Nevada
The Virginia and Truckee Railroad is one of the most famous short lines in American history. It was incorporated on March 5, 1868 by the "Bank Crowd" to serve the mines of the Comstock. A railroad was deemed necessary because of the high cost of freighting goods by wagon into and out of... more
Linda Hussa
Linda Hussa was born in 1941 in Nevada, but she came to womanhood in the relatively lush hills of Northern California, "at the base of the Diablo Meridian, a point from which California and Nevada are surveyed, mapped, locked into certainty." As a girl growing up surrounded by horses, she... more
Linda Howe Hale
Places: Reno, Washoe County, Northern Nevada
The life of Linda Howe Hale ended in tragedy on March 2, 1981—a single engine, commuter aircraft crashed near Fallon, Nevada, taking the life of its pilot and Hale, a well-known Reno artist and writer. Hale's career had many dimensions. She was an award-winning exhibitor and administrator... more
Lincoln Union Club
Places: Virginia City, Storey County, Northern Nevada
The Lincoln Union Club served as an organizational body for Virginia City’s African American residents during the peak of the Comstock era. Its mission and activities reflect both the remarkable optimism and confidence of African Americans in Northern Nevada during the 1870s.For a brief... more
Virginia City and Early Nevada Mining
Virginia City and the Comstock Lode played a crucial role in the development of the region and the nation. The news of its importance has reverberated throughout the world for nearly 150 years. The wealth of the Comstock's fabulously rich mines affected presidential politics and gave Nevada... more
Lincoln County Courthouse
Places: Lincoln County, Southern Nevada
Established on February 25, 1866, Lincoln County lacked a permanent courthouse until 1871 when it acquired a building site in Pioche. Construction began on an Italianate 40-by-60-foot brick building designed by T. Dimmock and Thomas Keefe.The construction contract went to Edward Donohue with a... more
Virginia City and Gold Hill
Places: Virginia City, Storey County, Northern Nevada
Virginia City was known as the Queen of the Comstock, the internationally famous mining district. Founded in 1859, the settlement was the focus of a gold rush and within a year, it became the region's largest community, a status it maintained in Nevada into the 1890s. Virginia City was... more
Lincoln County
Places: Lincoln County, Southern Nevada
Lincoln County is the third largest of Nevada's seventeen counties, covering 10,634 square miles. Named for President Abraham Lincoln, the Nevada legislature established the county in 1867. It originally embraced a much larger southeastern portion of the state, including all of Clark County,... more
Lilly Sanchez
Places: Nye County, Southern Nevada
Lilly V. Sanchez was born in Duckwater, Nevada, in 1923 and was raised in a traditional Native American, Western Shoshone family, helping her mother and grandmother gather willows for baskets. After her children were grown, Sanchez reawakened the basket making skills she learned as a child. For... more
Lilly Fong
Places: Clark County, Las Vegas, Southern Nevada
Businesswoman Lilly Fong was the first Asian American to serve on the Board of Regents for the Nevada System of Higher Education. She was an advocate for education during her fifty-two years in Las Vegas.Lilly Ong Hing was born in Arizona on June 17, 1925. She attended Arizona State University and... more
Virginia McCuin
Places: Clark County, Lyon County, Las Vegas, Northern Nevada, Southern Nevada
Virginia McCuin grew up on a ranch in Railroad Valley, Nevada, and gained an early appreciation for practical crafts while watching her father work as a blacksmith. Her own work started with leather tooling, but soon moved to gold and silver smithing. McCuin is mostly self-taught, and she has... more
Liberace
Places: Clark County, Las Vegas, Southern Nevada
Fanciful costumes, a rhinestone-studded grand piano, and glowing candelabras were only some of the over-the-top stage props that helped earn Liberace the moniker of "Mr. Showmanship" during a four-decade run in Nevada resort showrooms. The flamboyant pianist with the beaming smile might... more
Virginia Street Bridge
Places: Reno, Washoe County, Northern Nevada
The Virginia Street Bridge gained its fame during Reno's heyday as the divorce capital of the nation. Lore had it that immediately after receiving their decree, women would march to the center of the bridge and, in an emphatic good-riddance, throw their wedding rings into the Truckee River (... more
Lew Hymers
Places: Reno, Washoe County, Northern Nevada
Seen About Town was Lew Hymers' (1892-1953) popular feature in the Nevada State Journal through the 1930s and 40s. The artist's specialty was swiftly rendered caricatures of Reno's movers and shakers. For many years Hymers maintained a studio in downtown Reno where he met the majority... more
Legislative Sessions and Preparation of Bills and Resolutions
Regular sessions of the Nevada legislature are held once every other year (biennial) in odd-numbered years. The Nevada state constitution requires that sessions convene on the first Monday in February next following the election of members of the senate and assembly, unless the governor, by... more