Mark McLaughlin will present a fast-paced slideshow about the cast of characters that make the history of Nevada’s Comstock silver boom so fascinating. This snapshot history profiles the experiences of Mark Twain, George Hearst, “Crazy Sutro,” Hermann Schussler, Ellie Orrum, [...]
** Note from Patrick at the Gold Hill Hotel - As of 11 a.m. on Tuesday, 7/25 - we are all sold out for this event! ** Joe explains his lecture: My parents moved to Virginia City in 1958 when [...]
Even though Nevada is known as “The Silver State”, gold mining is the dominant mineral commodity produced in the state today. In 2015 Nevada produced 5.34 million ounces of gold valued at $6.19 billion. This accounted for 83% of the [...]
Just image!! It was August 1960 when Hollywood’s favorite stars, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift, Eli Wallach and Thelma Ritter arrived in Dayton, Nevada to film the “The Misfits” directed by Hollywood notables: director, John Huston, producer, Frank Taylor and [...]
Lecture subject: Settling of the West: Public Lands and the U.S. Homestead Acts Stony Tennant began collecting Dayton historical artifacts when he settled here at the old Sutro Tunnel site in the early 1960s. During those years, he also cowboyed [...]
McKay was born on the Comstock, and lived part of his life there. He was part of the Tonopah boom owning saloons there. He was a bootlegger and also likely involved in illicit narcotics. By 1923 he was in Reno [...]
This lecture is by James Clark, one of the foremost experts in trains and motion pictures having worked for over thirty years in the movie business. He has handled all aspects of movie film production from scouting locations, equipment acquisition, [...]
Thursday night at the Gold Hill Hotel. Lecture starts at 7 p.m. Dayton was Nevada's first Chinatown, circa 1858 - 1861. Learn why the Chinese ended up in Nevada, how and where they lived and more. Old newspaper articles have [...]
Thursday night at the Gold Hill Hotel. Lecture starts at 7 p.m. Stewart is Lakota Sioux. He has spent 22 years researching the life and spirit of Crazy Horse. He is also an actor who has appeared in a number of [...]
Tex Weir continues the lecture series this Thursday night (October 5th) at the Gold Hill Hotel. He will be doing Cowboy Songs and Poetry and telling Tall Tails and Brag Talk. Lecture starts at 7 p.m. Tex Weir has earned his […]