Nevada Stories

Nevada Stories
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The history of Reno and its neighbors, told through the people who lived it. One short story a day — 130 stories spanning 1863 to 2026, drawn from the archives of the Historic Reno Preservation Society.

  1. Episode 1

    Story 1: The Crossing

    In May of 1868, Myra Lake could tell by her husband's hands that the land was already sold.

    4 min

  2. Episode 2

    Story 2: Lot 1

    The auctioneer had a voice built for open country.

    5 min

  3. Episode 3

    Story 3: Driving the Last Spike (as Seen from a Distance)

    The telegram arrived on a Tuesday.

    6 min

  4. Episode 4

    Story 4: Commercial Row

    Otto Kellerman arrived in Reno on the third of September, 1869, with forty dollars American, two changes of clothes, a good knife from Solingen, and no German left to speak to.

    6 min

  5. Episode 5

    Story 5: The Cook

    Bridget Fitzgerald arrived in Reno in the summer of 1874 with forty-two dollars, a trunk of clothes, and a letter of introduction that turned out to be addressed to a man who had left for Sacramento the previous winter.

    6 min

  6. Episode 6

    Story 6: Comstock Silver

    James Doyle came down from Virginia City in September of 1875 with three hundred and forty dollars, a bad knee, and a disposition that had not improved in the six years he had spent underground.

    6 min

  7. Episode 7

    Story 7: The Truckee in February

    Guadalupe Morales had learned the river's moods the way you learn anything you live beside long enough — through attention and a certain amount of fear.

    6 min

  8. Episode 8

    Story 8: The University Comes to Reno

    Margaret Wells arrived at the depot on a Tuesday in October and could not find anyone who knew exactly where the university was.

    6 min
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The history of Reno and its neighbors, told through the people who lived it. One short story a day — 130 stories spanning 1863 to 2026, drawn from the archives of the Historic Reno Preservation Society.

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