Past Pages June 25

130 YEARS AGO

A Cloud of War: (continued from Thursday) He explained in the peculiar vernacular of his race, sandwiched in with some scraps of English, that the Piute tribe had two prime causes for war with the Washoes and he had come down to see the Appeal reporter regarding the matter. The reporter had stood by the tribe in the darkest hours of distress and possessed the confidence of the redskins to the man. (continued Saturday).

100 YEARS AGO

The play "A Scrap of Paper," was ably presented by graduating class men at Carson in a benefit for King's daughters. The leading male character was played by Frank Day and his costume was correct in every detail.

70 YEARS AGO

Dale Sparr, manager of the clubhouse at the Carson Hot Springs, former ring champion of the United States Navy and ranked as one of the top ten fighters of his weight, will make his initial appearance at the Carson Hot Springs Rodeo in the wild cow milking contest. Sparr has teamed up with Washoe Valley Rancher Allie Amellie. A large number of supporters will be "rooting" for Dale and Allie.

50 YEARS AGO

Residents of Ormsby county will have to go to the assessor's office to pick up license plates because, despite publicity to the contrary, the County does not have the money to pay postage on the licenses.

20 YEARS AGO

When, and not if, is the only acceptable attitude towards the V&T Railroad project, Rotary President Tony Hartman said recently at an informal organizational meeting.

• Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.