View from the Past

100 Years Ago

When one of Stillwater Homesteader W.D. Kemp’s horses knocked a piece of bright blue rock to one side he noticed it had a strong copper stain. Later he returned to his mine located 17 miles southeast of Fallon and prospected the find which he believed was copper ore. A letter from the University of Nevada, however, indicated that Mr. Kemp discovered aluminum instead of copper. As is well-known, aluminum is highly valuable and very scarce. Churchill County Eagle, Saturday, February 5, 2015

The Fallon fire bell does not always arouse everybody when it is sounded, and there is some talk of erecting about a 50 foot tower back of the city hall for the bell. Of course there should be a switch on the base of the tower so that anyone who could run easily to the city hall could give the alarm. Churchill County Eagle, Saturday, February 5, 2015

75 Years Ago

To judge by widespread comments of Fallonites who have missed their movies, the community will welcome the reopening of the Fallon Theatre, which has been closed for repairs since Christmas when a fire caused $25,000 worth of damage to one of the finest playhouses in the state of Nevada… The first bullion brick was poured in the reduction furnace at the Dan Tucker mine 30 miles east of Fallon Thursday. The brick was the first poured since the mine’s new 70-ton cyanide mill opened in January.

The Fallon Eagle, Saturday, February 3, 1940

The All American Redheads, nationally-known team of girl basketball stars, will meet the Fallon Merchants on the local court on Monday for an event that is expected to pack the high school gym to capacity. Playing strictly men’s rules, and asking no quarter, these girls have met their male opponents in 318 contests in two seasons and have won half their battles before a total of 200,000 fans. The Fallon Eagle, Saturday, February 3, 1940

50 Years Ago

A new system of in-service training for elementary teachers is being used for the first time in Churchill County. It is the first of its kind in the state of Nevada and is titled “Elementary Teachers’ Role In Guidance” It’s operating on grants from the State of Nevada and the Federal Government.

Fallon Eagle-Standard, Friday, February 5, 1965

As others see us…that our movies portray the American way of life creditably is not a matter to be taken lightly. U.S. films today are seen in more than 125 nations throughout the world. At present U.S. films take up 60 percent of the world’s screen time, and are viewed by 120 million foreign nationals every week.

Fallon Eagle-Standard, Friday, February 5 1965

The amount of lipstick used each year by American gals would paint 40,000 barns bright red! Nothing But The Truth by Arnold.

Fallon Eagle-Standard, Friday, February 5, 1965

A View From The Past…Stories from the Churchill County Museum Archives, researched and compiled by Margo Weldy, Churchill County Museum & Archives Assistant