Downtown Carson during the Nevada Day Parade in about 1950.
Saturday
145 Years Ago
The office cat of the Morning Appeal insisted upon being confined on the editorial desk; comes and nurses her kittens on our exchanges and makes a loafing place of the Unabridged Dictionary!
140 Years Ago
Fishing in Tahoe. Fishing at Lake Tahoe is better this spring than was ever known before. Judge A.B. Dibble, of Grass Valley, and Charles Mitchell, of the Grass Valley Union, caught 260 fine large trout there Tuesday, aggregating about 300 pounds in weight in five and a half hours of fishing. It is the largest catch ever made in that length of time on the lake.
120 Years Ago
The County Commissioners have under consideration a plan to repair the old King’s Canyon grade as far as the summit, so that the road may be used by parties desiring to visit Lake Tahoe. The King’s Canyon Road is one of the most attractive and it travels through a part of the county that is not only beautiful but gives a stranger an opportunity to see a big scope of this section and valleys beyond.
80 Years Ago
Nevada armors who are engaged in the transportation of food and materials directly or indirectly connected with the war are not eligible to apply for certification to purchase new trucks.
40 Years Ago
Photo caption: Carson City sheriff’s deputy Gladys Brister shows a plastic replica of a marijuana plant to sixth graders at Fremont Elementary School. Brister gave a special lecture on the dangers of drug abuse last week as part of the continuing series she takes to schools in the district.
20 Years Ago
The sound of bagpipes and cannon fire could be heard across Mills Park as the Carson City Rendezvous kicked off Friday. Organizers are expecting up to 35,000 people to help celebrate Carson City’s past.
Sunday
145 Years Ago
Bower’s Mansion. The pleasantest drive we can think of is from here to there. Once on the spot and the pleasure of the jaunt is assured. The garden, the walks and the baths are delightful. There is a lake and there are swimming dresses ready at hand. Now, in the cool of these delightful mornings is the time to avail ourselves of the pleasant opportunity for enjoyment.
140 Years Ago
John Robinson’s great circus is ending its way out here from the east and will likely show here next month. A week or two before the arrival here of this circus the Indians hereabouts will become alarmingly industrious so as to earn enough money with which to buy tickets. There is nothing like a circus to stimulate a Washoe Indian to labor; the necessities of life are a secondary consideration.
120 Years Ago
Tomorrow evening at Empire, the dance and entertainment given in honor of the returning schoolteachers will take place. One of the best programs has been arranged that has been over to the public in many months, either in this city or at seaport town.
80 Years Ago
Donald Amodei, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Amodei, fell while playing with a friend late yesterday afternoon and had a finger broken.
40 Years Ago
The war of words between Gov. Robert List and Attorney General Richard Bryan has escalated to a new pitch with List personally attacking Bryan on fronts ranging from crime to utility regulation.
20 Years Ago
Lawmakers will examine 32 possible reforms to Nevada’s death penalty system today, but it’s likely only a few will have enough political support to result in changes to state law.
Tuesday
145 Years Ago
From the Silver State: It is a fact noticed by many of our citizens that a tramp who alights from his dangerous seat on the brake beam of a freight train, and for the first time sets foot in the town, will pass by several houses in his search for grub, and walk direct to a store or residence where some of the fraternity who preceded him had been kindly treated. This has been done so often that the opinion has prevailed that they post each other on the road in regard to places to get something to eat. The letter “H” on the gate post means that the residents will give the caller a handful of grub; “S” that he will get a seat at the table; “SM” that he will get a square meal; and “GB” that he will get the grand bounce.
140 Years Ago
Bullion robbery. At a very early hour on Sunday morning last the Atlanta mill at Silver City was entered by burglars and four hundred pounds of crude bullion stolen. About five hundred yards from the mill, they found two hundred pounds of the basest of the stolen bullion; the thieves perhaps finding they could not safely escape with so much weight.
120 Years Ago
Carson is out of the baseball business this year. Games are going on in every town but this city. Sunday, a match game between the Reno club and the Comstock will be played.
80 Years Ago
Dr. James Thom of Carson City has been appointed physician for the Nevada industrial commission to succeed Dr. Bart Hood of Reno.
40 Years Ago
Ash still floats through the beams of sunlight shooting into the V&T roundhouse after fire blazed within the historic structure in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday. We hope that plans to revitalize the structure are not put aside.
20 Years Ago
As women and men poured into the American Legion meeting Thursday evening, many of them had much to say about the significance of the U.S. Flag on the eve of the 225th birthday.
Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.
