Looking west from William Street at the Dutch Mill restaurant, corner of William and Carson streets in the 1950s or '60s.
Wednesday
150 Years Ago
Chris Blair, a well-known malefactor, one of the escapes of the state prison at the time of the famous out-break on Sept. 17, 1871, was arrested a day or two since at Ogden by Mr. John Hume, formerly deputy warden under Frank Denver. Blair was yesterday morning brought in here and is once more in his old quarters in the penitentiary. He was engaged as a barkeeper when use caught him. One of the strangest things about these old convict refugees is that they will tempt arrest and a forced march back to rishon by selecting as their hiding places towns and villages where they can only escape recognition by the most unlikely freaks of fortune.
140 Years Ago
Men who have occasional to climb to the top of mountains when prospecting or looking for game have noticed that the rocks and trees are literally covered with an insect about the size of a flea. These insects have scarlet wings, and when the rise in myriads between the observer and the sun the air has a hazy, red look as they fly. None of the insects were found lower than five or six hundred yards from the top of Kings Canyon. The matter is certainly worth the attention of scientists.
120 Years Ago
Skating is indulged in every morning by the small boy.
60 Years Ago
Water rights appear to be all that is holding up construction of a new 18-hole golf course in Carson City. The course will be located on East Fifth Street.
40 Years Ago
A Carson City woman was treated and released from the Carson-Tahoe Hospital for minor injuries she sustained when her car crashed into a power pole Sunday.
Thursday
150 Years Ago
The postmaster at Columbus writes to Fred Turner that there are four feet six inches of snow at that point. Such a snow fall was never known there before. Six inches is about the average of the deepest.
140 Years Ago
A few months ago, Jack Campbell of the Walker Lake Bulletin concocted a story regarding the peculiarities of the whistling fish in Walker Lake. Of course, nobody bit the yarn on this slope, but the eastern press took the matter up and gravely discussed it. A man who concocts such lies as that assumes a grave responsibility when his yarns are taught the rising generation as genuine information.
120 Years Ago
Tuesday night an occurrence took place in Elko that the Independent cannot pass by in silence, because it affects the good name of the town as an orderly, law-abiding community. Tuesday night a man called Striker was charged in the Elko Saloon with being a railroad spy. He denied the charge and was assaulted by several men.
60 Years Ago
Mike Furlong and Gary Dean are tied at 51,000 points apiece in the exciting Nevada Appeal ‘win a bike’ contest. Early leader Ernie McGrath dropped to third at 37,000 points.
40 Years Ago
John Buffin, United States and North American Pro rally champion, swept to a first place Sunday in the two-day Carson City International Pro-Rally.
Friday
150 Years Ago
At the skating rink to-night there will be music by the Brass Band; and after the skaters are done, they will pony themselves into dancers and spin away the fleeting hours till midnight.
140 Years Ago
The passing of the death sentence upon him has grown so monotonous to strangler Wheeler that when it was delivered Saturday, for the third time, it did not A.A. rouse in his mind even a momentary interest.
120 Years Ago
At 11 o’clock yesterday morning the remains of the Rev. Davis were laid in state in Masonic Hall. At half past one, after the secretary ritual of the lodge, there were public services. The body was then escorted to the Episcopal Church, where the burial services were conducted.
60 Years Ago
The fate of Welda Mae Frank, a 19-year-old Dayton woman accused of the automobile death of deputy Daniel E. McDaniel, is now in the hands of the jury.
40 Years Ago
Photo caption. Gov. Richard Bryan had a caller Monday who promptly pared his horse and waited. Darrel Simpson of the Confederate States of American Rangers arrived by horseback to invite Bryan to the “Springtime in Virginia” activities in Virginia City in May.
Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.