Buildings along the north side of Taylor Street between B and A streets in Virginia City.
Wednesday
150 Years Ago
Disastrous tumble: Two workmen were engaged in trying to clear a jam on the Lockey flume (owned by Messrs. Bliss & Yerington) when the obstruction suddenly cleared, one man lost his balance and tumbled dragging the other down with him a distance of 24 feet. One man escaped with a few bruises; the other fell into a pile of slabs and was seriously injured with his leg badly fractured in two places. Dr. Waters was sent for and administered relief to the patient and left him easy.
140 Years Ago
Bad character: At no period during the past two years has Carson been infested by so many hard looking characters, with no means of support. They come from all the evil haunts on the coast.
130 Years Ago
New Year’s musings: Henry Higgins went to bed early to escape proposals from those matrimonially inclined. Bob Davis is dieting to reduce flesh; he only eats four meals a day now.
110 Years Ago
Parcel Post Law: When the Parcel Post Law went into effect, it was said that butter and eggs would be sent by mail. The joke as it was thought, is now a reality. A package of butter was received by a patron of the Elko post office and was found to be in splendid condition. If we get an inventive person to put a suitable egg carrier on the market, we can get our eggs by mail (Free Press).
80 Years Ago
Parking meters considered: The Carson City Board of Trustees will discuss details for installation of meters on main street. Mayor Wilbur Stodeick and Trustees Leon Postawko, George Hunt and Donald Bergevin agreed that such a project would greatly benefit the city’s finances, as well as relieving congestion on crowded streets.
30 Years Ago
Nuke dump dispute: Opening of the state’s first low-level nuclear waste dump has been delayed by legal action forcing businesses to use a single remaining dump out of state. Protests from local citizens and environmentalists are worried about radiation leaking into the ground water or the nearby Colorado River are causing the delay.
Thursday
150 Years Ago
Girls coming: In a response to an order sent to Germany by August Jesse, four girls allowed themselves to be persuaded to come over to the wild part of America for the sole purpose of tripping the light fantastic in the new dance house in the rear of Rosenstock’s establishment. They are on the immigrant train for Carson. And no, photographs have not been received.
140 Years Ago
Hydrophobia (Philadelphia): Harry L. Smith, the store cash boy was bitten by a black and tan terrier nine weeks ago. Harry came home sick and grew gradually worse until symptoms of hydrophobia appeared. Dr. D. Hayes Agnew was summoned but could do nothing for the child. He died after a prolonged and terrible agony.
130 Years Ago
The glanders: A San Jose man is dying in agony from the glanders. This is because there are men who will sell glandered horses rather than lose the price of their flesh. This should be a law making such an offense punishable by hanging.
110 Years Ago
Rents a house: Judge McCarran rented the Ed Regan house on Minnesota Street in Carson City. It had a large yard, hedge fence, fruit trees, treehouse, and a well-built barn with a loft. On the first of the month the judge would show them his salary of $500 a month which was paid in $20 gold pieces.
80 Years Ago
Pony Express: Pony Express riders who carried mail from St. Joseph to Sacramento in 1860 and 1861 were paid $120 to $125 per month and received bonuses for extra speed. They averaged 250 miles a day changing horses every 15 to 25 miles. Horse changes averaged two minutes.
30 Years Ago
Photo caption: Stormy Maw Weilacher, Carson City’s first baby of 1993, poses with her parents, Debbi and Vaughn and sister, Victoria. Stormy Mae was born at Carson Tahoe Hospital at 5 pounds, 10 ounces.
Friday
150 Years Ago
Currysburg: Fifty men are at work there, and a number of small buildings have been erected on the ground – the superintendent’s office, carpenter’s shop, blacksmith shop, etc. In the carpenter shop, eleven windows are being prepared for the upcoming mining structures.
140 Years Ago
George Roberts, son of James D. Roberts of Carson City, aged 16, died from diphtheria. (Roberts House on Carson and Corbett.)
130 Years Ago
All sorts: Dave Young’s wife presented him with a daughter.
110 Years Ago
Case reported: Another case of smallpox has been reported, but not verified.
80 Years Ago
Advertisement: “Carson Theater, ‘The San Francisco Story,’ with Joel McCrea and Yvonne del Carlo. Between the sea and the Sierra stood the gateway to gold. Cartoon – sport – News.”
30 Years Ago
The new $15.2 million Nevada State Library and Archives opens with the 130,000 square foot building which houses the state’s collection of 45,000 books, 350,000 federal government publications and 100,000 state publications.
Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.