Photo provided Tallac pier is advertised in this undated historical photo.
Wednesday
150 Years Ago
Warrants issued: The controller issued a batch of small warrants in favor of those gallant heroes, the “battle scared” veterans of Virginia City, who rallied round their country’s state prison in her hour of need, ready to sinch a truant convict should such a character cross their line of snatch.
140 Years Ago
All sorts: The Rev. Mr. Davis and the Episcopal choir will officiate at the state prison.
The Chinese person injured on the railroad track is getting along well and will recover. The physicians find his injuries all external.
130 Years Ago
All sorts: It is thought that a creamery in Carson could be kept running easily on the supply of milk in this vicinity.
110 Years Ago
Old corner vacant: The old drug store building on the corner of Carson and King streets, presents a lonesome appearance these days and nights. The building is one of the oldest in the city built mainly of adobe. It is one of the old-time landmarks. On account of natural decay and nature of construction, it has become almost inhabitable. In the meantime, a very nice building has been fitted up in the city for the drug store.
70 Years Ago
Advertisement: “When Disaster Strikes Your Red Cross Is on the Job! Give Till It Hurts! CLARK BROS. GROCERY, 922 N. Carson, open Sundays.”
30 Years Ago
Bus service: Amtrak plans to begin new bus service from Carson City to Sacramento with rail connections to the San Francisco Bay area. It will be the first transit link to California and only the second between Carson City and the rest of the world. The Amtrak bus will leave the Carson Nugget casino daily…
Thursday
150 Years Ago
Horse sense: If we were interested in a business which required a large number of horses or even a small number, we should consider the wisdom of sending to Salt Lake or some other locality east of here to be supplied with enough horses.
140 Years Ago
In brief: Mrs. James Duffy was thrown from a buggy on Sunday afternoon and hurt quite badly.
130 Years Ago
Gilt-age gambling hell: In Germany gambling hell has been discovered that is run by one of the nobility. The chief attraction was a woman of surpassing loveliness.
If keepers of gambling houses in Nevada found it necessary to bait the trap with pretty women, it would be regarded as a certain sign of the decay of king faro in the sage.
110 Years Ago
Goldfield child: Herbert Nash was shot at noon by his wife. He was taken to the county hospital where it was found that the bullet had passed through his neck and will not be fatal. The wife, maiden name Drew, was taken to the courthouse and kept in custody in the district attorney’s office. The little boy, Bert, aged four years, bewildered by it all, accompanied his mother. (Goldfield Tribune)
70 Years Ago
Easter egg hunt: Plans for the annual Easter egg hunt will go into motion under the chairmanship of Nick Pratt.
30 Years Ago
Advertisement: “A Place to Go…Fine Dining & Dancing. ‘Cabin in the Sky,’ featuring a 32-ounce Prime Rib Special… ‘Cabin in the Sky’… A Fun Place to Go! Gold Hill, Nevada.”
Friday — Happy St. Patrick’s Day
150 Years Ago
Pioch-ers are agitating: The Pioch-ers are agitating on the question of building a ten-thousand-dollar schoolhouse for more than 200 children in this newness place. The present school accommodations there are lamentably insufficient.
140 Years Ago
The Emmett Guards have decided to turn over the proceeds of their ball on St. Patrick’s Day to John Piper. So far, the Jews and the Irish are ahead of everybody helping Piper.
130 Years Ago
Magnetic iron: Major Gardner has discovered an immense deposit of magnetic iron in the vicinity of Pine Nut—it is practically inexhaustible and runs about 80 percent metal. It is highly magnetic, and needles and small pieces of steel placed near it fly to it at once.
110 Years Ago
A live town: The Metropolis Light and Power Company installed electric lighting up and down Lincoln Street from Hotel Metropolis to the new station building of the S.P. This is quite an improvement, and it is said that Metropolis is the second town in the county to install electric streetlights.
70 Years Ago
Photo caption: Costing about $40, this simple bomb shelter is one of many tested during new atomic blast experiments at Yucca Flat. Mannequins are placed in a lean-to in effort to learn whether it is adequate to protect life from atomic shells.
30 Years Ago
Reservoir stocked: Rye Patch Reservoir north of Lovelock will be restocked. The popular fishery lost a battle to the drought when it ran dry. Run off from heavy winter snowpack has restored the Humboldt River, reservoirs, and lakes for the first time in six years. Thousands of game fish will be stocked at Rye Patch.
Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.