Photo provided Tallac pier is advertised in this undated historical photo.
Wednesday
150 Years Ago
This will be an eventful night for Blind Tom. He will have the honor of appearing before one of the most distinguished and fashionable gatherings ever convened in the Great American Basin. The beauty and the chivalry of Carson will go to the theater to look at him and hear and cheer him.
140 Years Ago
A number of young ladies from the Catholic seminary were in the city yesterday. They came to see the tracks of the prehistoric man.
120 Years Ago
A certain boarding house at Gold Mountain was last week sold to a Chinese person, who paid $550 therefor. On Thursday evening last the miners of that camp waited upon the Chinese person and notified him to leave camp at once, which he did. – Bonanza
70 Years Ago
The atomic burst came with a blinding flash that momentarily dimmed even in the bright desert sun at 8:30 a.m. and was seen brilliantly even from Las Vegas, 55 miles from the test site. A cloud mushrooming up from the explosion soared rapidly to 30,000 feet then lost its shape and began drifting toward the northeast.
20 Years Ago
Carson City residents will get the opportunity to cast a ballot for or against a citywide mass transit system next year in a vote to increase sales tax to fund the system.
Thursday
150 Years Ago
Last evening a buggy, having as occupants Mr. and Mrs. Matthews of Carson upset at the corner of Carson and C. Streets. Mrs. Matthews was thrown violently to the ground, and received internal injuries of a severe nature, one rib being fractured. Mr. Matthews escaped unhurt.
140 Years Ago
The big four-hundred-pound fish that is frightening the Lake Tahoe steamers, was seen again near the Tallac House yesterday.
120 Years Ago
There is plenty of snow in the mountains as yet. The summit between this city and Glenbrook is covered in several feet deep which makes travel rather difficult.
70 Years Ago
A formal tree planting ceremony took place on the capital lawn this afternoon attended by Gov. Charles Russell and other dignitaries, members of the Mark Twain Garden Club and spectators. The occasion was dedication of the single leaf pinion as the official tree of Nevada.
20 Years Ago
Nevada’s gaming industry rebounded slightly in March as casinos won $496.6 million, a 3.7 percent increase over winnings in March 1992, the Gaming Control Board reported Monday.
Friday
150 Years Ago
At half-mast. On the Capitol and Mint flags were flying at half-mast yesterday out of respect to the memory of chief Justice Chase.
140 Years Ago
The Appeal has received a gross of crown pencils with a request to use them and write something about their characteristics. We have used the crown pencil a week and exhausted nearly the entire gross. The leading characteristics of the crown pencil is to break off when subjected to the sharpening process and to wear out faster than any pencil on the market. Actual experience demonstrates that it requires four pencils to write a column of the Appeal.
120 Years Ago
The Capital square is raising one of the finest crops of dandelions ever produced. Parties desiring seed can leave orders with the gardener.
70 Years Ago
Two monster atomic cannons stood today on the desert test site near Las Vegas where they will fire the world’s first atomic artillery shell May 23.
20 Years Ago
A state workers representative urged lawmakers Monday to kill a bill letting employees choose time off instead of overtime pay.
Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.