Carson-Tahoe Hospital's first campus in 1955. A fire in 1968 destroyed the building, and the infirmary at Stewart was called into play. Construc tion for this building in 1949 topped out at $80,000.
Saturday
155 Years Ago
Gough’s habits: When lecturing he takes a writing desk filled with paper and envelopes and writes a letter to his wife every day. She also sends one to him. He has a private secretary that wakes him up from his afternoon nap. He takes only one “square meal” dinner; for breakfast and supper he has a light diet — tea with bread and butter. He naps at 3 p.m. and sleeps till the last minute. He puts on a different suit of clothes, three or four times a day and a fifth when he returns from his lecture. A cup of tea, and he is ready to talk and joke until midnight.
140 Years Ago
Lake Tahoe caves: The proprietor of the Lake Shore House, Mr. Robinson, has discovered caves in the northern part of Lake Tahoe, which have every appearance of being the craters of extinct volcanoes. A perceptible current sets into these craters, and he claims that is why the bodies of the drowned never rise to the surface. They are carried down to the caves.
120 Years Ago
Home from the north: County Clerk Van Etten is home from Modoc County. On his way home through Reno he managed to find a bed in town but forgot to lock the door when he retired. In the morning while examining his pantaloons he found that he was shy all his worldly possessions, which consisted of 30 cents. Someone had gone through his clothes but left the pants. He is thankful for that consideration. He failed to report the loss to the constable of the wayward city, and thus spoiled a column sensation.
70 Years Ago
Typhoid breakout takes one life: Two widely separated cases of typhoid have come up in Nevada, one resulted in death. Typhoid can be spread by active cases and by carriers. The fatal case was that of an Indian resident who evidently had contracted the disease in another part of the country. The second case involved a child who recently had visited a nearby state.
60 Years Ago
Rare coins: Sixteen rare coins, minted at Carson City in the late 1800s, have been donated to the Nevada State Museum by Thomas L. Jones of Las Vegas. Judge Clark J. Guild, museum curator and board chairman, said the donation includes a complete set of 13 Morgan dollars, struck at Carson City from 1878-85 and from 1889-93. Guild said all coins were in “brilliant uncirculated” condition.
Sunday
155 Years Ago
Death of a favorite old Veteran — Dan Dean’s good old setter dog “Don” died yesterday after a long illness. Don was more than 12 years old and came here when the sage brush was a mere pup. He was buried with becoming ceremonies.
140 Years Ago
Governor Kinkhead is down from Alaska. He will remain among his Carson friends a few days and then go to Washington.
120 Years Ago
The high wind of yesterday scattered the remaining leaves from one end of town to the other, while the dust found its way into every household in the city.
60 Years Ago
Fallon — A prop-driven Navy fighter-bomber crashed and exploded on the Nevada desert Monday about 10 minutes after another Navy plane made a controlled crash landing. The pilot who crashed landed was safe. The second pilot is missing.
40 Years Ago
Regulations that would have forced homeowners to get state permits for small-scale geothermal wells were squelched by the Legislative Commission on Friday.
Tuesday
155 Years Ago
Silver Stars attention! — The regular monthly meeting of the Silver Star Base Ball Club will be held this evening at their rooms. Every member is expected to be present as there is business of the utmost importance to come before the club.
140 Years Ago
As yesterday’s Appeal was about going to press on Monday evening, a kerosene lamp fell to the floor, and exploding caused a lively fire in the composing room, the flames reaching from the floor to the ceiling. Robert Merrigold, a compositor, was near the lamp when it exploded and his clothes taking fire he was obliged to run from the room. Will Davis turned the office hose on him, and Frank Curtis, securing a Harden Hand Grenade, hurled one in the fire and it was out in less than 10 seconds. The wall of the composing room was considerably burned, and a couple of type racks ruined. Total loss is $50, covered by insurance.
120 Years Ago
The new owners of the Winter’s Mine, situated south of this city, are getting down to work. They are adding six stamps to the present equipment and also putting in concentrators and cyanite plants. The new people have been making extensive investigations and have every reason to believe the mine will be a great producer in the near future.
60 Years Ago
A large number of persons who wanted to get their new vehicle license plates lined up early at the Ormsby County courthouse this morning. The line stretched from the office of the County Assessor to the outer doors of the courthouse.
40 Years Ago
A host of amendments and resolutions dealing with several Nevada land problems was tackled Friday by the Legislature’s Committee on Public Lands. The full legislature must still act on the measures before they are approved.
Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.