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African Americans on the Comstock

African Americans came to the western Great Basin in the 1850s. Read more about this history.

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Reno

Reno has always been a town of contrasts. Find out more about its natural beauty, darkness and cosmopolitan edge.

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    • Tommyknockers
      Knockers were elves believed to work in Cornwall's mines. Celts generally saw elves as living in families. Because the...
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    • Thunderbird Casino and the Mob
      The Thunderbird, one of the first Las Vegas Strip casinos, was also one of the first to become involved in the federal-state...
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    • Thunderbird Casino
      In October 1947, Marion Hicks, a Los Angeles contractor and a partner in Las Vegas' El Cortez Hotel and Casino, and...
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    • Thomas R. Street
      Thomas R. Street (unknown-1873) was an African American resident of Nevada during the Comstock era. Although little is known...
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    • Thomas Jasper Summers
      He proudly proclaimed, "I'm the ultimate Renaissance Man–if there's ever a renaissance in Verdi, I'll be...
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    • Thomas Detter
      Though not well known among Nevadans of European descent during his lifetime, and largely forgotten by historians until the...
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