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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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    • Keyhole Canyon Petroglyphs and Creation Mythology
      Keyhole Canyon is located about halfway between Las Vegas and Searchlight, outside the town of Nelson in the Eldorado Mountains...
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    • Keeley Institute
      Substance abuse and addiction affected thousands of miners, middle-class female consumers, prostitutes, Chinese workers, and...
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    • Kaitty Holland Exhibit
      “Out of the Closet: The Kaitty Holland Clothing Collection” debuted in May 2008 at Virginia City’s Historic...
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    • Julia Bulette
      Prostitute Julia Bulette moved to Virginia City around 1863 when the lively mining boom town boasted a population approaching...
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    • Joseph Goodman
      Joseph Goodman was born in Masonville, New York in 1838. He traveled to California with his father in 1856 and secured...
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    • John William Mackay
      John Mackay was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1831. His surname was Scottish, but he identified with his Irish heritage. In 1840,...
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