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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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    • Beckley's Men's Clothing
      Beckley’s Men’s Clothing, pictured here in 1915 at First and Fremont streets. Jake Beckley came to Las Vegas with...
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    • Washoe County
      The Nevada Territorial Legislature created Washoe County on November 25, 1861 as one of the original ten counties in the...
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    • James F. Lewis
      In 1864, the voters elected James F. Lewis, as one of the three original men to serve as a supreme court justice on the first...
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    • Cornelius M. Brosnan
      In 1864, the people elected Cornelius Brosnan, one of three men to serve as a justice on the first Nevada Supreme Court bench....
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    • African Americans in Las Vegas
      Over the course of the twentieth century, economic opportunities encouraged Black migration to the Las Vegas area, but racial...
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    • Clark J. Guild
      Clark Joseph Guild was born in Nevada in 1887. He is best known for his long career as a district judge and as the founder of...
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