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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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    • Hickison Summit
      Hickison Summit is located on Highway 50, around 30 miles southeast of Austin at the northern end of the Toiyabe Range and...
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    • Herman Schussler and the Comstock Water System
      Hermann Schussler is famous for designing the Comstock water system, one of the most extraordinary engineering feats of the...
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    • Herman Bien
      Herman Bien arrived on the Comstock with experience in San Francisco as a musical playwright, teacher, editor, and rabbi. He...
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    • Herb McDonald
      In the three decades after World War II, hotel publicists played a critical role in promoting Las Vegas as an appealing tourist...
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    • Henry O. Beatty
      In 1864, Henry Oscar Beatty became one of three men elected to be a justice on the first Nevada Supreme Court bench. He moved...
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    • Henry Harris
      Henry Harris was an African American cowboy. Born in Texas circa 1865, Harris came to Nevada in about 1885 to work for rancher...
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