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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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    • Theresa Smokey Jackson
      Washoe basket maker Theresa Smokey Jackson came from a long line of weavers. She started learning to make willow baskets when...
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    • Thelma Davis Calhoun
      In 1944, Thelma Davis Calhoun (1913-1998) and her husband, James W. Calhoun (1903-1993), drove from the couple's home in...
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    • TheatreWorks of Northern Nevada
      When Stephanie Richardson was in a car accident in 2005, she lost the fingers on her left hand. But instead of letting it keep...
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    • Washoe Tribe of California and Nevada
      The people known as the Washoe have long lived on the eastern face of the Sierra Nevada mountains of Northern California and...
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    • Wadsworth and Columbus Freight Road
      The Wadsworth and Columbus Freight Road was a 130-mile wagon road connecting Wadsworth on the Central Pacific Railroad to the...
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    • Muddy Mission
      After Mormon missionaries established a way station between Utah and California at Las Vegas in 1855, they received a directive...
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