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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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    • Lovelock Culture
      About 4000 years ago, Great Basin archaeological cultures blossomed after an interval marked by prolonged droughts. The overall...
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    • Lovelock
      Lovelock owes its formal beginning to the railroad, but was important to travelers many years before the first train arrived....
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    • Louis Siegriest
      Louis Bassi Siegriest (1899-1989) was a major California artist who lived and painted in Virginia City, Nevada, during the...
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    • University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Department of Art
      The University of Nevada, Las Vegas first opened its doors in 1965 as Nevada Southern University, a branch of the University of...
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    • Lost City Archaeology
      The first prehistoric Pueblo (Anasazi) ruins discovered in Nevada were at Lost City in Southern Nevada, near the now-submerged...
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    • University of Nevada Reno: Department of Art
      The first art instructor at the University of Nevada in Reno was Katherine Lewers (1868–1945), who began teaching...
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