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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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    • Herbert M. Jones
      Herbert Monroe Jones was born July 22, 1914 in Phillipsburg, Missouri. His father, an oil-drilling superintendent, worked for...
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    • Elmer Millard "Al" Gunderson
      Elmer Millard “Al” Gunderson was born August 9, 1929 on the proverbial “wrong side of the tracks” in...
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    • Frank W. Daykin
      Frank W. Daykin, born October 28, 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio, was a Midwesterner with the soul of a classicist. He became “...
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    • Harry Eugene Claiborne
      The life of Harry Eugene Claiborne had many chapters, from rural McRae, Arkansas to the neon lights of Las Vegas, Nevada. From...
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    • John Barrett
      Judge John W. Barrett was a member of the greatest generation. Born in 1917, he lost his mother at the age of seven, grew to...
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    • Milton Badt: Oral History
      Milton B. Badt, Associate Justice of the Nevada State Supreme Court, was a member of a pioneer Nevada family. His father,...
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