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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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    • El Rancho Vegas
      In Las Vegas in the late 1930s, when casino gambling was concentrated on Fremont Street downtown, a number of would-be casino...
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    • El Cortez Hotel-Casino
      [VR Morph by Howard Goldbaum.] When it opened in 1941, the El Cortez Hotel-Casino was considered the finest such establishment...
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    • Egyptian Revival Style Architecture in Nevada
      Internationally, the first period of Egyptian Revival architecture sprang from Napoleon's Egyptian campaign of 1798-1799....
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    • Edwin E. Roberts
      Edwin E. Roberts came to Nevada in 1897 to attend the March 17 heavyweight prizefight between Bob Fitzsimmons and James Corbett...
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    • Edwin Deakin
      Edwin Deakin (1838-1923) was born in Sheffield, England, and immigrated to America in 1856. He lived in Chicago where, for a...
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    • Edward W. Yates
      After accepting an offer to join the faculty of the Department of Art at the University of Nevada (UNR) in 1952, Edward W....
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