Bertha Raffetto
Read the story about how the Nevada state song - 'Home Means Nevada' - came to be written by Bertha Raffetto on May 29th, 1949. A recollection in the composer's own words.
Read MoreDick Graves, Gaming Pioneer
DICK GRAVES, NORTHERN NEVADA GAMING PIONEER Although John Ascuaga has been a gaming innovator in his own right, John has been given credit for many gaming innovation that Dick Graves should be given credit for. Richard “Dick” Graves was a native of Idaho where he owned a slot route, but when Idaho outlawed gambling, Dick moved to Reno and bought a partnership in The...
Read MorePat McCarran
We have named roads and airports in his honor, but most Nevadans don’t know who Pat McCarran was. I have heard and read many stories about Pat McCarran over the years; I hope the stories you are about to read will give you an insight to who and what Pat McCarran was.
Read MoreBing Crosby, A True Nevadan
Most people knew Bing Crosby as a famous singer and actor, perhaps best remembered for his beautiful version of “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas.” But most don’t know that Bing Crosby was an avid hunter and fly fisherman, and even fewer knew him as an Elko cattle and horse rancher.
Read MorePyramid Lake’s ‘Stone Mother’
The Stone Mother is crying again, not for herself, but she cries for Nevada that is losing the very thing that attracted people to her in the first place and that is, a people that had respect for themselves, for others and for Nevada. Those days seem to be eroding with every increase in population. Read on to discover the story of the Stone Mother...
Read MoreRaquel Welch & Genoa Bar
The Genoa Bar located in Genoa was established in 1853. It is Nevada’s oldest operating bar and is still one of Nevada’s favorite watering holes. Over the years the bar has been visited by many famous people. Among them, Mark Twain, Presidents Ulysses S. Grant and Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Carol Lombard, Clark Gable, John Wayne and hundreds more.
Read MoreAbout Me
Martin T. Smith was born and raised in a small town three miles from Shasta Lake. Although he came to Nevada for the summer of 1971, to earn money to begin college; he did not become an adopted Nevadan until 1981...read more