Priscilla Joyce Ford
PRISCILLA JOYCE FORD On November 27, 1980 my wife Valorie was working at Harold’s Club as a Keno writer, and decided to go outside for her break. When she walked outside she began to hear screaming, and people running frantically to get out of the way from someone driving a blue car on the side walk. “When it was happening I didn’t know what was really going on, it seemed...
Read MoreNevada state song lyrics
OFFICIAL SONG OF THE STATE OF NEVADA Home Means Nevada Written & Music by Bertha Raffetto Way out in the land of the setting sun, Where the wind blows wild and free, There’s a lovely spot, just the only one That means home sweet home to me. If you follow the old Kit Carson trail, Until desert meets the hills, Oh you certainly will agree with me, It’s the place of a...
Read MoreWhy we became a state
Setting the Record Straight Ok let’s start off by setting some things straight! Nevada did not become a State because we had gold and silver. The reason we become a State was political not financial! Two things were happening at the time in America. First President Lincoln was running for re-election against John Fremont, and General George McClellan. Lincoln thought it would be a close race...
Read MoreThe Will James Story
WILL JAMES (1892-1942) Born Joseph Ernest Nephtali DuFault in Quebec, Canada While traveling in Northern Nevada, my wife and I visited the North Eastern Nevada Museum in Elko. On display at the museum was an exhibit of Will James. In all honesty, I had never heard of Will James until that day but afterwards I found myself eager to learn more about Will James; the cowboy, drifter, artist...
Read MoreNevada State Symbols
Nevada is a state located in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of 110,561 sq miles and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada’s people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its three largest incorporated cities.Nevada’s capital...
Read MoreRhyolite – ghost town
Nevada is full of hidden treasures. One of the worlds most famous ghost towns. Rhyolite is a ghost town in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is located in the Bullfrog Hills, about 120 miles (190 km) northwest of Las Vegas, near the eastern edge of Death Valley. The town began in early 1905 as one of several mining camps that sprang up after a prospecting...
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