OUR STORY, INC. NEWS RELEASE James Polk was a slaveholder for his entire life. He became an absentee cotton planter, sending slaves to clear plantation land that his father had left him in Tennessee, later buying a cotton plantation in Mississippi which he ran...
MAGGY ANTHONY NEWS RELEASE Join noted mystery series author Maggy Anthony for “Egyptian Intrigue: Thea Stangos Meets King Tut,” a free lecture, book launch and discussion, Sunday, May 20 from 2-3 p.m. at the Wilbur D. May Museum, 1595 N. Sierra St. at Rancho...
OUR STORY INC. NEWS RELEASE John Tyler (1845-49) was dubbed “His Accidency” as he was the first unelected president. He had a long life of public service, was pro-slavery, became a delegate to the Provisional Confederate Congress and was ultimately elected to the Confederate...
OUR STORY, INC. NEWS RELEASE William Henry Harrison had the shortest presidential term in office, dying a month after inauguration. His career, however, reflects the various incarnations and dichotomies slavery could take for public figures. Harrison’s father and grandfather owned many slaves; he took...
UNR NEWS RELEASE While we may brush and floss tirelessly and our dentists may regularly scrape and pick at our teeth to minimize the formation of plaque known as tartar or dental calculus, anthropologists may be rejoicing at the fact that past civilizations were...
OUR STORY, INC. NEWS RELEASE It was during the presidency of Martin Van Buren (1841-45) that the land ultimately called Nevada began to experience travelers of European extraction. The first “American-born”, although English-as -a-second-language speaker, Martin Van Buren was known as a great orator...
JEN HUNTLEY NEWS RELEASE Ever wonder why America has national parks, wilderness areas and other conserved landscapes? Initiated in 1864 with Yosemite Grant, “America’s Best Idea” –the concept of protecting special areas from development—has spread around the world, shaping the relationship between humans and...
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE The monthly Silver Springs potluck lunch social for veterans, military members and their families will take place on Saturday, April 21, at 11 a.m. at the Silver Springs Community Center. The featured speaker will be Dr. Marta Elliott, who advocates for...
BLM NEWS RELEASE ELKO, Nev – The Bureau of Land Management, Elko District, invites you to travel back in time and see first hand the experience of preparing for a months-long journey into the unknown. On Wednesday, April 25,at 7 p.m., travel back to...
OUR STORY, INC. NEWS RELEASE We interrupt this journey through presidents and their pronouncements or status as slave holders to take a look at the Western world at the time. Haiti had started the trend in the New World by abolishing slavery in 1817....
