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Step back in time with a holiday exhibit at the Dangberg Ranch (video)

November 23, 2009
By Bob Conrad
Step back in time with a holiday exhibit at the Dangberg Ranch (video)

MINDEN — Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park invites the public to a special exhibit of historic toys, games and holiday decorations from the 1870s through the 1940s. Highlights of the exhibit include board and card games from the 1870s and 1880s that were used by Fred Dangberg Jr. and his siblings, as well as...
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History professor to discuss women’s experiences on the California Trail

October 14, 2009
By Bob Conrad
History professor to discuss  women’s experiences on the California Trail

STATE PARKS NEWS RELEASE: MINDEN – Nevada State Parks invites the public to hear History Professor Doris Dwyer present “Women’s Voices from the Overland Trail” at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 17. Dwyer’s presentation is based on the diaries, memoirs and reminiscences of pioneer women and men...
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The true story about the Dangberg family

September 15, 2009
By Bob Conrad
The true story about the Dangberg family

STATE PARKS NEWS RELEASE: MINDEN – Nevada State Parks invites the public to hear C. Stephen Achard Jr. and Conrad Buedel present “Researching the True Story about the Dangberg Family” at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 26. The two authors, whose book on the Dangberg family is...
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Chautauqua of Mary McNair Mathews Saturday at the Dangberg Home Ranch

August 13, 2009
By Bob Conrad
Chautauqua of Mary McNair Mathews Saturday at the Dangberg Home Ranch

Nevada State Parks invites the public to a free Chautauqua performance of Nevadan Mary McNair Mathews at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park in Minden at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 15. Anita Watson portrays Mathews’ years on the Comstock and provides a fascinating look at a remarkable woman and a unique time and...
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