History

Several events are scheduled this weekend to honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nevada Humanities will spend the first months of 2021 continuing a community dialogue around civic engagement with the Why It Matters initiative.

In this “bonus post” we share photos and documents Mark Meganck used to trace his American family’s history, which included life in Tonopah.

In the third part of Mark Meganck’s Nevada family history we leave Tonopah for Detroit and Belgium, but make a return to Las Vegas.

In part 2 of Mark Meganck’s family history in Tonopah, he shares some of the discoveries he made in reading the Tonopah Daily Bonanza.

In 1920 a couple from Bruges in Belgium traveled thousands of miles to live and work in Tonopah, Nevada. Their grandson shares their story.

This Is Reno’s Ty O’Neil took a trip along the Washoe ArTrail this month and shares images of the trail.

Michelle Mitchell’s 1976 murder in Reno is now featured on Paula Zahn’s “On The Case” show.

Nevada’s cream-colored telegraphed constitution shows the rush to admit Nevada to the Union in a way we have never seen before.

The downtown Reno church has a towering carillon bell tower and picturesque location along the Truckee River, and it is now on the National Register of Historic Places.