Several events are scheduled this weekend to honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“Why It Matters”: Nevada Humanities launches civic engagement initiative
By ThisIsRenoBy ThisIsRenoNevada Humanities will spend the first months of 2021 continuing a community dialogue around civic engagement with the Why It Matters initiative.
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In this “bonus post” we share photos and documents Mark Meganck used to trace his American family’s history, which included life in Tonopah.
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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.
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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.
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In 1920 a couple from Bruges in Belgium traveled thousands of miles to live and work in Tonopah, Nevada. Their grandson shares their story.
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Michelle Mitchell’s 1976 murder in Reno is now featured on Paula Zahn’s “On The Case” show.
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Nevada Day: Telegraphed constitution scanned by National Archives
By ThisIsRenoBy ThisIsRenoNevada’s cream-colored telegraphed constitution shows the rush to admit Nevada to the Union in a way we have never seen before.
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It’s Official: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in now listed on the National Register of Historic Places
By ThisIsRenoBy ThisIsRenoThe 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.