Frances Humphrey Lecture Series "Forgotten Settlements of the Carson Valley" by Tami Force

 11/21/2024  |  06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
  Dema Guinn Concourse  |  Registration Required

Frances Humphrey Lecture Series - Adult ages 18 & up

There are over six hundred ghost towns, thousands of mining camps, stage and railroad stations and mines throughout the Silver State. There’s often a focus on just a handful of ghost towns, such as Berlin, Rhyolite and Belmont. As a result, explorers and historians seem to have forgotten about the smaller sites, their ruins and history hidden for over a century in the Nevada desert. This lecture examines the forgotten settlements of Carson Valley. Who was Jack’s Valley named after? What mysteries does the cemetery contain? Why was there a war in the Pine Nut Mountains at the Buckeye Mine? How did Zirnville in Fish Springs almost become the new Virginia City? Where did Bill Zirn’s headstone originate and what was so deadly about it? Learn about these unusual ghost towns and the forgotten lives of those who lived in the Carson Valley and made Nevada what it is today. This lecture will be presented in person. Admission is $10 for adults, members and children ages 17 and under are free.

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