Famous Author Weds in Washoe Valley
Famous Author Marries in Washoe Valley from Time Magazine, 1968 Married. Erle Stanley Gardner, 79, master of the mysteries (more than 150 million Perry Mason and other books printed to date); and Agnes...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Lavender Side of Washoe Valley
Washoe Valley lavender This series of three articles appeared in RGJ.com and was researched and written by Karl Breckinridge in September, 2006. Some editing has been done to make the story more...
View ArticleNews From 139 Years Ago
Washoe Valley News from 131 years ago: From the Weekly Nevada State Journal August 7, 1875 (from the Enterprise) Washoe Valley Items Hay, Grain, etc.- Wood, Lumber, etc. -A “Ragged Edge” Affair in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Dude Ranch Years
The Dude Ranch Years, 1931-1960. William McGee was a wrangler at the Flying ME dude ranch in Franktown for several years from 1947 on. His book, The Divorce Seekers, written in 2004 gives a fun account...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Flumes of the Comstock
Flumes were water filled wooden troughs that brought wood and lumber down from the mountains to feed the Comstock Lodes insatiable need for lumber and fuel. The mountains from Gardnerville to Reno and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Washoe City Cabin
This is an update of an article originally published on this site in 2012. I have been asked several times about the history of the dilapidated log cabin on hwy 395 in Washoe City. This is the one on...
View ArticleDigging a Tunnel from Washoe Valley To Tahoe
A dam at the north end of the valley, at the head of Pagni Canyon, rising 50 feet and 248 feet long would create a “Lake Washoe” filling Washoe Valley with water from a massive pipe tunneled through...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Little Washoe City History
Every so often we like to remind locals of the great western history we have all around us in Washoe Valley. This ranges from the ancient natives that found plentiful water and food here on the edge of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Washoe City Cemetery
I’ve had a request from a local historian to help with restoring the Washoe City Cemetery and honoring our past pioneers. Near as we can tell, a cleanup was last done in the 1962 by a 4H group with the...
View Article
