Comstock

People of the Comstock
Garrett Barmore, Director of the Keck Museum
November 19, 2023 – Noon

Virtual Program. Register: https://events.washoecountylibrary.us/event/10754768

Nevada Historical Society presents High Noon with Neal Cobb, a wonderful history series that delves into fascinating Nevada topics with local experts. Neal Cobb is a passionate historian and honorary curator for the Nevada Historical Society. He loves all […]

Nevada History Lecture
Nevada’s Pioneer Fire Service And The Fire That Destroyed It

June 3, 2023 from 1-2:30pm

Steve Frady, Historian and Journalist

Summary: A look at the development and death of the Virginia Fire Department, Nevada’s first organized fire department that by 1875 boasted more than 500 volunteers […]

Writers’ Wednesday
Peter Mires
Wicked Virginia City

March 8, 2023
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Book signing and wine/cheese Reception
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture

This month’s book is called “Wicked Virginia City” with author Peter Mires who explores the seamy side of this quintessential mining boomtown in his latest book. He will be signing copies of his book […]

High Noon: Shootout with Neal Cobb
Virginia City, the Great Fire, October 26, 1875
Joe Curtis, Guest Speaker
April 20, 2023 – Noon

Virtual Program. Register: https://events.washoecountylibrary.us/event/10005188

Nevada Historical Society presents High Noon with Neal Cobb, a wonderful history series that delves into fascinating Nevada topics with local experts. Neal Cobb is a passionate historian and honorary curator for the […]

Nevada History Lecture
March 25, 2023 from 1-2:30pm

Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D.
Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Prostitution in Nevada
Early Virginia City scene
Prostitution is as much a part of the history of the American West as cowboys, miners, and buffalo. Thousands of women from three continents worked the tenderloin areas of the mining […]