early history

Nevada History: On The GO! – Nevada’s Age-Old Question: Dayton vs Genoa (Off-site, SVL)
December 8, 2025 | Category: | Tags: , , , , , , ,

June 6, 2026
1:00 – 3:00 pm, a two-hour special program
Title of Program: Nevada’s Age-Old Question: Dayton vs Genoa. A special American 250 Nevada Program

Speakers: Michael Fischer, Jeff Kintop, Stan Paher, and special panelist TBA

Summary of Program: This is a special two-hour program that will look at the age-old question of whether Dayton or Genoa was […]

Nevada History Lecture – Origin of Counties: History and Miscellany
January 25, 2024 | Category: | Tags: , , , , ,

Nevada History Lecture
March 16, 2024
1:00 to 2:30pm
Title of Talk: Origin of Counties: History and Miscellany
Speaker: Jeff Kintop, former state Archivist, and Vice Chair, Nevada Judicial Historical Society

State of Nevada Map, 1905

Summary of Talk

Nevada had 17 counties before 1969 when Ormsby County disappeared as a county and became Carson City, an […]