early history
Nevada History: On The GO! – Nevada’s Age-Old Question: Dayton vs Genoa (Off-site, SVL)
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
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
Summary of Talk
Nevada had 17 counties before 1969 when Ormsby County disappeared as a county and became Carson City, an […]