High Noon

High Noon
November 20, 2025
Noon

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Title: Special Collections & University Archives: Who We Are, What We Do, and Why You Should Care

Speaker: Laura Rocke, Community and University Archivist, UNR

Talk Summary: Laura Rocke will talk about UNR’s Special Collections and University Archives — what it is, […]

High Noon 

A Nevada Day Program
October 16, 2025
Noon

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Title:  Monumental Lies – Early Nevada Folklore of the Wild West

Speaker: Ron James, historian, author, and folklorist

Talk Summary: Folklore is embedded into the mystique of the Wild West. The region’s stories of its early founders, accounts […]

High Noon

September 18, 2025
Noon

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Title: Lost City Museum: A Hidden Gem on Southern Nevada’s Arrowhead Trail

Speaker: Virginia ‘Ginny’ L. Lucas, Curator and Archaeologist, Lost City Museum

Talk Summary: Virginia ‘Ginny’ L. Lucas, curator and archaeologist, tells us about the Lost City Museum. Completed in 1935, the Boulder […]

High Noon
Thursday, June 19, 2025

Due to the Juneteenth federal holiday, no High Noon program is scheduled for June 2025.

Make sure to check out July’s program, Death Valley’s Improbable Gold Rush with guest speaker, Ted Faye, historian, author and film […]

August 21, 2025
Noon

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Title: Surviving Railroad Depots of Nevada

Speaker: Jean-Guy Tanner Dubé

Talk Summary: Nevada’s railroad history is long, rich, and varied, dating back to 1868 when the Central Pacific Railroad reached the state, building east from Sacramento, California. In a century and a half since, the Battle Born state has been […]

July 17, 2025
Noon

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Title: Death Valley’s Improbable Gold Rush

Speaker: Ted Faye, Author and Film Producer

Talk Summary: At the turn of the last century the most famous desert region in America was located on the Nevada-California border bearing the ominous name, “Death Valley.”  While rumors of its riches began with the first […]

Bohos, Hucksters, and Hippies-Oh My! A Quick Dash through 20th Century Virginia City

Michael A. “Bert” Bedeau, Architectural and general historian
March 20, 2024 – Noon

Virtual Program: Register for Program: https://events.washoecountylibrary.us/event/13535886

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 […]

The Story of Kimmie Candy

Joseph F. Dutra
June 20, 2024 – Noon

Virtual Program. Register: https://events.washoecountylibrary.us/event/11983474

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 things Nevada. […]

Home is Nevada: Animal Ark Video, episode #9
Neal Cobb, Historian
December 21, 2023 – Noon

Virtual Program. Register: https://events.washoecountylibrary.us/event/11228480

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 […]

Mark your calendars for the NHS High Noon: Shootout with Neal Cobb History Lectures!

The Nevada Historical Society is working with the Washoe County Library to provide our monthly lecture series on all things Nevada by Zoom. The fall lecture series starts back again on the third Thursday in November. We want to give a […]