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High Noon – December program, The Law of the Miner: The Arizona Experience Book (Virtual Zoom)
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December 17, 2026
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Title: The Law of the Miner: The Arizona Experience Book, from the University of Nevada Press, will be released on September 15, 2026
Speaker: John C. Lacy, author and historian
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The first adventurers into the New World faced a fundamental legal challenge: how to secure rights to any mineral […]
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November 19, 2026
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Title: History of the Nevada State Prison
Speaker: Glen Whorton, historian and board member of the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society
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Glen Whorton began his career as an Officer Trainee in the Department of Prisons and retired after thirty-two years of service. Whorton’s last position was Director of […]
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October 15, 2026
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September 17, 2026
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High Noon – History of the Twenty-Mule Teams program (Virtual Zoom)
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August 20, 2026
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20 Mule Team in Death ValleyTitle: History of the Twenty-Mule Teams of Death Valley
Speaker: Ted Faye, Historian, Author, and Film Producer
Talk Summary: Long before modern branding dominated American culture, one image reigned supreme: a massive train of wagons pulled by twenty mules, stretching across […]
High Noon – An Overview and History of the Nevada State Railroad Museum program (Virtual Zoom)
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July 16, 2026
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Adam Michalski, Curator of History, NSRMTitle: An Overview and History of the Nevada State Railroad Museum
Speaker: Adam Michalski, Curator of History, Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City
Talk Summary: For almost 50 years, the Nevada State Railroad Museum has been part of the Carson City […]
High Noon – History of the Showgirl Legacy Foundation program (Virtual Zoom)
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June 18, 2026
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Title: History of the Showgirl Legacy Foundation
Lou Anne ChessikSpeaker: Lou Anne Chessik, Founder & President
Talk Summary: Learn about the history of the Showgirl Legacy Foundation and how this organization works to preserve and protect the historic significance of the iconic Showgirl as a […]
High Noon – After Another Eight Score: Jefferson, Lincoln, and Nevada (Virtual Zoom)
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May 21, 2026
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Title: After Another Eight Score: Jefferson, Lincoln, and Nevada
An American 250 Nevada Program
Speaker: Dr. Michael Green, historian and author
Summary: At Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln referred back to Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence in describing “a new birth of freedom.” Less than a year later, Nevada was […]
Bulkeley Wells and the United Comstock Mines
Wednesday, January 14, 2026, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm, doors open at 5 pm, Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Author Richard E. Lippoth will talk about his book, Bulkeley Wells and the Uncertain Luck of the Mining Game. This book is a biography about an important but forgotten U.S. […]
High Noon – History of Hamilton, Nevada, White Pine County’s original county seat (Virtual Zoom)
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April 16, 2026
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Sean Pitts, Director of the East Ely Depot.Title: History of Hamilton, Nevada, White Pine County’s original county seat
Speaker: Sean Pitts, Museum Director and historian
Interior store view, Hamilton, Nevada.Talk Summary: Explore the rich history of Nevada’s first eastern mining boom […]
