history

Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Building open
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture

Speaker: Tami Force, Photographer, Writer, and Traveler

Book Titles: In the Shadow of the Eastern Sierra: Ghost Towns and Historical Sites in the Eastern Sierra-Northern Region and In the Glow of the Sierra: Ghost Towns and […]

Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Building open
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture

Speaker: Tammy Buzick, author

Book Title: Bowers Mansion: The Legacy of a Comstock Family, published by the University of Nevada Press.

Summary of Talk: Few estates born from the […]

Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Building open
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture

Speaker: Mark Curtis, author

Book Title: One of a Kind: The People and Places that make Reno the Biggest Litty City in the World, Volume 2

Summary of Book:

Personal stories from northern Nevadans past and present, including […]

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. […]

Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Building open
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture

Speakers: Erich Obermayr and Robert W. McQueen, authors and archeologists

Book Title: Historical Archaeology in the Cortez Mining District: Under the Nevada Giant, published by the University of Nevada Press.

Title of Talk: “An Archaeological Tour of Nevada’s […]

Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Building open
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture

Speaker:Pat Hickey, Author and Columnist

Book Title: Here and Hereafter: Nevada Voices on Life and the Great Beyond

Summary of Talk: A profound exploration of human experience through the lens of those who call Nevada home. The […]

Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Building open
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Lecture

Speaker: Richard Lippoth, Mining Engineer and Geologist

Book Title: Bulkeley Wells and the Uncertain Luck of the Mining Game

Title of Talk: Bulkeley Wells and the United Comstock Mines

Book Overview: This book is a biography about an […]

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 Linda Clements.

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

May 2, 2026, 1 – 2:30 pm
Speakers: David and Gayle Woodruff, historians and authors
Donnor Summit photo

Daring and Dangerous Donner Summit

Using a trove of rare and seldom‑seen photographs, local historians and authors David and Gayle Woodruff take you on a fast‑paced and often humorous journey across Donner Summit—one of America’s most […]

John C. Frémont’s Bumpy Path from Fame to Obscurity
Special Nevada Day Program

October 3, 2026
1:00 to 2:30 pm

Nevada History – On The GO! Lecture 2026
The Nevada Historical Society’s building may be closed for an exciting remodel, but you can still enjoy their fascinating lectures at the Sierra View Library during their closure. NHS Nevada History […]