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NHS Artown Talks – On The GO! at Nevada Sunset Winery, Sat. July 25
March 27, 2026 | Category: | Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

NHS Artown Talks – On The GO!
Program Schedule
Saturday, July 25, 2026

Discover this year’s NHS Artown – On the GO! talks.

The Nevada Historical Society’s building may be closed for an exciting remodel, but you can still enjoy these fascinating lectures at the Nevada Sunset Winery during the closure.

NHS Artown Talks – On The GO! Series […]

Early Virginia City scene Nevada History Lecture – Prostitution in Nevada
February 23, 2023 | Category: | Tags: , , , ,

Nevada History Lecture
March 25, 2023 from 1-2:30pm

Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D.
Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Prostitution in Nevada
Early Virginia City scene
Prostitution is as much a part of the history of the American West as cowboys, miners, and buffalo. Thousands of women from three continents worked the tenderloin areas of the mining […]