On The Go!
Exploring Nevada – On The GO! Knights of Pythias Cemetery Talk & Tour (Off-site, KOP)
Saturday, April 25, 2026
10 am to 12 pm
Exploring Nevada – On The GO! Knights of Pythias Cemetery Talk & Tour
Doors open at 9:45 am
9:45 – 10 am Check in and sign the liability waiver
10 – 11 am Welcome, introduction, talk, Q&A, and break
11 – 12 pm Cemetery tour and explore
Bill […]
Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO! – In the Shadow of the Sierra and In the Glow of the Sierra Ghost Town Books (Off-site, KOP)
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! – Bowers Mansion: The Legacy of a Comstock Family (Off-site, KOP)
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.
Bower’s Mansion, 1870s. NHS PhotoSummary of Talk: Few estates born from the […]
Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO! – Mark Curtis, One of a Kind, Vol. 2 Book (Off-site, KOP)
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 […]
Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO! – Historical Archaeology in the Cortez Mining District: Under the Nevada Giant (Off-site, KOP)
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! – Here and Hereafter: Nevada Voices on Life and the Great Beyond (Off-site, KOP)
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! – Bulkeley Wells and the Uncertain Luck of the Mining Game (Off-site, KOP)
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 […]
Nevada History: On The GO! – Nevada’s Age-Old Question: Dayton vs Genoa (Off-site, SVL)
June 6, 2026, 1 – 3:00 pm
2-hour special program
Learn the history surrounding Nevada’s oldest community with this amazing Historian panel!
Historian Speaker Panel:
Jeff Kintop, Stan Paher, Mike Fischer, and one additional panelist, […]
Nevada History: On The GO! – After Another Eight Score: Jefferson, Lincoln, and Nevada (Off-site, SVL)
May 2, 2026, 1 – 2:30 pm
Speaker: Dr. Michael Green, UNLV Dept Chair of History, author
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 became a state. How were these people and events connected? This lecture […]
Nevada History: On The GO! – “Undismayed by Any Mere Man”: The Accomplishments of Nevada’s Female Lawmakers, 1919–1959 (Off-site, SVL)
April 4, 2026, 1 – 2:30 pm
Speaker: Dr. Dana Bennett, historian
In 1914, when Nevada women won the right to vote, they also won the right to hold public office. Four years later, Sadie Hurst of Reno became the first woman to win a seat in the Nevada Legislature, blazing the trail for 20 additional […]
