Rhyolite

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
January 15, 2026
Noon

Register for this Lecture:   https://events.washoecountylibrary.us/event/15493116

Title: Rhyolite: The Life and Death of a Boom Town

Speaker: Howard Goldbaum, Emeritus, UNR Reynolds Journalism

Talk Summary: In 1903, there were no buildings, no roads, and no people in what was to become Rhyolite. Only five years later, some […]