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Quiz : All About Ne vada able pot holes. Directly in front of us we
got views of the distant Kelso Dunes. On
by Chuck Kleber our left were the Providence Mountains
and to our right, we noticed the evidence
How far does your knowledge go? This one isn’t easy, but a real Nevadan
will score high. of volcanic activity.
Kelso Depot is in the final stages of
1. The equestrian statue in front of Nevada’s Supreme Court Building is a complete renovation and Jim drove
(a) Kit Carson, (b) Jessie Reno, (c) John C. Fremont, (d) Patrick McCarran straight into the contractor’s parking lot.
He spoke to the site agent and, from the
2. Ash Meadows in the Amargosa Valley is a National Wildlife Refuge (T) (F)
disappointed look on Jim’s face, we all
3. Comstock is one of Nevada’s most famous men. His first name was (a) Robert, thought we were doomed to view the
(b) James, (c) Henry renovated Depot at a distance. Just then,
Ranger J.D. Duncan drove up wonder-
4. In 1861, the year the Civil War started, Nevada’s population was about (a) 5,500, ing who we all were. I’m afraid the next
(b) 10,500, (c) 15,500
part of the story deserves a spot of its own
5. The film, The Misfits, was set and filmed in Nevada (T) (F) and you will have to “watch this space”
in a future edition of the Desert Trumpet.
6. Highway 375 is also called (a) The Extra-Terrestrial Highway, (b) The Area 51 Suffice it to say that some two hours later
Route, (c) The Highway to Nowhere
we had been treated to an experience we
7. “Tahoe” is a Washoe word meaning “Big Water” (T) (F) will all remember for a very long time.
We had intended driving over to the
8. Lake Tahoe is the third highest lake in the world (T) (F) Kelso Dunes, but time had caught up on
us and so we turned into Kelbaker Road
9. That cowboy standing over the Pioneer Club on Fremont Street is called and drove down to Baker past the cinder
(a) Slim, (b) Vegas Vic, (c) Nevada Carson
cones and lava beds for a late lunch at
10. Casino gambling was legalized by Nevada in (a) June, 1915, (b) April, 1924, The Mad Greek before returning
(c) March, 1931 to Vegas.
Thank you Jim, Scott, and Kate for
11. The Colorado River meets the sea at the (a) Gulf of Mexico, (b) Gulf of all the time and trouble you took to make
California, (c) Salton Sea.
the outing not only enjoyable, but
12. Daily pay for laborers on the Hoover Dam was (a) $3, (b) $4, (c) $5, (d) $10 so informative.

13. By 1960, the population of Nevada was still only 385,278 (T) (F)

14. Nevada’s “State Flower” is the (a) Desert Trumpet, (b) Yucca, (c) Sagebrush
“The mission of
15. Genoa was once known as Mormon Station (T) (F)
Answers on page 3 Friends of Red Rock

Canyon is to support

the Bureau of
to be a wooden hut that looked as though to having been postmistress there only
it had seen better days. The story goes from the 1960s. Land Management in
that it is the old- We made
est post office our way from the protection and
continuously in there towards
operation west Kelso Depot enrichment of the Red
of the Missis- along a road Rock Canyon National
sippi. Whether which should, in
that is true or parts, carry a Conservation Area.”
not, it certainly health warning
dates from the because of its
1860s. Irene state of disrepair
Ausmus admits ©Norm Kresge 2004 and innumer-
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