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October Statehood, continued from page 1 claim that it was in Esmeralda County.
The town held elections and sent rep-
Desk Schedule Yale Professor William H. Brewer op- resentatives to both California and
posed statehood for Nevada: Nevada. Eventually, a line was drawn
“I see no elements here to make a that favored Nevada, but by that time
Fri/1 J. McManus N. Kresge
state. It has mines of some marvelous Aurora was losing its wealth. Today,
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I. Grieco ○ ○ richness, but it has nothing else, noth- it is a ghost town with hardly anything
Sat/2 W. Barbuck W. Barbuck ○ ○ ○ ing to call people here to live and find remaining.
homes. Every man of culture hopes to In the end, it didn’t matter that Ne-
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Sun/3 V. Sperry P. VanDooremaal ○
make his fortune here, but to enjoy it vada was a personification of the
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Mon/4 S. Stenzel D./V. Wray ○ ○ in more favored lands. The climate is “Wild West,” with its boisterous Vir-
Tues/5 M. Slagle J. Geier ○ ○ ○ bad, water is bad, ginia City, battles
land a desert, and among whites,
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Wed/6 I. Grieco C. Gilmore ○
the population battles with the Indi-
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Thur/7 G. Sayles J. Barrett ○ ○ ○ floating.” ans, and conflicts
Fri/8 I. Grieco R. Linsmeier ○ ○ ○ The outlaw with her neighbors.
Sat/9 J. McManus R. Conductor ○ ○ image was fos- Nevada became a
tered when two state decades before
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D./V. Wray M. Lolich ○ ○
young Indian Utah (1896), New
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M. Lolich ○ ○ ○ girls were Mexico (1912), and
Sun/10 OPEN OPEN ○ ○ kidnapped by Arizona (1912). To-
three white men day, the once
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Mon/11 A. Berg N. Kresge ○ ○
in 1860. An ex- sparsely populated
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Tues/12 V. Sperry J. Geier ○ ○ ○ plosive situation Nevada has more
Wed/13 P. Grand C. Gilmore ○ ○ followed. A rescuing party of Indians than two million people and is grow-
killed the three white men. With that, ing. While tourism—spurred by the
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Thur/14 G. Sayles J. Barrett ○
a punitive expedition of “Nevada Vol- enormous popularity of Las Vegas—
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Fri/15 J. McManus OPEN ○
unteers” was organized by Major is so clearly visible, the gold and sil-
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Sat/16 J. Kisosondi D. Gillette William Ormsby. It was ambushed by ver of her past is still an important part
Sun/17 OPEN L./M. Utah Paiute and Bannock warriors and of Nevada’s economy.
Ormsby was among 76 men killed in Call her lusty, raucous, violent,
Mon/18 S. Stenzel D. Powers
a shocking defeat at Pyramid Lake. magnificent, or mundane . . . Nevada
Tues/19 V. Sperry J. Geier This was soon avenged when a much is not a ship that passes in the night.
Wed/20 OPEN C. Gilmore more powerful force was sent against Happy Birthday!
the Indians. It seemed that Nevada was
Thur/21 G. Sayles J. Barrett
never at rest.
Fri/22 P. Grand OPEN ○ ○ Things didn’t go well with Cali-
Voulunteers Needed
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Sat/23 OPEN M. Rosow ○ ○ ○ fornia, either. The border was always
Sun/ 24 OPEN L./M. Utah ○ ○ in dispute. California had been a state The Tortoise Trot needs volun-
for over ten years and regarded Ne-
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Mon/25 S. Stenzel F. Rhea ○ teers for registration, parking,
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vada as an upstart. Nevadans didn’t and other posi-
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Tues/26 M. Slagle J. Geier ○ ○ ○ care what they thought. The town of tions the day
Wed/27 OPEN C. Gilmore ○ ○ ○ Aurora became a focal point for dis- before and the
Thur/28 G. Sayles J. Barrett ○ ○ pute in the early 1860’s. In just one day of the Trot
year, 27 men were killed in gunfights.
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Fri/29 J. McManus D. Powers ○ on October 31st.
Located high in the mountains, just If you are inter-
Sat/30 OPEN M. Rosow east of the Sierras, it was producing
ested, please email Norm
Sun/31 OPEN OPEN gold . . . millions of dollars in gold. Kresge at nkresge@cox.net.
California claimed it was in Mono
Questions? Call Scott 702-515-5371 County. Nevada countered with a
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