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News & Notes, continued from page 3 and organized storage facilities. A reliable Boot Tracks, continued from page 5
vehicle is required for merchandise trans-
Paid Position Open fer to and from off-site storage and landed out here in the Mojave Desert!
occasional errands. Must be able to safely If you haven’t seen this, it alone is worth
he Red Rock Canyon Interpretive lift 30 to 50 pounds. Hours are Monday the trip and makes a perfect picnic spot
Association has an opening for a through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. with plenty of nice shady areas and an-
T part-time Receiving Clerk. The with some flexibility. Mail or fax resume other little wooden bench.
position entails, but is not limited to: to Laurie Stephens, Store Manager, HCR Dale’s Trail is delightful. It offers
receiving store merchandise; verifying 33 Box 5500, Las Vegas, NV 89124 (fax just about everything you could want in
merchandise count; pricing and preparing 702-363-6779).
a hike: magnificent scenery, solitude,
product for sales floor; maintaining clean
abundant wildlife, seasonal water and
beautiful desert gardens. Remember to
pack a hundred gallons of water and get
Nevada - Did you know that . . . ready for one of the best hikes at Red
Rock Canyon. Dale’s Trail scores a full
by Chuck Kleber
eight boots out of ten!
1. When Congress confirmed the new Utah Territory in 1850, it included nearly
all of Nevada.
2. Nevada is bigger than Great Britain in area, but there are about 25 Britons
for every Nevadan.
3. Henry Comstock of “Comstock Lode” fame, broke and despondent in 1870, Desert Trumpet
shot himself. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
4. Nevada’s “Spirit Cave Man,” discovered near Fallon in 1940, is the oldest Editor
human being found in North America. He lived over 9,000 years ago. Barb Wolin
5. Virginia City’s newspaper, Territorial Enterprise, featured a new name—
Contributing Writers
for the first time “Mark Twain” appeared in print. Louis C. Kleber
6. Gambling was forbidden by Nevada’s Governor, James Nye, in the early Tom Pfaendler
1860’s because “ . . . it captivates and ensnares the young.” Jack Ryan
H. Dan Wray
7. California and Nevada have had their share of border disputes. In the 1860’s,
both Mono County, Calif. and Esmeralda County, Nev. claimed Aurora. The town Layout, Design & Publishing
solved the problem by sending representatives to both capitals. Today its few re- Norm Kresge
Barb Wolin
mains could hardly be called a ghost town.
8. Walter Van Tilburg Clark once wrote a poem in which God took 5 days to The Desert Trumpet is published
make most of the world, but kept the remainder for Nevada. monthly by and for FORRC members.
Statements, opinions and points of view
9. “Area 51” is part of an 860,000 acre test site where the mysterious “Hangar expressed by writers are their own and do
18” resides. It is over 100 yards long and 100 feet high. not necessarily reflect those of FORRC.
Please submit all articles, photos and art-
10. Lake Tahoe was discovered by John C. Fremont in 1844. He named it “Lake work NLT the15th of each month by calling
Bon Bland.” It didn’t stick, but the Washoe Indian word “Tahoe,” did. It refers to a 515-5350. If you are interested in becom-
ing part of the Desert Trumpet Committee,
“big water.” contact Editor at 256-8043.
11.Reno was named after Union General Jessie Reno who was killed at the FORRC is a non-profit 501 (3) (c) or-
ganization dedicated solely to the welfare
Battle of South Mountain in 1862. of the Red Rock Canyon National Conser-
12. By 1936, Reno was granting over 3,000 divorces a year. vation Area. FORRC provides both
volunteers and funding for projects includ-
13. In 1910, a storm hit Southern Nevada, so severe that much of the railroad
ing environmental education, teacher
north of Las Vegas was washed away. For months, no train got through from Cali- workshops, natural resource protection,
cultural resource monitoring, hike pro-
fornia to Utah.
grams and other services. Annual individual
14. Between 1910 and 1920, the population of Nevada fell from 81,875 to 77,407. membership is $10.00. General meetings
are held four times a year; Board meetings
15. “Nevada is ten thousand miles of ugliness and beauty, viciousness and vir-
are held on the second Tuesday of each
tue.” Richard G. Lillard, Desert Challenge, an Interpretation of Nevada, 1942. month at Sahara West Library unless other-
wise posted. Messages may be left at
255-8743. Visit our website at
Note: The above extracts are from IN NEVADA – The Land, the People, www.friendsofredrockcanyon.org
God and Chance, by David Thomson.

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