95 years ago
July 3, 1914
Arrangements have been made to bring the great Banner Carnival Company to Gardnerville on July 7th. The African Jungle show is something that you cannot afford to miss. Then, there's the Big Seven in One show, pronounced by those who attended the carnival at Reno to be the greatest attraction ever seen at a street fair and 12 concessions where you can try your skill and wits at a nickel a throw. Every evening the shows will be running full blast, the Gardnerville Band will be liberal with its selections and you will be quite out of it unless you make it a point to be on hand and join in the fun.
80 years ago
July 5, 1929
Around Winnemucca the buckaroos earn some pocket money by trapping mustangs and loading them on the cars at the nearest railroad station receiving $2 a head. Down in the southern end of Nevada, Los Angeles lion tamers and zoological gardens are bidding as high as $7 and $8 for each four legged brute landed in the stockyards.
Horseflesh is known in Los Angeles and surrounding towns as lion fodder, according to Frank Buol who regaled a party of friends with details of a "lion roundup" when he was in Tonopah.
50 years ago
July 2, 1959
Photo caption. Former governors of Nevada, Charles H. Russell and Vail Pittman, are co-chairmen of the Nevada Foundation for a Nation Park during the group's first meeting in Carson City. The two governors are spearheading a drive to bring about establishment of the Great Basin National Park in the Mt. Wheeler-Lehman Caves area of White Pine County.
25 years ago
June 28, 1984
A tree near Alpine County's Indian Creek Reservoir was struck by lightning Saturday, then apparently rekindled Sunday afternoon and torched over 800 acres in a two-day burn. Smoke from the fire was visible from most of the Carson Valley as wind and midday heat apparently caused the original fire in a 75-foot Jeffrey pine to ignite the brush around it. An estimated 250 firefighters were still working on the site Tuesday morning.
10 years ago
June 30, 1999
By July 1, Karen Edwards and her staff and the board of directors of the Family Support Council had hoped to raise $150,000 for a proposed victim's shelter. Thanks to a supportive community, the fund stands at nearly $157,000.
Some $300,000 is needed to develop the shelter, and Edwards' goal is to complete the fundraising campaign by July 1, 2000.
A look at past issues of The Record-Courier by Sharlene Irete.
