Be a part of Gardnerville family heritage book

Staff Reports

If your family has owned a business or lived in Gardnerville for two or more generations, you could be part of the retelling of Gardnerville's history. Main Street Gardnerville plans to develop and publish a Gardnerville Heritage Cookbook with old photographs, diary excerpts, store or business ledger pages, and newspaper articles. The purpose of the Main Street Gardnerville's fundraising project is to give a feeling of what it was like to live in Gardnerville in years past.

A family member must have owned a business in downtown Gardnerville or been a resident of Gardnerville for about 50 years.

Submitted recipes, photos, and original documents such as property deeds, diary excerpts, store or business ledger pages, bills of sale, newspaper articles, postcards, letters, family trees, household or business bills, hotel bills, or menus from family restaurants must have been created or handed down by at least a second-generation family member.

Recipes can be in the original hand of the cook and could include the history of the recipe's development or a fond memory associated with it. Photos can be of the family business, family home, family members or an event. Other suggestions are handwritten memos, stories about how your family came to the area, how your parents met or childhood memories.

The Main Street Gardnerville program is part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Information, www.mainstreetgardnerville.org or Paula Lochridge, 782-8027.