Remember when for May 12

95 years ago

May 14, 1915

Scientists are now convinced that the moon has no more influence on crops than it has upon the temperature or the amount of rain or winds or any other weather element, says the government Weekly Bulletin. It is therefore a waste of time to think about the moon in connection with the planting of crops. It has nothing to do with the building of fences, the time for killing hogs, or any other things over which it was once supposed to exert a strong influence.

80 years ago

May 16, 1930

Mary E. Langwith, supervisor of census for the district of Nevada, announced that the population of Minden is 440 for 1930 as compared with 420 in 1920. The farms enumerated in this area totaled 25. The same report shows Gardnerville to have a population of 655. The population of this area was not shown separately in 1920 but was included with the East Fork voting precinct, that gave a population of 1,050. Reports give Carson City a population of 1,500 and Ormsby county in which it is located, 2,221. Reports give Reno a population of 18,494, an increase of 6,478 in the past ten years.

50 years ago

May 19, 1960

Work on the road over Kingsbury Grade continues, and it will be approximately three weeks before it will be open for normal traffic. George Dangberg, county road foreman, said this week that all work is completed on the east slope. Several pieces of road-building equipment are working on the Lake Tahoe side of the summit. When the project is completed for this season, an oiled surface will extend from the Highway 59 intersection to near the summit, said Dangberg.

25 years ago

May 16, 1985

The Nevada Department of Transportation will unveil its plan for widening U.S. 395 between Minden and Carson City at a public hearing. The preliminary plan, described in an environmental impact study, calls for a four-lane highway with a 32-foot depressed median separating northbound and southbound lanes from Muller Lane to Topsy Drive near Carson City. New construction is expected to begin in 1986 after federal approval.

10 years ago

May 10, 2000

Photo caption. No bull. Carson Valley Lions Bill Lovelady and Lee Duncan shovel Storke's best cow manure into bags for sale at the annual Lions Garage and Manure Sale, a fundraiser for the service club, held May 6 in Minden.

A look at past issues of The Record-Courier by Sharlene Irete.