Past Pages Aug. 5

130 YEARS AGO

The trout fishers now find plenty of game in the deep pools of the Carson. Since the water has began to run low the fish have left the riffles and gone into the still pools. In another week Gilligan thinks they can be caught with a scoop net.

100 YEARS AGO

The Humboldt Star reports that following the killing of Rock Creek Mike and seven members of his family by the State Police and California cowboys that Indians are seeking revenge. Those traveling in the McDermitt section should take note.

70 YEARS AGO

Shipments of magnesite ore to a refining plant on the San Francisco Bay has begun. The ore is obtained from Luning, near Hawthorne.

50 YEARS AGO

The climax of the celebration honoring Mark Twain's centennial of his arrival in Nevada will be held with a "Tail Twisting" with the combined clubs of the Toastmaster district.

20 YEARS AGO

"Queen of the Shortlines" chronicled in an article by Richard Moreno on Bob Gray's efforts to keep the V&T going.

10 YEARS AGO

Following tensions between the board of Piper's Opera House and the Nevada Shakespeare Festival, the theater company is leaving.

• Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.