Past Page Feb. 22

130 YEARS AGO

From Frank T. Gilbert (continued from Sunday): Then we all go down to cabin, and three white men come out. They look mighty scared and talk heep to Capt. Soo, and -. One start run toward Bucklands and two bring him back. One run for river, jump in me watch, and then drown." Killed at the station were Oscar and David Williams, Samuel Sullivan, John Flemming and Dutch Phil. The owner of the station, J. O. Williams, was camped down the river and found the smoldering remains of the cabin the next day.

100 YEARS AGO

This afternoon Governor Oddie received a telegram from Captain Donnelly of the State Police saying there will be capture or a battle in a very short time. The party of Indians crossed the river about fifty miles below Quinn River Crossing and are suspected of murdering four sheep men in Little High Rock Canyon.

70 YEARS AGO

Senator Ralph Lattin of Churchill county introduced in the senate this afternoon two measures designated to shorten the regular legislative session to a maximum of 40 days.

50 YEARS AGO

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Huntt of Carson City are parents of a boy weighing 7 pounds, 15 ounces at Carson-Tahoe Hospital.

20 YEARS AGO

The Internal Revenue Service auction of three homes owned by Mustang Ranch brothel boss Joe and Sally Conforte was postponed Tuesday pending a legal challenge by Sally Conforte.

10 YEARS AGO

Last-ditch efforts to keep Walmart in Carson City at Fuji Park have ended.

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