Past Pages

130 YEARS AGO

A well known young lady of this city, with wonderful mediumistic powers, will give a public seance at the Opera House some time next month. To a few friends she has exhibited powers bordering on the miraculous.

100 YEARS AGO

Reliable information has been received that the Southern Pacific is arranging to resume the building of the Fernley-Lassen road, which will connect Fernley and Susanville.

70 YEARS AGO

Residents of the Sunset Addition to Carson City joined last evening in a "housewarming" at the new home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Oliver. Delicious refreshments were served.

50 YEARS AGO

National Guardsmen and civilian volunteers today helped evacuate Battle Mountain residents as flood waters put much of the city under water. Telephone lines were jammed as flood waters reached five feet.

20 YEARS AGO

Too few people are riding the new Carson Valley Commuter buses to cover operating expenses, operators said Wednesday.

10 YEARS AGO

Creative Memories helps area residents preserve and journal family photos.

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