Past Events

“Mark Twain and Dan DeQuille Hoaxers and Jokesters of the Territorial Enterprise”   Description: Doug will concentrated on Mark Twain’s more famous hoaxes, The Massacre Outside Carson City, The Petrified Man, and the Miscegenation Society and DeQuillie’s more famous “quaints,” The Rolling Stones of the Pahranagat, The Solar Armour. He will  also addressed the influence that Artemus Ward had on Mark Twain and the visit of Adah Mencken Bio: Doug Borchert is a native Nevadan ( Ely 1942) who has had…

"What Happened to all the Old Buildings" Final chapter part four. Description: The Comstock’s own Huxsters of History, the VC Relic AKA Ron Gallagher and Prof. E.P. Stinkwater AKA Joe Curtis, will present their 4th installment to sum up the subject of “What Happened to all the Old Buildings” on the Comstock. What were they, what happened to them, what is there now, who owned them and what did they house inside them.  Their intention is to pass on the caretaker…

"Clairvoyant, Spiritualist, Physician Mrs. C.M. Stowe appearance in Gold Hill 1866" Description: Mrs. C.M. Stowe was a prominent Spiritualist who traveled the Pacific Coast during the 1860s and 1870s giving lectures and offering her many clairvoyant talents.  She appeared at the Vesey House (later known as the Gold Hill Hotel) in April of 1866 to lecture and offer clairvoyant physician services.  Stowe was a speaker, as well as medical and business clairvoyant.  She was well respected by both believers and…

"Beyond the Tunnel" A book presentation & lecture about Adolph Sutro by Author Mark Stern Description: Adolph Sutro was famous for three things: the tunnel under the Comstock Silver Mines which bore his name; his dominance over the real property in San Francisco where he owned one twelfth of the city’s real estate; and his election as Mayor of that city. Earlier biographical treatments of Sutro concentrated upon construction of the tunnel and devoted little space to his other accomplishments.…