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In a few weeks, everyone will be remembering Elvis Presley on the day he died, Aug. 16. On Thursday, Las Vegas should pay more attention to the day he was reborn, one that changed things around here for keeps.
One of the best preserved of vintage Nevada mining boom towns, Eureka remains a good place to explore the state’s colorful past and a nice town to visit. Born of a silver-lead boom in 1865, Eureka still benefits from mining in a county with some of the biggest gold mines in the world. Although its population, presently about 1,900 people, grows when mining thrives, the sedate county seat will never again become Nevada’s second largest city as it was in the 1870s with a population of nearly 11,000.
Cut by a little creek, peaceful meadows surrounded by wooded hills in southwestern Utah belie the horrific events that occurred there in 1857 when 120 California-bound emigrants died during the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Both battlefield and graveyard, the 2,500-acre site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also seeks to have the site memorialized as a national landmark, a lengthy process.
He has a World Series ring, a Super Bowl ring, two Olympic medals and he’s gone through more title belts than he can remember. But Rick Harrison has never been on a Wheaties box, never had to gulp raw eggs Rocky-style, and the closest he came to breaking a sweat to get them was reaching for his wallet.
There hasn’t been a showdown with Elvis. Not until September, anyway. But Damian Brantley’s stock has gone through the roof.
Tiny Genoa lies in the verdant Carson Valley at the base of the Sierra Nevada, about 10 miles from Nevada’s capital, Carson City, on Nevada Highway 206. Nevada’s oldest community, Genoa began in 1850 with the establishment nearby of a seasonal trading post along the emigrant trail to the California gold fields.
She’s stolen priceless works of art, a jury trial and a room full of orphans. She’s stolen the Hope Diamond and put it back, all because she was bored. And she’s stolen — cue the schmaltz in three … two … one — the hearts of viewers.
Meaghan Martin is one good Nickelodeon appearance away from cornering the market on tweens.
Nature creates bountiful gardens in Southern Utah’s high country during the short summer season, usually peaking in July. Springtime arrives late atop the 10,000-foot plateaus. Plants hasten to produce flowers and seed for future years in the brief weeks between the last of snow melt in May or June and the return of autumn in September.