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The University of Nevada, Reno @unevadareno.bsky.social · 19h

Rooted in tradition, but looking towards the future. A new look, but the same Wolf Pack we've always been. A new chapter is about to begin, and you're part of our story. The next chapter starts October 20. Stay tuned! Images courtesy of the Special Collections archives.

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 7h

A year after his movie Tarzan the Ape Man, Johnny Weissmuller married Mexican actress Lupe Vélez in Las #Vegas, NV on Oct 8, 1933. bit.ly/2fU6fUz Photo from the same day in Los Angeles, CA. imdb.to/3d7PxxK

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 8h

Great aerial view of the Union Plaza Hotel under construction in downtown Las Vegas, NV as it looked on Oct 8, 1970. The Plaza would open in Jul 1971. t.co/7Zpx5T39OS

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 8h

Maternal grandfather to Sarah Winnemucca, Paiute leader Chief Truckee died at Como, Utah Territory, near Dayton in what is now Lyon County, NV, on Oct 8, 1860, during the annual Paiute pine nut harvest there. t.co/4757Dkp87A t.co/Ju55Yw2Ejd

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 8h

Boxer turned MGM Baccarat dealer, Peter "Buster" Bufala, 32, was shot and killed in his driveway on South Spencer Ave in Las Vegas, NV early on Oct 8, 1976. The murder remains unsolved. t.co/4y0nHcsbsI Note: Bufala's brother Edward wrote a book "Who Killed Buster?"

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 9h

Las Vegas Metro Officer Milburn Wilbur "Milli" Beitel III, 30, died on Oct 8, 2009 at University Medical Center in Las Vegas, NV from injuries sustained in a car accident on duty the day before. t.co/P37rFwWsqs #EOW

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 9h

The University of Nevada Wolf Pack defeated the UNLV Rebels 37-0 in Reno, NV on Oct 8, 2011. It was the only shutout in the 49 Frémont Cannon football rivalry games between the two schools. t.co/GyfaOemllU

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 9h

Captain Robert Rogers led the steamboat Esmeralda with a barge and 90 tons of freight into Callville on the Colorado River on Oct 8, 1866 "after a struggle of three months." t.co/WZnLzPWl4j Attached text from Steamboats of the Colorado River, Richard Lingenfelter, 1978.

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 10h

The first news from the new Esmeralda Mining District in what was thought to be Mono County, CA (it was in Utah Territory then, but would later be Esmeralda County in Nevada Territory in what is now Mineral County, NV) in the Oct 8, 1860 Alta California. t.co/eGjeSkvJp6

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 11h

The Tonopah Bonanza of Oct 8, 1904 mentioned that snow fell in White Pine County on Sep 24, 1904. Also, the Tonopah Railroad added a sleeping car, the first in Nevada. This was the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad which had a luxury Pullman sleeping car.

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 12h

The Huntridge Theater on East Charleston in Las #Vegas, NV opened as movie theater on Oct 10, 1944. bit.ly/15Xq0C9 Grand opening advertisement from the Oct 8, 1944 Las Vegas Age.

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 12h

The Oct 8, 1863 Virginia Bulletin mentioned the upcoming fair to be held in Carson City by the Washoe Agricultural, Mining and Manufacturing Society. bit.ly/2SErRYo "... there are lands in this Territory... inferior to none upon this coast in productive powers."

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 19h

An envelope mailed from Silver City, then still Utah Territory, just south of Virginia City, on Oct 8, 1860 to an address in New York, sold at auction for $550 plus fees in 2010. t.co/nLXe1aOqpN

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 19h

US President Lyndon Johnson signed an Act to establish the Lake Mead National Recreation Area on Oct 8, 1964. The Act incorporated and expanded the Boulder Dam Rec Area. t.co/r3I4VtVsnS On Oct 8, 2014, Lake Mead NRA celebrated its 50th birthday. t.co/b7lumlyMBL

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 20h

Dating back about 1700 years, the Anasazi "Lost City" Pueblo Grande de Nevada, in south Moapa Valley was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Oct 8, 1982. PDF: t.co/fQ5i9FUGBJ Note: Learn more at the Lost City Museum in Overton, NV. t.co/PoBcacTUbZ

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Nevada Assemblyman (1893-95), Elko County District Attorney (1896-98), Nevada Supreme Court Justice (1897-1902), and US Senator for Nevada (appointed, 1912-13) William Massey was born on Oct 7, 1856 in Oakfield, OH. t.co/WFbxelm1J1 Oct 12, 1912 Las Vegas Age article.

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Per the Oct 7, 1930 Las Vegas Age, a slot machine was stolen from the Cherry Blossom Cafe in Las Vegas, NV, but was recovered with its bounty still inside about two miles out of town near the highway to the northwest. t.co/tfLPC2wtaz

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Born in Chloride, AZ in 1917, family moved to Wells, NV in 1924, author, historian, and journalist, Jean Sybil McElrath died in Wells, NV on Oct 7, 1967. t.co/m0sygBmuY7

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The 29th and final nuclear test for Operation Plumbbob, the 8kt "Morgan" test, was detonated at the Nevada Test Site on Oct 7, 1957. t.co/hC1Nnsly9l Note: Debris from Morgan left Maine heading over the Atlantic Ocean on Oct 10, 1957.

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Humboldt County Sheriff (1903-19, 1929-33), Selah Graham Lamb was shot four times and killed on duty near Golconda, NV on Oct 7, 1933. t.co/PawtqivsjX #EOW

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

On Oct 7, 1982, US President Ronald Reagan became the second sitting president to speak at the University of Nevada campus in Reno, NV. bit.ly/2SBmucw "I'd like to make this a pep rally for the Wolf Packs' victory tomorrow." Note: The Pack won, but it was on Oct 9.

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

An Oct 7, 1989 Reno Gazette-Journal article noted Bob Stupak's desire for a landmark structure (the Stratosphere) for Las Vegas. bit.ly/2HB3APF "I'm trying to do for Las Vegas what the Eiffel Tower did for Paris..." "The plans... have met with city resistance."

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Churchill County Eagle newspaper was founded on Oct 6, 1906 by A P Bettersworth. It became the Fallon Eagle, and lasted well into 1958. tinyurl.com/5jvu3juu Image of the Fallon Eagle office in 1915 via the Churchill County Museum.

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Washoe County District Attorney, Nevada Lieutenant Governor (1975-79), and Nevada Supreme Court Justice (1989-2007), Robert E Rose was born on Oct 7, 1939 in NJ. bit.ly/3rN7PzW

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Amid their silver boom, the Reese River Reveille of Oct 7, 1864 boasted that there were so many buildings going up in Austin, that "it is so difficult to obtain all the names." bit.ly/36CyrH4

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Wonderful map of the "Boulder Dam Area and Las Vegas, NV" by C H Fenner from Oct 7, 1930, leading up to the construction of Hoover Dam. Full image in the UNLV Digital Collection: bit.ly/3PL3CVr

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Son of Irish immigrants, arrived in Goldfield, NV in 1906, lawyer, and subsequent patriarch to several political and judicial Foleys in Nevada, Thomas L Foley was born on Oct 6, 1859 in Medina, NY (Foley's headstone reads 1858). t.co/4Ahbpbc8kF t.co/b25HquObVD

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Oct 6, 1871 Daily State Register out of Carson City, NV mentioned the arrest of Mormon leader and former Governor of Utah Territory in Salt Lake City for adultery. The charges stated that Young co-habitated with 16 different women at that time. bit.ly/2NqKry1

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Accidents do not happen - they are caused." - Basic Bombardier, Oct 6, 1944

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Pioche lawyer and merchant, Nevada Assemblyman (1889-91), Nevada State Senator (1885-89), and Nevada Lieutenant Governor (1891-95), Joseph Poujade was born on Oct 6, 1852 in Marion County, Oregon Territory. bit.ly/2Nt8MTX Note: Ad from the Sep30, 1882 Pioche Record.

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A Post Office opened in former Tonopah & Goldfield railroad station town Coaldale, NV, on Oct 6, 1904, west of Tonopah. It closed in 1908. bit.ly/33znm7x Note: If you drive the 95 between Tonopah and Hawthorne, you're familiar with the abandoned structures at Coaldale.

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Aurora Times editor R E Draper was wounded in the foot in a duel (shotgun at 40 yards) by Dr W E Eichelroth on Oct 5, 1863 at Bodie Ranch, west of Aurora. t.co/5VcwGjfUjK "The duel had resulted from some trivial matter, but Draper was crippled for life."

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ashley Powers wrote of the Virginia City, NV outhouse races in the Los Angeles Times on Oct 25, 2009. t.co/9QUBzNH0So The 30th annual "World Championship" Outhouse Races in Virginia City began on Oct 5, 2019. 37th annuals event finished yesterday. t.co/acq4NKIb8K

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Virginia & Truckee Railroad Locomotive #4 "Virginia" arrived at Reno, NV from Philadelphia, PA on Oct 5, 1869. It would start service on the new line in Nov 1869. tinyurl.com/3j7m9dn8

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A mining dispute in the Waller Defeat shaft of Justice Mine at Gold Hill, NV, left five miners shot and killed on Oct 3, 1874 by parties unknown. t.co/m2QnET68SQ Article from the Oct 5, 1874 Gold Hill News. t.co/vRrcNzLVj7

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A couple of local tidbits from the Oct 5, 1907 Reese River Reveille: one on the effect of wages on the local economy and one note on undesirables asked to leave town. bit.ly/3ne87sy

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Widow of longtime owner and editor Henry R Mighels, Nellie Mighels hired Sam P Davis, who would be her future husband, on Oct 5, 1880 as the editor if the Carson Morning Appeal in Carson City, NV. bit.ly/2Nni6ZD Note: Davis later authored a two-volume History of Nevada.

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Nevada Southern University, now know as #UNLV, had an article in its Oct 5, 1967 Rebel Yell that complained about the University of Nevada Reno Sagebrush: "Reno speaks for us?" bit.ly/3tgLcnT Such rebels.

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Oct 5, 1873 Pioche Record declared the weather "delightful" and then complained about the flies that remain due to the balmy weather. bit.ly/2zUoJPp

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sponsored by then US Senator for Nevada Richard Bryan, the US Senate passed Senate Resolution 326 on Oct 5, 2000 asserting the annual Elko, NV cowboy poetry gathering as the official US National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. bit.ly/2Gj4MIh

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This UNLV Digital Library image of the Boulder City Elementary School in Boulder City, NV was taken on Oct 5, 1932. The building is currently used as the City Hall for that town. tinyurl.com/2s4y86cr

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

On Oct 4, 1931, crews were blasting in Black Canyon along the Colorado River east of Las Vegas to get to solid rock before building what would be the Hoover Dam. UNLV Digital Collections: t.co/r7eAAzDuPR

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Among this set of 28 pictures taken at UNLV on Oct 4, 1991 is this view of the Las Vegas Strip looking west from campus and the view through the Rod Lee Bigelow Health Sciences building under construction. UNLV Digital Collections: t.co/vtbH4QzEKK

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal left a restaurant on East Sahara in Las #Vegas, NV in the evening of Oct 4, 1982. When he got inside his Cadillac in the parking lot at Tony Roma's restaurant, near Marie Callenders, the car exploded. t.co/h8iVuv6Hqw

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Nevada 4-H extension of the University of Nevada started in 1914. 4-H clubs helped provide young people with better agricultural education. t.co/QH0hXeckuM On Oct 4, 2003, US Senator for Nevada Harry Reid issued a commendation recognizing 89 years of Nevada 4-H.

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Article from Nevada in the Oct 4, 1867 Alta California says, among other things, that pigeon shooting in Virginia City, NV suffers for lack of birds. t.co/DDDz2jzfNG

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Apparently, loudly singing variations of Yankee Doodle in Pioche, NV was frowned upon by the authorities based on this account from the Oct 4, 1873 Pioche Record. bit.ly/2Vm6L1y

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Mark Twain's Petrified Man hoax was published in the Oct 4, 1862 Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nevada Territory. t.co/R4Q6ygWPsr Note: The illustration is from a compilation of Twain's works published in 1882. "Note the position of the Petrified Man's hands."

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Future Governor Vail Pittman and pioneer auto dealer in southern Nevada, James Cashman went on a hunting trip to Kingston Canyon, south of Austin, NV, where, on Oct 4, 1936, his party bagged eight bucks, one per man it seems. UNLV Digital Collections: t.co/KvQy6vvLLB

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