All things considered this annual Burn wasn’t that bad. If Burners in Black Rock City stayed put in camp during the rain and didn’t try…
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After three weeks on the road, 3,000+ miles by rail on AMTRAK and 4,996 driven in a rental car what did we learn wandering around…
When Alvin Mendosa’s long-time friend, Buddy Fraser, passed away in 2018, Alvin received a copy of Buddy’s memoir of town life during World War II.…
To the average browser looking at a shelf of used books on Western Americana at Grassroots Books in Reno it wasn’t much. A weathered old…
While I have written extensively about local history in Mendocino County there is another kind of history I enjoy delving into. Call it culinary history.…
The 1967 song by the WHO “I Can See for Miles and Miles…” could have been the theme for a recent 1,500 mile jaunt through…
Maps are a time trap for historians—just ask the folks at any museum. A map inspection can turn from a quick glance to an hour…
As we enjoy driving deserted roads in the middle of no place my husband and I have a list. We call it the “One of…
Gathering together again the first thing Burners heard on the Black Rock playa was the laughter of old friends reuniting after three years. It was…