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

Cimarron High School grad, former Faith Lutheran High School coach, and #NFL Safety (2002-09, undrafted out of Fresno State, best season was 2006 with the Washington Redskins) Vernon Fox was born on Oct 9, 1979 in Las #Vegas, NV.
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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 20h

The building for the first Henderson Public Library was renovated and expanded in 1956. The library at Pacific and Water streets re-opened on Oct 9, 1956. The photo shows how it looked soon after reopening in Oct 1956. t.co/NWNBXxrdjW

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 22h

Married in 1967 at the Aladdin Casino in Las Vegas, NV, Elvis and Priscilla Presley were formally divorced in Los Angeles, CA on Oct 9, 1973. tinyurl.com/53485w7c

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 22h

Explorer and head of the Wheeler Survey, George M Wheeler was born on Oct 9, 1842 in Hopkinton, MA. Wheeler Peak in northeast Nevada was named for him. tinyurl.com/3tk6ztm9
Partial image of Wheeler and his survey team from the Smithsonian. t.co/6veZAcNzqr

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 23h

Another horse and buggy accident, this time in Virginia City, Nevada Territory, according to the Oct 9, 1863 Virginia Evening Bulletin. t.co/UJEKVSVIhQ
"Fortunately, Mr Morgan jumped out in time..."

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 1d

The University of Nevada Wolf Pack football team defeated the Cal State Hayward Pioneers by a score of 42-0 on Oct 9, 1965 at the old Mackay Stadium in Reno. They would shut out the Pioneers again in 1966. UNR Digital Collections image of game program. tinyurl.com/5am5m2uf

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 1d

Charles "Pop" Squires of the Las Vegas Age attended the festivities in Los Angeles, CA to celebrate the arrival of electricity generated by the Hoover Dam on Oct 9, 1936. He wrote about the events in the Oct 16, 1936 Las Vegas Age. tinyurl.com/4bwsz3dk

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 1d

Several newspapers in northern Nevada noted an epidemic of measles in Carson City, NV in the fall of 1903, including the Oct 9, 1903 Silver State out of Winnemucca. Also, the Eureka Sentinel and Lyon County Times of Oct 10, 1903. bit.ly/3rDJhpD

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 1d

A two-story inn and Pony Express station built in 1860, Friday's Station at south Lake Tahoe was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Oct 9, 1986. PDF: bit.ly/2VrpXuw Image via bit.ly/3lnWIaS.

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 1d

This short video shows some of the floats in the parade in Los Angeles, CA on Oct 9, 1936 in celebration of the "new illumination, the first electrical power in Los Angeles provided by generators and transformers at the Hoover Dam. VID: bit.ly/30NfFJ6
Including DAMsels!

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 1d

The first generator in Hoover Dam near Boulder City, NV was turned on, successfully generating electricity on Oct 9, 1936. bit.ly/2OyfE6C
There was a parade in Los Angeles, CA that evening, celebrating the arrival of electricity from Hoover Dam. lat.ms/3nxzKx1

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 1d

UNLV Digital Collections has a great set of six photographs of the Union Plaza and Hotel construction site at Main and Fremont Streets in downtown Las Vegas, NV as it looked on Oct 8, 1970. t.co/DsTD9oZyoq

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

Caliente Progress on Oct 8, 1904 reported on a possible $300,000 resort to be built in Las Vegas, NV by railroad builder and US Senator for Montana, William Clark. tinyurl.com/yduu7cvm
The original townsite of Las Vegas was just starting. 7 months before the famous auction.

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

The Oct 8, 1863 Virginia Bulletin mentioned the upcoming fair to be held in Carson City by the Washoe Agricultural, Mining and Manufacturing Society. t.co/2O42FBUbZQ
"... there are lands in this Territory... inferior to none upon this coast in productive powers."

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 2d

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 45 Frémont Cannon football rivalry games between the two schools. bit.ly/1ahn4O1

History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 2d

US Senator for Nevada Harry Reid gave tribute to Nevada media and ad entrepreneurs Tom and Marla Letizia on the floor of the US Senate on Oct 8, 2009. bit.ly/2kwTAvL
"He founded Letizia Ad Team in 1974." "They cofounded Tonopah's first radio station, KPAH-FM..."

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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: t.co/zmhN00ktwI

History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 2d

Hall of Fame race car driver Louis Meyer, 91, died in his retirement town of Searchlight, NV (taken to a Las Vegas hospital) on Oct 7, 1995. Meyer was the first three-time winner of the Indiannapolis 500. He is interred in Inglewood, CA. tinyurl.com/mr2apa4h

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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 2d

On Oct 7, 1982, US President Ronald Reagan became the second sitting president to speak at the University of Nevada campus in Reno, NV. t.co/M0GB15iN7C
"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.

History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 2d

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." t.co/cDtLNErCSz

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