150 years of douglas county progress

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VOLUNTEERSVOLUNTEERSOF THEOF THEMONTHMONTH

What are your duties?- Douglas County Disaster Team Lead: Coordinate and deploy response teams to disaster events in Douglas County and portions of Lyon and Carson counties. Assist in volunteer recruitment. Coordinate American Red Cross participation in community events including the Halloween Safe Streets and Parade of Lights events. - Northern Nevada Logistics Team: Coordinate logistic support to disasters in northern Nevada. Locate and process facilities & food service providers willing to partner with the American Red Cross when disasters occur in our communities.- Service to the Armed Forces: Coordinate the Holiday Mail for Heroes program in Douglas County. Last year Douglas County provided over 750 greeting cards to active service members during the holiday season. - Certified Trainer of disaster services operations for volunteers.

How much time do you volunteer per month?Approximately 25 hours

Favorite aspect of volunteering?Being part of something larger than myself, offering help and support to people in need and making our world a little better one service at a time.

Why and how did you become a volunteer?I was inspired by my grandmother, Madeline DiCaita who always stressed my responsibility to be in service to others in my community. I started volunteering as a teenager helping the elderly and have volunteered in music, forestry,and children’s programs and now with disaster services. I find life is a richer adventure when I am helping other people.

What would you say to others to encourage others tovolunteer?We all have the opportunity to help someone else. In doing so, we are not only are we helping humanity we are helping ourselves.

December 2011Karen Davis

American Red Cross

How long have you lived here in Douglas County? 10 years.

Town of residenceMinden.

Where did you live before moving here to Douglas County?Camarillo, California.

FamilyHusband-Wayne and Sons - Matt & Josh

Are you currently working or retired?Retired.

If retired, former profession?Owner of LSR Enterprises; a data process-ing company in Minden.

How long have you been a volunteer?Over 30 years.

Where do you currently volunteer?American Red Cross

November 2011Daisy MorganKids & HorsesTherapeuticRiding Center

How long have you lived here in Douglas County? Since 1999

Town of residenceMinden

Where did you live before moving here to Douglas County?Las Vegas

FamilyMy daughter Sandy developed normally until she was 2 ½and then she started regressing. A doctor recommendeda program for her to be tested. She was diagnosed withAutism. We moved to Minden in 1999 to be part of aresearch program for my husband’s illness. We love thecommunity. When I was diagnosed with cancer and I feltlike I needed to find a recreational program for Sandy. Ihadn’t found anything for her in Minden until a neighborrecommended Kids & Horses. We were on the waitinglist for three years and then Sandy started riding in July of2005. We both fell in love with the program and a horsenamed Tennessee. He would lick Sandy. Sandy has lovedKids & Horses from day one. She has made such progress.Her first words have been “walk” and “Whoa!” and she juststarted using her reigns! The program is phenomenal.

Are you currently working or retired?I work at Minden Emergent Care.

Where do you currently volunteer?I have been captain of the Min-den Emergent Care relay for life team since 2003. Sandy also helps with that. I have been in remission for 9 years. I havebeen a volunteer at Kids & Horses since Sandy has started riding in July of 2005.

What are your duties?I am a side-walker for other students in the program and I do whatever else needs to be done. I also keep up with weeds and help volunteer at fundraiser events.

How much time do you volunteer per month?About 20 hours a month.

Why and how did you become a volunteer?Kids & Horses has meant everything to my daughter, Sandy. She has developed so much – it has been like a night and day difference. When I volunteer I see what it does for the children. The kids here overcome so much to be able to get on their horse and ride. That is why I volunteer.

Favorite aspects of volunteering?I love the kids. I like it when I see their accomplishments.

What would you say to others to encourage others tovolunteer?If everyone saw what I see everyday they would love to comeout here and volunteer. One of the students that I side-walkfor overcomes so much to get on that horse and ride. I see heranticipation…it is phenomenal. And I see the glow that theprogram gives my daughter; and the sparkle in her eyes.

A.V.I.D. is a non-profit group that promotes, maintains and supports volunteerism in Douglas County and provides avenues for recognition and encouragement of volunteers.

For more info, contact A.V.I.D. at : 775-783-6450, or write to: AVID P.O. Box 1057, Minden NV 89423, or view online at www.douglasvolunteers.org

Any of the 149 Douglas County residents appearing in thefollowing pages is deserving of a feature article of their own.That’s why they were listed as among the most influential peo-ple of the last century and a half.

The project began when we were looking for a way to recog-nize Douglas County’s place in Nevada and theupcoming sesquicentennial.

The committee who first worked on the listconsisted of Mike Fischer, Laurie Hickey, ReneeMack, Shannon Hickey, Bill Chernock and my-self and met for the first time last summer to tryand come up with a list, which underwent manyrevisions over the intervening months. Thanksto those folks for their contribution.

There have been a few changes since the listwas published on Nevada Day.

For instance, George Springmeyer, who made the top 10,was apparently never on the list of 150 in the first place. He hasreplaced his father H.H. Springmeyer.

One of the challenges of researching some of the older resi-dents in the Valley was that fathers and sons sometimes shareda name.

I got at least one call asking to be sure and clarify we weretalking about the gentleman’s father.

Thanks also to the writers who made this work possible.Sheila Gardner, Caryn Haller, Joey Crandall, Scott Neuffer, JoRafferty, Jack Carrerow, and one of the 150, Joyce Hollister.

The source for most of this material comes from The Record-Courier and its predecessors, which if the Carson Valley Newsis included, have been around for all but the first 14 years.

But we would be remiss if we didn’t note that many clues towhere things were in the paper came from outside sources.

We know that this list and the list of families don’t covereveryone we’d like to see or who we think is influential from ourperspective in the modern day. But this place has been here fora long time by Nevada standards, and there are a lot of peoplewho had an outsized effect on what Former State Archivist GuyRocha calls the county’s “human landscape.”

I hope we’ve managed to capture some of them.Kurt Hildebrand

editor

Welcome

KurtHildebrand

Adams FamilyBernard FamilyBliss FamilyBorda FamilyBrockliss FamilyByington-Galeppi FamilyChichester FamilyDangberg FamilyDressler FamilyEtchemendy FamilyFalcke FamilyFelton FamilyFerris FamilyGodecke FamilyHawkins FamilyHeise FamilyHenningsen FamilyHickey FamilyHussman FamilyJacobsen FamilyJames FamilyJepson FamilyJohnson FamilyKimmerling FamilyKizer FamilyLekumberry FamilyMack FamilyMott FamilyNeddenriep FamilyPark FamilyRabe/SarmansRaycraft FamilyScossa FamilySchwake FamilySettelmeyer FamilySmokey FamilySpringmeyer FamilyStodieck FamilyThran FamilyTrimmer FamilyVirgin FamilyWennhold FamilyWyatt Family

INFLUENTIAL FAMILIES

1861-1870Statehood for Nevada1871-1880Founding of Gardnerville 1881-1890Genoa Avalanche 1891-1900Carson Valley Creamery Incorporated 1901-1910Founding of Minden 1911-1920Minden becomes County Seat ~ High School isplaced in Gardnerville 1921-1930 United States vs. Alpine Land and Reservoir Com-pany litigation begins

1931-1940Gaming Legalized1941-1950Harvey’s Wagon Wheel Founded1951-1960Death of the V&T1961-1970Gardnerville Ranchos Founded by Red Swift1971-1980Harvey’s Bombing1981-1990Highway 395 Expanded to Four Lanes1991-2000New Year’s Flood of ’972001-2010GE Buys Bently

Most significant events of eachdecade in Douglas County history

Douglas County Historical SocietyMoved by Lawrence Gilman from Genoa in 1879, the Gardnerville Hotel was the first building in DouglasCounty’s second oldest town, seen here in its first decade.

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John QuincyAdams & Rufus AdamsNot to be confused with the for-mer president, John Quincy

Adams andRufus Adamspartnered in aranch withPoker Brown in1852. Thegroup split upthe ranch in1857, with the

Adams brothers building theirranch farther north on the westside of Jacks Valley Road. Therethey engaged in ranching andbrick-making. Rufus Adamskilned bricks for the GenoaCourthouse Museum, which wasconstructed in 1865. The broth-ers also made the bricks for theGenoa Saloon. The Adamsranch was one of the longestcontinuous family ranches in theValley. The Adams House was ahotel for five years on the Car-son River Route.

Andy AldaxAldax was born in Carson Valleyin 1934 and managed the dairyand alfalfa farm nestled be-tween Airport Road and John-son Lane until 1997. His par-ents were Basque immigrantswho settled in the Valley in1920. Known as a modest andknowledgeable rancher withinthe agricultural community,Aldax was recognized in 2007as the first recipient of the Car-son Water Subconservancy Dis-trict’s new Andy Aldax Award for

exemplary service in conserva-tion and protection of the Car-son River watershed.

John AscuagaPerhaps Northern Nevada’smost famous businessman, As-cuaga opened the Nugget Cafein Sparks in1955. Therestaurantquickly becameknown for itshamburgersand, over timedeveloped intoa large hoteland casino resort. He made his home at a ranchhe bought in Jacks Valley andbecame a longtime benefactorto Carson Valley, even bringingthe Nugget’s world-famousBertha the Dancing Elephantdown for Carson Valley Daysand other community events.

Ed AtencioAtencio, known as “Mr. Ed,”taught and coached in DouglasCounty and Coleville. The U.S.

navy veteranfounded theDouglas CountySki Club in1958 with thepurpose of get-ting Valley kidsout on the

Sierra slopes to ski. He wasnamed the Valley’s 1989 Man ofthe Year. He died in Decemberof 2009.

Ted BaconBacon moved into Carson Valleyin the 1950s and opened theJubilee Ranch. He was a cattle

rancher for 60years until hisdeath in 2010.He was also in-strumental increating theNational Auto-mobile Museum

in Reno, which opening in 1989.He served on several commit-tees before the museum openedand officially joined the board oftrustees in 1993. He housed hisown extensive car collection onCounty Road in Minden.

Dr. Franklin BakerBaker was an early Carson Val-ley veterinarian who used a sci-entific approach in his work. Heserved both Minden and Gard-nerville for more than 40 yearsdating back to as early as1919.

David & CharlotteBarberBorn in 1878, David Barber was

a pioneer farrier to the earlysettlers of the Valley. He ran hisbusiness out of the Sozzi Barn.In 1853, he also took out landclaims on the west side of Car-son Valley five miles south ofGenoa with Ben Palmer, a freedblack man whose sister, Char-lotte, was David’s wife. Char-lotte was known across the Val-ley for her hospitality, to thepoint where the newspaper re-ported in 1887 that her funeralprocession was “One of thelargest-ever witnessed in Dou-glas County.”

Wanda BatchelorIn October of 2010, Batchelor,of Stewart, became the firstwoman elected to lead the

Washoe Tribe.She is an ac-tive member ofthe CaliforniaBasket MakersAssociation.She hadserved on the

Tribal Council the four yearsprior and had previously servedas the vice chairwoman of theStewart colony.

Milos ‘Sharkey' BegovichBegovich was a longtime,beloved Gardnerville casinoowner who cut his chops in vari-ous positions at Bill Harrah’sLake Tahoe casino from 1956-63. He purchased the GoldenBubble in Gardnerville in 1972,renaming it “Sharkey’s Nugget.”Over time, the establishment

became knownfor its prime ribdinners, Ser-bian Christmascelebrations,collection offine saddlesand its collec-tion of Western

memorabilia, boxing memorabil-ia and kitsch. Known as a fan-tastic, witty storyteller, Begovichbecame a Carson Valley legend.He was also well-known in theentertainment community as nu-merous celebrities visited thecasino over the years. Theirsigned pictures adorned thecasino walls. He sold the casinoin 2002 and died Aug. 10,2002.

Don BentlyBently is an internationally-renowned mechanical engineer,inventor and entrepreneur whofounded Bently Nevada in Min-den in 1961. He has long sincebeen one of Douglas County’slargest employers between hisvaried portfolio of local and re-gional companies. He estab-lished himself as a pioneer in

the field of instrumentation formeasuring the mechanical con-dition of rotating machinery andsold the company to GE Energyin 2002. At the time, the com-pany employed 1,800 worldwidewith locations in 40 countries.He also founded, among others,Bently Rotor Dynamics Researchand Bently Pressurized Bearing.In the last six years, he estab-lished Bently Biofuels, an alter-native fuel company which pro-duces biodiesel gasoline fromsuch materials as discardedrestaurant grease or canolaseeds grown by Bently Agrow-dynamics. The company alsodistributes its renewable fuelsfrom a station and conveniencestore on Buckeye Road.Among his many contributionsto the Valley over the years arehis concerted efforts towardprotecting and preserving theCarson River and the wildlife ofthe Valley. He has continuouslypromoted awareness of sustain-able living, sustainable crop fer-tility and sustainable sources ofalternative energy, particularlysolar.

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Louis BergevinThe longtime Carson Valleyrancher carved a long career in

public servicethat included14 years in theNevada StateAssembly.He was born inGardnerville in1922 and laterserved as a

major in the Army Air Force dur-ing World War II.He returned to the Valley afterthe war and served on the Dou-glas County School Board foreight years.He then served nine years onthe Nevada State Board of Edu-cation and moved on to a four-year stint on the state tax com-mission starting in 1970.In 1978, he won a seat in thestate assembly, where heserved until 1992.During that span, Bergevinserved on a number of commit-tees in leadership slots, includ-ing government affairs, taxation,ways and means. Along the way,he developed a reputation as atax expert.On the ranching side, he was amember of the Nevada and na-tional cattlemen’s associationsand was Nevada’s Cattleman ofthe Year in 1971.

F. Gregory BettsBetts was a long-time superin-tendent of the Douglas CountySchool District, serving from1979 to 1992. His tenure wasthe second-longest in the histo-ry of the district behind Gene L.

Scarselli.Betts was known as a motivatorwho fostered positive attitudesamong employees within thedistrict and reached out to thecommunity to find resources toassist students. Among his ac-complishments was establishingthe Douglas County EducationFoundation in 1984 as a meansto provide financial assistanceto teachers who wanted to de-velop programs in the class-room but couldn’t due to budgetconstraints.After his stint as superintendent,Betts served as a lobbyist forrural school districts.

Aldo BiaggiBiaggi is a 94-year resident ofCarson Valley. He has raisedsheep and rabbits on his two-acre ranch near the west end ofCounty Road in Minden for thepast 53 years and served asthe Valley’s milk distributor. Hehas volunteered with communityorganizations, like the CarsonValley Food Closet, for the past

20 years.

Gerry BingSince moving to the Valley in1963, Bing has tirelessly givenback to the community throughdonations and volunteer work

with many or-ganizations. Having ownedBing Materialsand run BingPit off Kimmer-ling Lane in theRanchos for

decades, he has been known togive monetary and material do-nations to essentially al-comers,from the Sierra PhilharmonicLeague to the model place club. He is a founding sponsor of theSummer Family Concert Series,a member of the Homes of OurOwn program, and the Commu-nity Builder and Bob the Builderseries. In 2005, he was namedNevada’s Small Business Cham-pion of the Year and was namedthe Elks’ Citizen of the Year in2007.

The Stanford graduate servedin the Marines, the DouglasCounty Republican Central Com-mittee, the Minden Town Board,the Carson Valley Chamber ofCommerce and the DouglasCounty Building Industry Associ-ation.

D.L. BlissKnown as the Glenbrook LumberKing, Bliss started the Carson &Tahoe Lumber & Flume Compa-ny in 1873.Considered the largest andmost extensive lumber opera-tion serving the mines of theComstock, its holdings included50,000 acres of timber at LakeTahoe, three mills at Glenbrook,two steamers, two logging rail-roads, logging camps and anarrow gauge railroad at itspeak. The company owned sev-eral flumes used to transportlumber from the mountains tothe railroad depots.Much of the company’s activitycentered around Glenbrook,Spooner Summit and ClearCreek Canyon.Logging operations ceased in1896 due to the depletion oftimber on company lands andthe decline of mining on theComstock.

Anthony RichardBrocklissAnthony Richard Brockliss, bornin Northamptonshire, England,Aug. 14, 1820; died April 13,1892, buried in Mottsville Ceme-tery. Listed in Thompson &West’s History of Nevada 1881chapter on the history of Dou-

glas County as “A.R. Brocklisson the west fork of the Carson,one-and one-half miles east ofSheridan, with 840 acres valuedat $16,000.”

George & Charlie BrownThe Brown brothers came toGenoa in 1880 with a circus inwhich they performed as musi-cians. They built the East ForkHotel in Gardnerville in 1893,improving the facility in 1895. In1904, the Brown brothers builta brickyard and formed a band.The East Fork still stands, buthas been closed since its lastproprietress, Gorgonia Borda,died in 1981.

H.P. BurnhamElected Nevada HouseSergeant-at-Arms, Jan. 2, 1866,the second session of the Neva-da State Legislature; also elect-ed Douglas County Sheriff, Nov.6, 1866, and re-elected Nov. 5,1872.

George ByersFormer Douglas County Sheriff,1958-1966, presided over in-vestigations of some of thecounty’s major events includingthe December 1963 kidnappingof Frank Sinatra Jr. at Stateline;the March 1964 crash of a Par-adise Airlines plane at the topof Kingsbury Grade, killing all 85persons aboard, and the August1968 bombing death of casinoowner Richard L. Chartrand byan unemployed bartender.

Dal ByingtonCarson Valley rancher, Dec. 30,1932-May 28, 2009. Dal Bying-ton was a longtime Carson Val-ley rancher and native Nevadan.He was a rancher and conser-vationist in Carson Valley for 50years. He served in the NevadaArmy National Guard for 31years and retired as a colonel.Byington was chosen “Man ofthe Year” by Carson Valley 20-30 for the year of 1974. He wasa Cub Scout leader and coacheda Little League baseball team.He was a member of the Neva-da Beef Council as well on theNational Beef Board. He servedover 20 years on the NevadaBeef Board and was also chair-man. He served on many localboards also and was on theDouglas County Planning Com-mission for 14 years andserved as president of theboard for seven of those yearswhile Douglas County was doingtheir master plan. Byington be-longed to the Masonic orderand was a member of CarsonValley Lodge No. 33, a pastmaster of the lodge and at-tained his 50-year pin.

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Ansel Casentini 1904-February 1995, owner ofthe Minden Inn. “Cas” Casentinipurchased the Minden Inn in1961 and operated the historicbuilding for 12 years. Theyclosed the building for remodel-ing in 1973. Ansel’s son, Bill,took over in 1977 and operatedthe building until February 1987when the State Fire Marshal’sOffice closed down the inn forsafety hazards.

Ellsworth ChappellSept. 25, 1912-June 5, 1997,Tahoe Township Justice of thePeace for 28 years and devel-oper at Lake Tahoe.

Rhoda Chichester Longtime Valley rancher, 1925-2006; Carson Valley native andrancher, honored in 2003 byCarson Valley Historical SocietyWomen in History RememberingProject. She was the third andlast generation of her family toranch 220 acres that is nowhome to Chichester Estates.

Patty ClarkCentury 21 owner, a lifetimeNevadan and real estate broker,Clark has been licensed fornearly 30 years and an active

broker since1983. Shealso is thedriving forcebehind theAustin KirbyFoundationand Austin’sHouse, follow-

ing the 2005 death of her 15-year-old grandson.

Eliza CookFirst licensed female doctor inNevada, Feb. 5, 1856-Oct. 2,1947. She moved to Sheridan,Nevada, with her family in 1870,when she was 14. She became

Nevada’s firstlicensed femaledoctor and wasa strong sup-porter ofwomen’s rights.She retiredfrom the prac-

tice of medicine at age 65 in1921 and died in her sleep atthe age of 91. She consideredherself to be the first womandoctor in Nevada. Even thoughshe received her medical de-gree in 1884, she did not re-ceive her Nevada medical li-cense until April 1899 when thestate began issuing them.(Source: Nevada Women’s His-tory Project)

Frieda CordesGodecke1900-1980, Valley chronicler.Born just two months before theturn of the 20th century shewas the daughter of German im-migrants who worked and lived

off the land inCarson Valley.As a girl, Frie-da watchedCenterville be-come a town,with a black-smith, saloon,a store and a

cheese factory. She wrote “FromFrieda’s Files” in the 1970s forthe Gardnerville Record-Courier.It was a simpler time, and read-ing Frieda’s memories takes usback to a place where peoplesurvived and thrived on whatthey could grow here and,where hard work and determi-nation was enough to createsomething special.

Keith CornforthLongtime Valley veterinarian,member of the Lions Club, pres-ident of Rotary Club, president

of DouglasCounty SchoolBoard, Gard-nerville GunClub, MosquitoAbatementBoard. Heserved as alocal meat in-

spector, coached Little LeagueBaseball and was a court-ap-pointed special advocate.

Father John CoronaLongtime St. Gall pastor, Coro-na, born in 1933, came toGardnerville as pastor of St. GallCatholic Community in July1977. He served as pastor untilhis retirement in1999, and con-tinues to live inCarson Valley.Under his lead-ership, theparish acquired11 acres ofproperty andbuilt a new church in 1984.

Several years later, a 22,000-square-foot pastoral center wasadded. As a retired priest, Fa-ther John continues to offerMass occasionally at St. Gall andparticipate in other parish activ-ities.

John CradlebaughU.S. District Judge, 1819-1872,first delegate to the U.S. Houseof Representatives from NevadaTerritory, in March 1859,Cradlebaugh convened a grandjury in Provo, Utah concerningthe Mountain Meadows mas-sacre and several other un-solved murders and crimes thatoccurred in the territory, but thejury declined any indictments.Cradlebaugh moved to CarsonCity, Nevada, and upon the for-mation of the Territory of Neva-da was elected a Delegate tothe 37th Congress, serving fromDec. 2, 1861, to March 3,1863, during the first years ofthe American Civil War. He wasthe colonel of the 114th OhioInfantry and served from April27, 1862, until honorably dis-charged on Oct. 20, 1863, afterbeing wounded in the Battle ofVicksburg. Cradlebaugh re-turned to Nevada and engagedin the mining business until hisdeath at Eureka; interment wasin Forest Cemetery, Circleville,Ohio.

Henry Crippen Henry Crippen is featured inThompson & West’s History ofNevada 1881 chapter on thehistory of Douglas County as anex-sheriff and farmer at theTwelve-mile House, 12 milesfrom Genoa, who owned 240acres valued at $8,000.

Charles Daggett Born in Vermont in 1806,Charles Daggett graduated fromBerkshire Medical College inMassachusetts, where he alsoreceived a law degree. In 1851he moved west. Daggett Pass,located at 7,375 feet elevationon Kingsbury Grade, is namedafter Daggett whose tollhousestood at the foot of Haine’sCanyon. Dr. Daggett becameNevada’s first “resident” attor-ney on Nov. 2, 1855, hours be-fore he tried his first case. Oneof his last known distinctions oc-curred when he was appointeda member of the Committee ofArrangements for the formationof the Second Convention toform a separate territory out ofthe Utah Territory. WithDaggett’s persistence, this terri-tory became the State of Neva-da. After his political career, hesettled down in the Genoa area.

John DangbergBorn Jan. 10, 1871, he was thelast surviving Dangberg brother.He served as president of theH.F. Dangberg Land & LivestockCompany from 1904 until hisdeath in 1958. His primary in-terest was farming the irrigatedlands on the company’s eastside ranches, Buckeye andSheep Camp. He was director ofFarmers’ Bank of Carson Valley,Alpine Land Reservoir Company,East Fork Water Users Associa-tion and Minden Milling Compa-ny. He resided in Minden in the

John Dangberg House, built in1911, which is still standing inMinden.

Clarence OliverDangbergBorn March 30, 1879, he wasthe youngest of the Dangbergchildren. He worked as a fore-man in the family’s businessuntil he left to work as a sales-man for an oil burner companyin San Francisco. After he re-turned in 1912, he founded theC.O.D. Garage in Minden. Hehired Fred “Brick” Hellwinkel ashis lead mechanic. During the1920s, the C.O.D. Garage be-came well known throughout theValley and beyond. At one timeit was the only garage betweenSacramento and Bodie. Afterhours, it was the only tow serv-ice in an area extending fromLake Tahoe to Mono Lake. UponClarence’s death in 1938, Hell-winkel became sole owner ofC.O.D. Garage.

Grace DangbergGrace Dangberg was born in1896, the first child of H. F.Dangberg’s son, John. Herchildhood was spent on familyranches and in the nascentcommunity of Minden. She is agraduate of the University of

California. Dur-ing a postgrad-uate year atColumbia sheworked withLowie and withFranz Boas.Upon returning

to Carson Valley, she developedan interest in the history of Car-son Valley and in the history ofthe Dangberg family. She wasone of the founders of the Car-son Valley Historical Society, andshe wrote or edited a number ofworks relating to the history ofthe area. Among her many pub-lications are “Washo Tales”(1968), “Carson Valley”(1972), and “Conflict on theCarson.” (1975).

H.F. Dangberg Jr.The eldest Dangberg son, wholived his entire life at the Dang-berg Home Ranch. He servedas Secretary-Treasurer for thefamily company from 1904 untilhis death. He was instrumental

in the foundingof Minden.Henry servedas DouglasCounty StateSenator from1903-05 andwas vice-chair-man of the

State Board of Livestock Com-mission for 30 years. Memberand Director of the NevadaState Livestock Association; Di-rector the Federal Land Bank;active member of the WoolGrowers Association; member ofthe State Planning Board; andmember and served as Presi-dent of the Rotary Club.

Harold DaytonHe was born in Massachusetts,on Jan. 22, 1923, and moved toReno with his family at an earlyage, where he attended B.D.

Billinghurst Elementary Schooland Reno High School. He graduated from the Universi-ty of California at Berkeley in1944 with a bachelor of sciencein electrical engineering. Heserved as an engineering officeraboard the destroyer USS Guestin the South Pacific from 1944to 1946. Following the war, heworked in the retail hardwareand lumber business in theReno and South Lake Tahoearea. He served as a DouglasCounty commissioner from 1968to 198 and president of theTahoe Douglas Chamber ofCommerce, president of theLake Tahoe Area Council, Heserved as a director of Ameri-can Federal Savings from 1964to 1994 and as director of Sier-ra Pacific Power Co. from 1967to 1999.

Jack DaytonLake Tahoe businessman andRotary member who has theJack Dayton “Service AboveSelf” award named after him.He was a founding member ofthe Tahoe-Douglas Rotary clubback in the 1950s. He waspresident of the club andserved on the governing boardfor many years. Jack, along withhis brother, owned and operat-ed Dayton Floors at Roundhillfor many years. His son Johneventually joined the business.He was an avid swimmer in theLake—- almost daily regardlessof weather. He also served onthe board of trustees for theTahoe Douglas Fire ProtectionDistrict for many years.

Susie DickWashoe-Paiute basketmakerwho lived in Carson Valley herentire life. She worked for theDangberg family for more than30 years. She earned $1 a day,and walked 1.5 miles one-wayto work. Susie became famouslocally for her basket-weavingskills, and would make extramoney selling them for up to$10 each. One of her basketsrecently sold on eBay for$1,755.

Fred DresslerFrederick (Fred) Hugh Dressler

was born August 3, 1898 toWilliam (Bill) Frederick Dresslerand Margaretta Ann ParkDressler. His paternal grandfa-ther, August Frederick Dressler,

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the West Fork Water Associationand West Fork Farmers’ Unionand as livestock loan inspectorfor the Carson, Mason andSmith Valleys. He served on thelocal school board from 1932-1957, was president of the Na-tional Cattlemen’s Association,was a member of the NevadaState Board of Agriculture, andinducted into the Hall of GreatWesterners of the National Cow-boy Hall of Fame. Among hismany honors were: Nevada Cat-tleman of the Year, 1954; Distin-guished Nevadan Award fromthe University of Nevada, 1960;Citizen of the Year for CarsonValley, 1969; National GoldenSpur Award, 1980.

Dar EllisBorn in the Gardnerville Hospi-tal in 1917 to Norma DangbergEllis and John R. Ellis. He grewup in Minden in a house atThird Street and Mono Avenue.After graduating from DouglasCounty High School in 1935, heworked on the Buckeye Ranchas a mechanic. In 1938, hewent to work for his family inthe Minden Mercantile. He metand married Elizabeth D’Alle-sanders in 1941. In 1943 hevolunteered for the U.S. Navy.He became an aviation machin-ist’s mate and was stationed in

the Northwest. After the war,Ellis returned home to work withhis parents until 1966, when hebecame Douglas County’s firstfull-time fire chief earning $650a month.

John EtchemendyBorn in 1886 in Arneguy,France, he came to the UnitedStates through Ellis Island in1907. He arrived in Reno by railand met his two brothers asplanned. His first job in Americawas working for the Western Pa-cific Railroad in Spring Garden,Calif. building tunnels for $1.25a day. In 1916 he married hiswife Jeanne Trounday, and theyhad five children together. Theybought the Overland Hotel in1921, and operated it until1967. They also ran a bar inMono Lake, Calif., and tended aband of sheep that ran betweenBodie and Topaz. He was theoldest person in Nevada at thetime of his death March 25,1990 in Reno at the age of103.

Leander Socrates EzellBorn in Kentucky in 1836, Mr.Ezell journeyed westward with acovered wagon train in1856/1859. In company of Mr.McKisck he wintered a band ofcattle in Honey Lake Valley andthe following spring moved themto the meadows where Renonow stands and sold the ani-mals. The Comstock mines hadbeen discovered and Mr. Ezellworked in the mines and millsfor some time and then locatedin Carson Valley and engaged infarming. When Gardnerville wasestablished, all of the east sideof Main Street comprised a por-tion of his farm. He donated thelot upon which the Carson ValleyUnited Methodist Church stands,where his funeral was held. Inthe early 1880s, he served onthe board of county commis-

sioners and for 20 years wasthe Justice of the Peace of EastFork Township. He also servedfor many years as a member ofthe Republican County CentralCommittee.

Isaac Farwell Isaac Farwell came out of NewEngland in 1858, through theCalifornia gold fields and theninto Carson Valley with his part-ner and nephew Ira M. Luther.The men set up a mill andclaimed property in an unsur-veyed area about nine milessouth of Genoa. Their proper-ties straddled the emigrant roadthrough the Valley and becamea stop for the travelers. On thewest side, up the creek andmountain, in what became

known as Luther Creek andLuther Canyon, the men set upmilling both lumber and grist. In1859 they grubstaked so manyof the miners prospecting to thesouth on Walker River, that theenclave became known as CampFarwell. Isaac’s influence andpersonality had almost instantlywon him the 1858 election asJustice of the Peace for theprecinct from Genoa to thesouth. It was flattering, but theelections were largely ignoredbecause the vigilantes were stillruling. By 1860, he had devel-oped profitable holdings andgarnered investments in theearliest Comstock mines.

Paul FeltenMoved from Wisconsin to Carson

Valley in 1921to becomepastor of theoriginal Trinitychurch onHighway 756in Gard-nerville. Hespent years

searching for a location to builda larger building. During WorldWar II Felten was instrumental ingetting the Minden-Tahoe Air-port built. In 1945, the congre-gation settled on the newchurch’s location, and on Oct.4, 1953 the new building onDouglas Avenue was dedicated.Two years later, Felten an-nounced his retirement. Duringhis 34 years at Trinity he per-formed 406 baptisms, con-

firmed 214 children and adults,performed 87 marriages and of-ficiated at 133 funerals.

George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.The man who invented the Fer-ris Wheel only lived in CarsonValley for a short time, but leg-end has it enough time to comeup with the ride that bears hisname. After leaving the Valleyand studying engineering, hecame up with the idea of build-ing a giant wheel for the 1893World’s Columbian Exposition.It’s claimed he got the idea fromwatching a water wheel on theCarson River. Ferris died in1896 at age 37.

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Lillian VirginFinneganA Genoa native and theyoungest daughter of attorneyDaniel Webster Virgin, she was

born in 1878and attendedschool in Dou-glas County.She attendedthe Universityof Nevada andon graduationmarried a

Goldfield mine operator, living inSouthern Nevada during theboom years. When she returnedhome to Genoa, she organizedthe first Candy Dance in 1919as a fundraiser for new streetlights and their maintenance.She patterned her dance after ariver-cruise dance. Town womenmade candy and then sold it atthe dance. Finnegan lived inGenoa until her death in 1938.She directed her last CandyDance from her deathbed. Herobituary calls her the town’s“fairy godmother.”

Milton & EthelFleischerCarson Valley couple whomoved here in 1952. Milt ownedthe Gardnerville Drug from1952-1982, near whereSharkey’s stands today. Ethelopened Aladdin Flower and GiftShop in the old Harris Buildingin 1960 and operated it on itsown until 1985 when herdaughter took over.

Clara FrankWashoe elder who participatedin the 1961 centennial inGenoa. She also appeared in a

film called“Washoe” shotin 1966. Shewas a consult-ant on the lan-guage of theWashoe. Shewas born Oct.15, 1876 in

Mountain House in the Pine NutMountains, she moved toDresslerville when she was 10years old. She said there were

only two buildings there andone of those was a store. Shecontinued to sew rabbit blanketsand spoke Washoe. She was thestep-daughter of Capt. Jim, oneof the last leaders of theWashoe before the arrival ofsettlers. She received a letterfrom President Ford congratu-lating her on her 100th birthdayjust before her death on April17, 1976.

John & Mary GardnerThe couple came to Carson Val-ley in the 1860s and staked aclaim to a large piece of landwhere Gardnerville now sits.They ranched the property,building a large home andbarns on the property. On April5, 1879, they sold a section oftheir land to Lawrence Gilman,who moved the Kent House to alocation just west of where theJ.T. Basque Bar & Dining Roomnow stands and named it theGardnerville Hotel. They sold therest of the ranch in 1880 toHenry Van Sickle and moved toClear Creek Canyon.

Roy GodeckeBorn in the Gardnerville Hospi-tal in 1922, the unofficial mayorof Centerville died Aug. 1, 1994.He was founding member of theLion’s and served as the orga-nization’s first president. Heserved as a Douglas Countycommissioner 1970-74 and onthe school board from 1978 to1982. In 1967, he was namedRancher of the Year. He was agraduate of Douglas High

School who served in the U.S.Army during World War II.

Harvey GrossA Sacramento meat wholesalerwho foundedHarvey’s Wag-onwheel in 1944.He built the firsthigh rise tower inStateline in1963. He was aCarson Valleyrancher who owned the ranchwhere the northern GenoaLakes Golf Course now sits. Hedied in Nov. 2, 1983, at age 78.

Robert HadfieldFirst Douglas County manager,he was head of Nevada Associa-tion of Counties for 20 yearsuntil his retirement in 2005. Hewas Douglas County managerfrom 1977 to 1985, and re-turned several years later as in-terim county manager for ninemonths while Douglas officialssought a permanent replace-ment. He served on the MindenTown Board for nearly a quarterof a century.

J.W. HainesAccording to the History ofNevada by Russell Elliot andWilliam Rowley, Genoa residentHaines is credited with inventionof the V-flume. Haines waselected Douglas’ first state sen-ator, serving in the legislaturefrom 1864 until 1869. Haineswas a member of the first Neva-da Constitutional Convention,and was an elector for Grant atthe first and second elections.

Dr. Ernest G. HandDr. Hand spent his last Christ-mas on Earth tending to acci-dent victims. Two days later, in1957, he died. Hand arrived inCarson Valley in 1934 andserved as the county health offi-cer for both Douglas and Alpinecounties. He went into the office early oneday and found patients who sawhis car outside waiting to seehim, thus setting up hours from7-8 a.m. He would spend Tuesdays tend-ing to the Washoe inDresslerville. According to hisobituary, he never hesitated touse his own vehicle as an ambu-lance and would often drive pa-tients to Reno in inclementweather.

Anna & Mose HarrisMose Harris came to Genoa in1876, and first commencedbusiness there. He kept generalmercantile establishment underMasonic Hall, and was theowner of the lower story of OddFellows Hall and the old KlauberBuilding. He first came into Car-son Valley in 186I.

Dr. Ernest H.HawkinsDr. E.H. Hawkins built CarsonValley’s first hospital as a sani-tarium in 1914. It housed anoperating room, scrub room,nursery, kitchen and severalhospital rooms both upstairsand down. The building servedthe valley as a hospital for 10years until 1924. The brickbuilding, which is listed on theNational Register of HistoricPlaces, was a boarding housefrom 1930 to 1946. The first tenants were singleteachers who taught at DouglasCounty High School across thestreet. From 1946 to 1958, thehouse was a private residence.After that it was empty for 20years.

Don & MarlenaHellwinkelBorn in 1922, Don was a volun-teer fireman with the DouglasEngine Company. He was instru-mental in starting the first am-bulance service in the county,and he served as ambulancedispatcher. If the ambulancedriver didn't show up in a timelyfashion, Don would get into theambulance and drive it himself.About 1955, Don married Mar-lena Neddenriep. Don joinedthe Carson Valley Chamber ofCommerce soon after leavingmilitary service (he was a grad-uate of the U.S. Naval Academyat Annapolis), and he alsoserved on the Minden TownBoard, where he eventuallyworked to establish open spacepolicy for new developments.Both Don and Marlena support-ed the Douglas County HistoricalSociety, the Alpine County His-torical Society, and the NationalPony Express Association. Mar-lena continues to contribute tothe historical society.

Fred ‘Brick’ HellwinkelWas an18-year-old mechanic forClarence Oliver Dangberg whenhe opened the C.O.D. Garage in1912. He was paid in part inshares of the company by Dang-berg and as the garage pros-pered, his share of its owner-ship did, too. By the time hewas 25, in 1919, he’d becomean equal partner with Dangbergin the garage. A member of thefire brigade, he kept the town’swater pumps running. He was afounding member of the new firedepartment as a countywide

service. When Dangberg died,Brick became the sole owner ofthe garage. When he died in1964, his sons took over thegarage.

Dan HellwinkelBorn in 1926 in Minden to Fred“Brick” and Josephine RaycraftHellwinkel, he operated theC.O.D. Garage with his brotherDon, managing the repair de-partment. He served on the

Minden Gard-nerville Sanita-tion Districtboard, was amember of theCarson Valley20-30 club,the Carson Val-ley Lions Club,

and the Carson Valley HistoricalSociety (now the Douglas Coun-ty Historical Society). He wasalso an honorary member of theGardnerville Gun Club and theElk's Lodge. He joined the vol-unteer fire department after hewas discharged from the U.S.Navy in 1946. He donated histime to maintaining the fireequipment. He served as assis-tant chief from 1955 to 1976and chief from 1976 to 1991.His dedication was recognizedin 1997 with a plaque from Gov.Bob Miller for 50 years of serv-ice.

Carsten HenningsenAn immigrant from Denmark, heacquired the Hennigsen ranch in1878. The barn was built in1890. The ranch passed fromHenningsen to his son Clarenceand from Clarence to his sonJohn. John operated the ranchas a dairy up until 1992. Cur-rently the ranch is operated asa cattle and hay operation byJohn and Virginia Henningsen,their daughter Caroline and son-in-law Don Frensdorff.

Lynn HettrickLynn Hettrick represented Dou-glas County in the Nevada As-sembly from 1993-2006. Hewas minority leader of the Re-publicans from 1997-2006 andco-speaker of the Assembly in1995 when Republicans and

Democratswere split 21-21. Hettrickwas namedoutstandingfreshman leg-islator in 1993and receivedthe distin-

guished Nevadan award fromthe Nevada System of HigherEducation in 2008. In additionto his service in the Assembly,Hettrick was honored as leaderof the year by the National Re-publican Legislators Associationin 2001 and served as nationalchairman of the Council of StateGovernments in 2005. He was also instrumental in es-tablishing the CSG’s WesternLegislative Academy, an educa-tional forum for new state law-makers. In 2009, Hettrick wasnamed deputy chief of staff tothen Gov. Jim Gibbons. Heserved in that position until2010.

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Joyce HollisterGenoa resident Joyce Hollisterwas The Record-Courier’s firstpeople editor and spent a quar-

ter-centurywriting aboutCarson Valleyand its inhabi-tants. Shecame to workat The Record-Courier in1976 and did-

n’t leave until 2001 when sheaccepted an associate editorposition at Nevada Magazine.She worked as both associateeditor and managing editor be-fore being named publisher in2007. In 1993, she was thesecond person to be named anoutstanding weekly journalist bythe Nevada Press Association.In 2003, she was inducted intothe Nevada Journalism Hall ofFame. But Hollister was morethan a journalist. She served onthe early boards of the DouglasCounty Public Library, East ForkSwimming Pool, and Family Sup-port Council. In 1999, she re-ceived the DistinguishedNevadan title for her support inestablishing a Douglas Countycampus of Western Nevada Col-lege. She also was named aWomen in History honoree in2002. Lew HymersNational cartoonist and one-time Genoa resident LewHymers, who died in 1953, iscredited with drawing the Car-son Range used in The Record-Courier banner on and off since

1928. In 1912, at the age of20, Hymers joined the art staffof the San Francisco Chronicle,where he shared offices withRobert Ripley, later of “Believe itor Not” fame, and John Terry,creator of the popular “Terry-toon” cartoon series in Holly-wood. In 1917, Hymers took aposition with the WashingtonPost and three years later hebecame an animator for WaltDisney Studios in Los Angeles.In 1932, Hymers moved toNevada and opened his ownstudio. From 1934 to 1944, helived in Genoa and commuted towork at the Reno EveningGazette. During the periodaround World War II, his car-toons were seen widely in news-papers and magazines and inlocal advertisements. The “SeenAbout Town” column featuredeight local community leaders,not only from Reno but alsofrom Carson City or Yerington orMinden or another Nevadatown. He also caricatured theDouglas County High SchoolClass of 1940. Hymers was ac-tive in Carson Valley life and wasaffectionately called the “Unoffi-cial Mayor of Genoa.”

Lawrence andBetty JacobsenLawrence “Jake” Jacobsen, thelongest serving legislator instate history, was one of twoCarson Valley children born onJuly 1, 1921. He grew up duringDepression-era Carson Valley,learning his famed conservatism

the hard way.Jake graduated from DouglasCounty High School in 1939 andquickly joined the U.S. Navy. Hewas at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7,1941, when the Japanese at-tacked. In 1954, he became thedelivery man for Union Oil. Hewas first elected to the NevadaLegislature in 1962. He servedin the Assembly from 1963-1978. He ran for the State Sen-ate and served in that officeuntil redistricting eliminated hisposition in 2003. A Republican,Jacobsen served under sevengovernors and, as president ofthe Senate, was acting governoron at least 20 occasions. Hewas known for his involvementin veterans’ affairs and also forhis bipartisanship. After hisdeath in 2006, a wetland inMinden was named in his honor.Wife Betty Jacobsen was nameda Women in History honoree in2002. Known as “Mrs. Republi-can” to residents, Jacobsen hasbeen active throughout thecommunity as a business-woman, volunteer, member ofthe Douglas County SchoolBoard, political campaign man-ager, fund-raiser for communityorganizations, northern directorof the Nevada Federation of Re-publican Women, and Republicanof the Year in 1995.

Theresa JacksonTheresa Smokey Jackson was aWashoe Tribe elder who lived atthe Dresslerville Indian Colonyand was famous for her willowbasket-weaving. She made a va-riety of baskets, including thebicoos, Washo for “cradle-board,” round baskets, burdenbaskets, seed beaters and win-nowing trays. Contributing to the“Renaissance of Washoe Cul-ture,” Jackson and her sister,JoAnn Smokey Martinez, wereselected to offer a traditionalWashoe blessing at the openingceremonies of President BillClinton’s July 1997 visit to LakeTahoe. Jackson’s daughter, SueColeman, who learned basket-weaving from her mother, wasinvited to the Smithsonian Folk-life Festival in Washington D.C. in2006. Besides art, Jackson wasan active supporter of the tribe,including being a member of theDresslerville Senior Center SiteAdvisory Council.

Arendt Jensen Arendt Jensen was a prominentbanker and merchant in theearly days of Gardnerville. Pres-ident of the Arendt Jensen Com-pany, he founded the DouglasCounty Farmers Bank in 1902and owned the General Mercan-tile, built in 1896, whereCheshire Antiques is now locat-ed. From the store, Jensencould have walked the fewblocks to his mansion on EzellStreet. Built in 1910, the colo-nial revival-style dwelling and itsgarage has been on the Nation-

al Register of Historic Placessince 1989.

Mathias JepsenMathias Jepsen was an earlysettler of Gardnerville. In the1890s, Jepsen purchased theGilman Ranch from fellow settlerPeter Wilder. The two men alsoforged a partnership in store-keeping. Jepsen built his family apermanent home in Gardnervillearound 1900, which his descen-dants would use for years tocome. His most lasting legacywas donating land for the Gar-den Cemetery, located behindDouglas Avenue and SpruceStreet.

Moses Job Moses Job was an early settlerof the west side of Carson Val-ley. Around 1855, he foundedthe town of Sheridan at thebase of the Carson Range, whatis now considered the SheridanAcres area of the Foothills. Jobbestowed his name on the mostprominent mountain peak over-looking Carson Valley, JobsPeak, which cast a shadow overthe town of Sheridan. Within fiveyears, the small town alreadyhad a blacksmith shop, a store,a boarding house and two sa-loons. Although Job later soldthe town assets to businessmanJames Haines, Sheridan wasconsidered the metropolis of theCarson River West Fork farmersin the biennial report of 1889-90.

Mimi JobeMimi Jobe is a famous Carson

Valley artistwho has beenpainting thelocal landscapefor more than40 years. Jobebegan illustrat-ing women

when she was 12 years old inthe 1930s. She started design-ing clothes and won an artscholarship at the age of 16.From the 1940s through the1970s, Jobe traveled with herhusband, Harley Jobe Jr., anddrew and painted along the way.In 1966, she moved to CarsonValley and did a flurry of pencilsketches of people and children.For 31 years, she has offeredher work in Christmas cardform, usually a wintry CarsonValley scene, at Joyce’s Jewelryin Gardnerville. Jobe also hasworked on beautification proj-ects in the community, includingthe facelift of a caboose thatused to be the Carson ValleyChamber of Commerce office.Her son, Barry Jobe, owns LoneTree Gallery in downtown Min-den.

Al “Jackpot” Johnson Al “Jackpot” Johnson was a Car-son Valley businessman. Heowned the Golden Bubble inGardnerville, a popular restau-rant and casino, in the 1950sand 60s. In the early 70s,Sharkey Begovich bought theGolden Bubble and renamed itSharkey’s Casino — a namethat’s survived to present day.

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Elizabeth JohnsonElizabeth Johnson was an advo-cate of art and literature in Car-son Valley. In the 1960s, sheworked with a group of citizensto raise money, build a facility,and hire a librarian for the Dou-glas County Public Library. John-son died in 2000, and shortlyafter her death, a meeting roomin the Minden library wasnamed in her honor. She alsowas one of the original mem-bers of the East Fork Gallery inGardnerville and the Carson Val-ley Art Association. The $1,000Elizabeth Johnson MemorialScholarship was established in2000 and is still awarded annu-ally to a high school studentplanning to pursue a career inart.

Knox and StellaJohnsonKnox and Stella Johnson wereCarson Valley pioneers whohomesteaded a ranch offMottsville Lane. There wereamong the Danish immigrantswho settled in Gardnerville in1879. The couple had threechildren: Marjorie, to becomeMarjorie Springmeyer, Knox Jr.and William. Knox Sr. died whilehis children were still young.Stella donated two acres of fam-ily-owned land in South LakeTahoe for the Happy HomesteadCemetery, which opened in1952. Both she and her hus-band are buried nearby.

Beatrice Jones Of the 16 decades of recordedCarson Valley history, BeatriceFettic Jones lived 10 of them.The Carson Valley native died in2010 at the age of 100. A de-scendant of the pioneer Mottfamily, who first arrived in Car-son Valley in 1851, her parents

were the own-ers of the Fet-tic Exchange inGenoa. Joneswas one of thefirst studentsto attendschool in theold Genoa

Courthouse after the DouglasCounty seat was moved to Min-den. After graduating from highschool in Gardnerville, she mar-ried Myron Jones, whose familyoperated the Jones Ranch atthe foot of Kingsbury Grade.Jones started traveling after herhusband died in 1963. She did-n’t turn in her drivers licenseuntil 2005 when she was 95years old, and she lived on herown in her house until she was98 years old. A charter memberof the Carson Valley HistoricalSociety, later the Douglas Coun-ty Historical Society, Jonesserved as president. She gath-ered donations for the AmericanRed Cross. She was a memberof the Genoa Homemakers,which Myron Jones nicknamedthe “Homewreckers.” Sheserved on the Farm BureauBoard. She was a longtimemember of the Carson ValleyUnited Methodist Church, andwas one of the driving forces inbuilding the new church on Cen-terville. Jones founded the Re-tired Senior Volunteer Program

in 1974 and served as a fieldrepresentative for the organiza-tion for 31 years.

David JonesAccording to author CindySoutherland, David Jones wasborn in Wales in 1817. He immi-grated to America and settled inCarson Valley around 1863. Heand his wife Mary were one ofthe first ranching families on thewest side of the Valley. They hadfive children and operated afreight line over Daggett Pass.Jones died in 1896.

Max Jones He was a founding member ofthe Douglas County Sheriff'sMounted Posse and a formerEast Fork Justice of the Peace.Jones, who died March 28,2008, at age 91, was the firstpresiding elder for the CarsonValley Branch of the Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.One of 16 brothers and sisters,he married Lura Miller while at-tending Weber College atOgden, Utah. During his lifetimehe worked in gold mines, at adairy farm, and managed theGardnerville Safeway store. Heopened the Gardnerville FoodStore which he operated for 22years before going into the in-surance business. Besides theaforementioned accomplish-ments, Jones was president ofthe Carson Valley Chamber ofCommerce, director of DouglasCounty Civil Defense, scout mas-ter of Boy Scouts of Americatroop 140, served on the Dou-glas County School Board, waspresident of the Carson ValleyActive 20-30 Club, a member ofthe Carson Valley Lions Club,served in the Merchant Marinesand was a volunteer firefighter.

Hugh KillebrewThe original Heavenly Valley at-torney, he was a majority ownerof the resort by the mid-1960s.A world traveler, Killebrew andhis wife, Ellie (one of the origi-nal Doublemint Gum televisioncommercial twins), would sendpost cards from the countriesthey were visiting. Instead of aZIP code, Killebrew would scrib-ble "Heavenly" as the address.In 1977 Killebrew and threeother resort employees werekilled in a plane crash nearEcho Summit.

Robert A. ‘Pat’Kimmerling After nearly 60 years in CarsonValley, Robert A. ‘Pat’ Kimmer-ling still considers himself anewcomer. He arrived in CarsonValley in 1953 and purchasedthe property between Highway88 and where the GardnervilleRanchos now stands. “When Icame here the Valley was in thesame pristine state it had been

for 150 years,” he said. “Thereweren’t any subdivisions. If youwanted to buy a house you hadthree choices, Gardnerville, Min-den or Genoa.” It was CountyPlanner Ray Smith who gaveKimmerling Road its name, be-cause it crossed Kimmerling’sproperty. He was involved in thedevelopment of Country LaneEstates and Chambers Field.

Stephen A. Kinsey An early settler who traveledfrom the Salt Lake City area withJohn Reese and his company tosettle at Mormon Station onJune 6, 1851. He built a cabinthat became the station andhad quite a number of horsesand cattle there. He held thepositions of Carson County, UtahTerritorial Probate Court Clerkand county recorder beginningin 1856. After Douglas Countywas created in November 1861by the Nevada Territorial Legis-lature, he held the positions ofcounty commissioner, countyclerk, and county recorder. Kin-sey died in Genoa in 1903, arevered Carson Valley pioneer.

Ken KjerKen Kjer was elected to a two-year term on the Douglas Coun-ty commission in 1976. He wasone of the first commissionersto serve on the newly createdTahoe Regional Planning Agencyunder the old bistate compact.He moved to Douglas County inthe early 1960s and by the time

he ran forcounty com-mission heserved aschairman ofthe KingsburyGrade Im-provement Dis-

trict, a director on the Tahoe-Douglas Chamber of Commerce,served on the grand jury andwas a member of the Carson-Douglas Board of Realtors. Hewas re-elected to the commis-sion in 1978.

Abraham KlauberBorn in Zdeslav, Bohemia in1831, by the time AbrahamKlauber was 19, he had heardthe tales of California's goldrush and of freedom in America.In 1850 he left his homeland tomake his fortune in the NewWorld. In 1852, Klauber set sailfrom New York for California. Heeventually set up a store in Vol-cano, Calif., called "The Sacra-mento Store, Abraham Klauber& Co." The store in Volcano didvery well during the Gold Rush,and soon Klauber opened an-other group of stores over theSierra in Genoa Nevada Territo-ry. Klauber’s store in Genoa wasused by Wells Fargo to conductits business.

Brian KrolickiA Stateline resident, Brian K.Krolicki (born Dec, 31, 1960) isthe 33rd and current LieutenantGovernor of Nevada, elected in2006. Krolicki was elected StateTreasurer in 1998. During histenure, Krolicki worked to makecollege education more afford-able, and considered it "a cor-nerstone of his administration."He created the State Treasur-

er’s College Savings Plan andNevada’s Prepaid College Tu-ition Program, and oversaw theset-up of the Gates Scholarshipin Nevada.

William Lampe Born 1894, died June 1992.Lampe was married to Frances,who died in 1972. Son ofWilliam Lampe, he was a lifetimeGardnerville resident, memberof Kiwanis and Trinity LutheranChurch. He served on the Dou-glas County School Board for 16years. He graduated from Dou-glas County High School in1912. An early Valley rancher,Lampe Park is named for thefamily. The elder William Lampedied Sept. 27, 1951, at age 93.He was a lifelong member ofTrinity Lutheran Church, who ar-rived during pioneer days andhad ranched ever since. WilliamLampe closed a deal in January1915 with D. Winkelman for thepurchase of the Pettigrew placeand was one of the oldest onthe East Fork. According to TheR-C report at the time the prop-erty consisted of about 125acres of “the best cultivatedand most productive land in thisValley and sold for a figure inexcess of $30,000. Mr. Winkel-man purchased the propertysome 18 years ago from Mrs.A. Pettigrew for $8,000, whichat that time was considered ahigh price.”

Emil LeisingTrinity Lutheran Church pastorfrom 1955 to 1981. He servedmore than 60 years in the pas-toral ministry. After leaving Trini-ty Lutheran Church in 1981,Leising filled pastoral vacanciesin Nevada, California and Ore-gon and installed a total of 34new pastors. He acted as inter-im pastor in Elko, Yerington,Hawthorne and Tonopah, and inCalifornia towns includingAuburn, Susanville, Bieber andPortola, where he has served atthe St. Luke Lutheran Churchfor 13 years.

Julian Larrouy Sr. A Gardnerville resident for 62years. Larrouy was born in1904 in San Francisco and diedin 2005. He moved to Francewith his father and sister, wherehe lived for 10 years. He re-turned to Reno in 1918. Hemarried Sybil Brenton in 1927,and they moved to Gardnervillein 1943, where they operatedthe JSV Bar, later called the Val-ley Bar, for many years. Duringthat time the bar was namedthe "Pride of the West." The Val-ley Bar was destroyed in a firein 2006.James A. "Jim" andGerry Lawrence Jim Lawrence pursued careersin both commercial photographyand advertising in San Francis-co before settling in Nevada in1949. Lawrence, primarily a wa-tercolorist, and his wife, Gerry,also a painter, established theirhome/studios at Rock CreekRanch outside of Gardnerville,and were founding members ofthe East Fork Gallery. Lawrenceexhibited his art in places suchas the Art Institute of Chicago,Los Angeles County Museum, H.

M. De Young Museum in SanFrancisco, and Stanford Univer-sity, as well as Nevada ArtGallery (now Nevada Museum ofArt); University of Nevada,Reno; and Northeastern NevadaMuseum in Elko. He helped or-ganize the Carson City chapterof the Nevada Artist Associationand Carson Valley Art Associa-tion.

Jean Lekumberry The JT Basque Bar & DiningRoom, 1426 Main St., Gard-nerville, was brought from Vir-ginia City to Genoa in 1895, andthen later to Gardnerville. It waspurchased in 1954 by John andGrace Jaunsaras and Jimmy andGrace Trounday, thus its namethe JT (Jaunsaras and Troun-day). In 1960 Jean (and Shirley)Lekumberry and Jean's brotherPete Lekumberry bought it andkept it Basque. Pete returned tothe Basque Country and Jeancontinued the operation until1993 when he died of a heartattack. Since that time his chil-dren Mary Louise and Jean Bap-tiste Lekumberry have contin-ued the business.

Glenn Logan Glenn Logan was president ofthe Carson Valley Historical So-ciety during the time that theoriginal Douglas County HighSchool, built in 1915, was reno-vated and became the museum.It reopened in 1995. The for-mer Carson Valley Hospital, nowthe Logan building, also wasrenovated by Logan. He and hiswife E-ann worked at the muse-um on a daily basis along withdozens of volunteers. Loganwas fire chief of the GardnervilleFire Department for 17 yearsand a volunteer for 33 years.He was a charter member ofthe sheriff's posse, past presi-dent of the Carson Valley Active20-30 Club, past president ofthe PTA at Gardnerville Elemen-tary School and was clerk forthe Gardnerville Town Board. Heowned an accounting firm for30 years in Gardnerville. Hewas a member and treasurer forTrinity Lutheran Church. Loganwas born in Genoa. He died in2001 in Gardnerville at the ageof 70.

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Duane ‘Scotchie’ MackBorn in Carson City on July 24,1909, while his father repre-sented Douglas County in theNevada Senate. Mack graduat-ed from Douglas County HighSchool in 1926 and from theUniversity of Nevada, Reno in1930. He also attended Stan-ford Law School in California. Hemarried Mary McCulloch in1935 in Reno and the couplelived in the ranch house built in1883 and continued to operatethe family ranch. Mack was thethird generation in his family toserve in the Nevada Legislatureat which time he was instrumen-tal in establishing the DouglasCounty Airport. He served in theSouth Pacific in World War II.Mack also was chairman of theNevada Beach Committee thatacquired and dedicated the landfor Nevada Beach at LakeTahoe. He also donated theland for the Douglas CountyPublic Library and the CarsonValley Methodist Church and thewater pump for the Town of Min-den. He was a member of manyservice organizations and wasnamed 1990 man of the year bythe Minden-Gardnerville Elks.

Noel ManoukianA two-time class president atUniversity of the Pacific (1958-59 and 1959-60), NoelManoukian graduated in thespring of 1961 with degrees inboth political science and phi-losophy. Manoukian went on to

earn his JurisDoctorate fromSanta ClaraSchool of Lawin 1964, thenbegan a highlydecorated ca-reer, first as an

attorney, then as a judge inNevada. Manoukian left a pri-vate legal practice in 1974 for aNevada District Court Judge po-sition. Three years later hemoved into the NevadaSupreme Court as the Chief Jus-tice. Noel retired as the ChiefJustice in 1985, choosing to re-turn to private practice. Finallyin 2003, Manoukian returned tothe bench as a Nevada SeniorJudge, a position he still holds.

Jerry MapleFormer Douglas County SheriffJerry Maple was 31 years oldwhen John Birges and his ac-complices wheeled a 1,000-pound bomb into the executiveoffices of Harveys Hotel Casino

in August1980. "Theeasiest part,the greatestpart about it isthat no onewas injured,"he said of theexplosion that

caused $15 million damage tothe hotel-casino, in an interviewwith reporter Sheila Gardnerthat was published Jan. 28,2005, in The Record-Courier.Maple had been called at hisMountain Home, Ark., home, by

representatives of the televisionshow "City Confidential", whoasked Maple to appear in asegment on the 25th anniver-sary of the disaster.

JoAnn SmokeyMartinezWashoe Tribal elder JoAnnSmokey Martinez was an out-spoken advocate for educationand tribal traditions. She attend-ed Stewart Indian School andnursing school in Las Vegas.Her family was one of the firstto live in Dresslerville whenWilliam Dressler deeded theland to the tribe. Martinez livedin Las Vegas for a while andsupported herself as a maidcleaning houses for reputedmobsters. She returned toDresslerville in the 1980s andbecame part of the renaissanceof Washoe culture. Martinez andher older sister Theresa SmokeyJackson were selected to offer atraditional Washoe blessing atthe opening ceremonies ofPresident Clinton's July 1997visit to Lake Tahoe. Martinezdied in 2006. She was 85.

Wynne MauleWynne Maule graduated fromDouglas County High School inGardnerville in 1943 and joinedthe U.S. Navy through the endof the war in 1946. He enrolledin Oregon State University'sforestry program and went towork for the U.S. Forest Serviceupon his graduation in 1950.After he retired in 1980 he re-turned to Minden to write defini-

tive work onthe town, in-cluding "Min-den, Nevada:The Story of aUnique Town".He was in-volved with St.Mark's

Methodist Church in Santa Bar-bara, past president of PollockPines Rotary & Minden Rotary,member of the Society of Ameri-can Foresters, CommonwealthClub of San Francisco, and theHistorical Society of DouglasCounty. He also was a memberof the planning committee forthe Minden Centennial. Maulewas born July 17, 1925, toMono National Forest Supervi-sor William Maule and Gard-nerville teacher Rose ToddMaule. He died in 2006 in Min-den.

Howard McKibbenBorn in Virginia, Illinois, HowardMcKibben received a B.S. fromBradley University in 1962, anM.P.A. from the University ofPittsburgh in 1964, and a J.D.from the University of MichiganLaw School in 1967. He was inprivate practice in Minden,Nevada from 1967 to 1971. Hewas a deputy district attorney ofDouglas County from 1969 to1971. He was Douglas CountyDistrict Attorney from 1971 to1977. He was a judge on theNinth Judicial District Court ofthe State of Nevada from 1977to 1984. McKibben is a seniorjudge on the U. S. District Court

for the District of Nevada. Hewas nominated for the positionby President Ronald Reagan onSept. 28, 1984.

Bill MendesBill Mendes owned Carson Val-ley Meat Co., a slaughterhousein Gardnerville, until early 1998.Mendes bought the company,which was located behind Car-

son Valley Mid-dle School, in1965 fromFred Dang-berg. Mendeswas a nativeNevadan, bornin Ely and

raised in Duckwater until hisfamily moved to Fallon after hecame home from fighting in theMarine Corps. He and his wifeEarlene met when she wasworking as a waitress at theGolden Bubble, where Sharkey'snow stands. The 20-30 Clubused to dye eggs for the annual

Easter egg hunt at Mendes'slaughterhouse and Mendeswould lend his refrigeratedtruck to causes ranging fromCarson Valley Days and CandyDance to events in Markleevilleand the dogsled races in HopeValley.

Charles CovalMeneleyC.C. Meneley Elementary School,which opened in 1979, took itsname from Charles Coval Mene-ley, an educator who helpedbuild the education system inCarson Valley. He and his wifeHelen were teachers in thebuilding that now houses theCarson Valley Historical Museumstarting in 1929. Meneley latertaught at Gardnerville GrammarSchool and became principal, ajob he kept for 14 years. He in-troduced music to DouglasCounty schools while promotingathletics and teaching shopclass. A violinist, Meneley start-ed a school band in 1934 andwithin four years Carson Valleyfolks were able to enjoy a con-cert presented by combinedbands from the Gardnerville andMinden elementary schools andDouglas High School. He alsostaged operettas, was a car-penter and cabinet maker andtaught shop at the high schoolin the early '40s. He retiredfrom teaching in 1955, but con-tinued his construction workand was a Scoutmaster and vo-cational trainer. He died in1969.

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Hans Meyer-KasselHans Meyer-Kassel, a classicallytrained artist from Germany, ar-rived in Nevada in 1937. Fromhis studios in Reno, Carson City,and finally, Genoa, flowed asteady stream of landscapes(numerous landscapes of Genoaand Carson Valley), still lifes,nautical scenes, and the paint-ings for which he was mostnoted – portraits. He receivedcommissions for portraits ofClarence Mackay, James EdwardChurch, for whom the fine artsbuilding on the University ofNevada, Reno, campus isnamed, and representations offour Nevada governors thathang in the old Nevada StateCapitol in Carson City. Meyer-Kassel died in 1952. Todaymany Meyer-Kassel portraits ofNevada dignitaries are on publicdisplay, but most of his Nevadawork, while still in the state, is inprivate collections. Reference:Online Nevada Encyclopedia —www.onlinenevada.org

Jimmy MillerJimmy Miller bought the marketthat would later carry his namein August 1960 from the Yimfamily. On Dec. 8, 1960, Miller’sComplete Food Center openedto much fanfare. Miller wasraised and educated in CarsonValley. After graduating fromDouglas High School he workedfor Dangberg Meat Co. until Feb.1, 1957, when he opened hisown butcher shop. Miller ex-panded the market to Genoaand Kingsbury before sellingout. The Genoa Country Storenow occupies the location ofMiller’s market there. TheRecord-Courier stands on thesite of the original market.

Hiram and Israel MottHistorical Marker No. 121 is onthe site of the settlement on theEmigrant Trail known asMottsville, where Hiram Mottand his son Israel settled in1851. Mott was among a group

of gentiles whosettled in whatwas then calledCarson County,Utah Territory,which had re-cently beensettled by agroup of Salt

Lake City Mormons, including aman named John Reese. On No-vember 12, 1852, the settlersformed an organization, peti-tioned Congress to create a ter-ritory, adopted rules for taking

up land, and elected John Reeserecorder and treasurer.

Cerissa Mott FetticCerissa Mott Fettic was born inMottsville in 1862 to Israel andEliza Mott, who arrived in Car-son Valley in a covered wagon.She married stage driver FrankFettic on March 20, 1881, andthe couple moved to Genoa,where she was remembered asone of the first to come help thesick, or comfort those in mourn-ing. She was one of the Valley’soldest residents when she diedon May 13, 1950.

Eliza Mott TaylorIsrael Mott's wife, Eliza Ann Mid-daugh, was the first whitewoman settler when the familyarrived in 1851. Three yearslater she opened the firstschool in her kitchen. TheMott's second child, LouisaBeatrice, was the first European

girl child to beborn in theValley in 1857.The third childof the Mottsdied and wasburied in theyard. This tinygrave was the

first in what became the firstcemetery. The cemetery, 300feet east, is all that marks thesite of Mottsville today. When Is-rael died in 1864, Eliza marriedA.M. Taylor until his death in1890. When Eliza Mott Taylordied in 1909 her funeral washeld at the Mottsville school-house.

Patrick and JeaneMulreanyIn 1983, Patrick and Jeane Mul-reany had the idea of opening asmall restaurant. This notionsoon grew into the Carson Val-ley Inn. The Inn opened in 1984with 100 rooms, a coffee shop,a few slots and a weddingchapel. Today the Carson ValleyInn boasts a 152-room hotel,75-room motor lodge and 59-site RV resort. It features 650slot machines, 11 game tables,a poker room, a sports bookand 550 employees, as well asa coffee bar and two restau-rants. In 2009, the Mulreanyssold Carson Valley Inn to theowners of Bodines Casino inCarson City.

Pastor Pete NelsonHans ‘Pete’ Nelson has beenpastor of Carson Valley UnitedMethodist Church for 28 years,arriving July 1, 1983, after hegraduated from seminary at Pa-

cific School of Religion in Berke-ley. A Reno native, he graduatedfrom Reno High School in 1966and attended the University ofNevada Reno, first when hegraduated, and again in 1975.He served in the Air NationalGuard during the Vietnam War,specializing in electronics. Hegraduated from Nevada in 1979and then went to seminaryschool. He married wife Cathy in1978 and they had three chil-dren, Angela, Holly and Kevin.He is a member of the CarsonValley Ministers' Association. InSeptember 2008 his 25th an-niversary was recognized with aproclamation by the DouglasCounty Board of Commissioners.

Cherie OwenDouglas Animal Welfare Groupcelebrated its 10th anniversaryin 2010. CherieOwen, thegroup's founderwas named“DAWG PresidentEmeritus.” Owenstarted the or-ganization in2000. Duringits first decade, DAWG volun-teers were responsible for ap-proximately 1,500 dog and catadoptions. In 2005, DAWG re-ceived the Nevada Appeal Orga-nization of the Year Award andin 2006, DAWG earned the Ser-vice Club of the Year award.

Ben PalmerAt his death in 1908 at the ageof 82, Ben Palmer was a long-time, highly respected CarsonValley rancher. Palmer, alsoknown as Parmer, was among

the first blacksettlers inNevada. Heclaimed 320acres nearGenoa in1853. He andhis sister,Charlotte Bar-

ber, her white husband, David,and seven children, raised cattleand introduced the Bonnerstock of horses to the Valley.Palmer and the Barbers werewell known for their hospitality,having given food and a placeto sleep to many a passing trav-eler. When, in the 1870s, theright to vote was extended tonon-whites in Nevada, Palmerand his nephew Benjamin Bar-ber registered to vote, andPalmer served on the DouglasCounty Grand Jury.

Brooks ParkWallace Brooks Park (1911-2000) was the son of DavidWallace and Margaret HickeyPark and a descendant of1870s Carson Valley settlers.The Park family purchasedproperty at Tahoe and CarsonValley. Parks attended DouglasCounty High School, St. IgnatiusHigh School in San Franciscoand graduated from the Univer-sity of Nevada. He began thePark Livestock Co. in 1935 withthe purchase of a ranch nearTopaz Lake. In the 1960s, heleased Tahoe pastureland tocasino operators; today, Har-vey's Resort & Casino, Caesars

Tahoe and Horizon Casino Re-sort lease from the Park family.The Park Cattle Co. built Edge-wood Tahoe Golf Course in1965. Park married Jeanne Car-dinal in 1937. They raised theirfamily in a house across thehighway from where BrooksPark grew up.

Wallace ParkDavid Wallace Park (1876-1964) was the son of pioneersDavid Brooks and Unity Park.He attended the Mottsvilleschool and the University ofNevada, then joined his father inthe sheep business after spend-ing a year as Carson River wa-termaster. He married MargaretHickey, daughter of a CarsonValley pioneer family, in 1908.They purchased property fromthe Dangberg Company, whichbecame their home ranch, andadditional agricultural land, in-cluding a ranch in Antelope Val-ley, Calif. Park was on the boardof directors of the FarmersBank of Carson Valley, and whenthe bank became the First Na-tional Bank of Nevada, he wasappointed a director. He servedas a member of the Nevada TaxCommission for 20 years.

William ParkWilliam Alton Park, fourth gener-ation member of a pioneer fami-ly, was born in 1921 to Arthurand Christine Jesperson Park.He attended Douglas Countyschools and served in the Navyduring World War II. In 1943 hemarried Viola Silvester of Gard-nerville. He retired in 1977 as aNevada National Guard adminis-tration technician. He alsoworked for 20 years for theGardnerville Town Water Co.Park was a member of the Car-son Valley Methodist Church,where a military service washeld for him when he died in1981. Active in community life,Park was a charter member ofthe Douglas County Sheriff’sPosse, a volunteer for the Gard-nerville Fire Department and amember of the National GuardAssociation.

Dr. John PasekDr. John Pasek, a beloved Car-son Valley physician, was knownfor his gentle sense of humor. Inthe early years of his practice,there were few doctors here,and he got to know his patientsand their families well. Dr. Pasekgraduated from medical schoolin Southern California in 1939,completing his residency in os-teopathic medicine, then re-turned for surgical training in1941. He hung out his shingleby opening a hospital in thebasement of the Minden Inn in1943. The hospital closed afterjust three years, but Dr. Pasekcontinued to serve patientsfrom Douglas County and south

to Lone Pine, California. After heretired, his former patientswould call him anyway. He diedJune 14, 2005, at age 91.

Frieda SarmanPitts Frieda Pitts was born into theSarman family in 1906. Afterher husband died, Dr. E.G. Handasked her to open a maternity

home. In1943, she did--using her ownliving roomand a bed-room. Shewatched overwomen in

labor, calling Dr. Hand when thetime came for him to attend.The home closed in 1954 afterthe state required that birthstake place at hospitals. Mrs.Pitts cheerfully cared for 159babies and their mothers, doinglaundry with a wringer washingmachine. She died in 1991.When Pitts was conferred theCarson Valley Historical Soci-ety’s Women in History award in2009, it was noted that “Friedanever had children of her ownbut was often known as themother of many.”

Walt PowersThe coach who brought Fridaynight football to Douglas CountyHigh School in 1946 was a starathlete himself. Walt Powers(1916-1997) was hired as Dou-glas athletic coach and scienceteacher after he got out of theArmy Air Corps in 1945. He let-tered in football, basketball andtrack at the University of Neva-da, where he graduated in1939, and at Sparks HighSchool, earning all-state honorsin 1933 and 1934. Powers wasnamed to the university’s Athlet-ic Hall of Fame, the DouglasHigh School Basketball Hall ofFame, and the Nevada Inter-scholastic Activities AssociationHall of Fame. He coached atDouglas 1945-1953 and again1956-1962, then served asathletic director until his retire-ment in 1973. Son Gary is headbaseball coach at UNR.

A.C. PrattMany Carson Valley history buffsknow A.C. Pratt published theCarson Valley News from 1875to 1880 in his Genoa home andserved as county district attor-ney beginning in 1876. Notmany know that he also wasSurveyor General of Nevada,1895 to 1899, and accordingto the Oct. 19, 1894, GenoaWeekly Courier, he served one

term in the Nevada Assembly,1883–1884, and was its chiefclerk in 1891; was clerk andbookkeeper for the State Prison;was deputy secretary of state;and “has in fact been employedin nearly every office in theState Capitol.” Pratt never at-tended school, yet he was aself-taught mining expert andassayer and constructed thefirst telegraph line into the min-ing camp of Bodie, Calif.

Robert PruettRobert Lloyd Pruett (1911-2010) was born in Los Angelesto Christian missionaries toJapan. He attended school inHawaii and Los Angeles and en-rolled in the University of Neva-da in 1931, where he playedfootball. He returned to Hawaiiand worked for his sister at theHonolulu Star Bulletin, earninghis degree from the Universityof Hawaii in 1935. Pruett re-turned to Nevada and marriedMargaret Park. A successfulrancher, in 1948 he was electedto the Nevada Assembly andserved many terms as DouglasCounty commissioner, two termsas chair. Pruett obtained landfrom George Whittell for WhittellHigh School and designed theclubhouse for Lake Tahoe’sEdgewood Golf Course, whichwas developed by Park CattleCo. Pruett was a pilot, inventor,big game hunter and author.

Spec RahbeckThe family of Franklin Kjer“Spec” Rahbeck (1922-2007)owned the Rahbeck Hotel, origi-

nally the Gard-nerville Hoteland now the JTBasqueRestaurant. Heattended Car-son Valleyschools andstudied at the

University of Nevada beforeserving as a naval aviator dur-ing World War II. After the war,Spec married Irene Plimptonand joined her brothers in thePlimpton and Rahbeck LumberCo. of Tahoe Valley, later theNevada Lumber Co. Irene diedof cancer in 1956, leaving Specwith two children. He married Pat Martin in 1957.Selling the lumber business, heoperated the OutdoorsmanSporting Goods Store, SouthLake Tahoe, 1961-1979, andwas active in the community.The couple purchased a ranchin the Valley, where they movedin the 1980s.

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T.B. RickeyKnown as the Cattle King of theWest, T.B. Rickey (1836-1920)is a study in how fortunes riseand fall. In 1859 Rickey drove asmall herd of cattle into Ante-lope Valley from Amador County,Calif. In a few years Rickey andhis family owned thousands ofacres. He and his partner,wealthy Reno banker RichardKirman, acquired more intereststhat allowed them to control thewater they needed to irrigatetheir huge holdings. After Kir-man’s death, Rickey started thereservoir that is now TopazLake, but lost the project to theMiller & Lux Co. in a case beforethe U.S. Supreme Court. Banksthat Rickey organized in early1900s failed, and his rancheswere sold. He died in Oakland,Calif.

Jacob RodenbaughJacob “Jake” Rodenbaugh, 16,headed West with other goldseekers in 1858. He soon wea-ried of the California goldfields,and in 1860 came to CarsonValley, where he was the first todiscover gold in the Pine NutRange. Jake operated charcoalkilns, utilizing the pinon pines inthe area, and supplied charcoalto the Carson City Mint and theComstock, Aurora and Bodiemines. His way station, knownas Jake’s Place, sitting justbelow the top of “Jake’s Hill,”was a popular stop on the wayto the Esmeralda mines from1877-1915. As the mines de-clined, Rodenbaugh concentrat-

ed on his 800-acre ranch andserved as county commissioner.His estate sold the ranch toLouis Ruhenstroth in 1916, giv-ing the area its current name.

Hank and JaneRosenbrockAlthough Henry “Hank” (1916-1995) and Jane Rosenbrock(1917-2001) were divorced,most Gardnerville residents oftheir generation will forever linkthe two together. The couplewas married Nov. 30, 1941.Hank made a name for himselfas an expert sharpshooter whilea teenager; she opened Jane’sBeauty Salon in 1936 not longafter graduating from DouglasCounty High School. Hank suf-fered a hunting accident in1935 that left him with a limp.He said that if it weren’t for hiswallet breaking some of theforce of a shotgun blast, hemight not have lived. He servedas Gardnerville postmaster for34 years and was co-owner of

the Outdoorsman for manyyears. Diagnosed with epilepsy,Jane was a tireless advocate forpeople with the disease and ac-tive in many community affairs,among them the successful ef-forts to build the public libraryand the senior citizens center.

Gene ScarselliGene L. Scarselli (1918-1986)didn’t often talk about his WorldWar II experiences. He escapedthe Japanese in Bataan, thePhilippines, in April 1942, wasrecaptured in Corregidor andwas a prisoner of war until1945. After spending a year inthe hospital, the Wells nativegraduated from the University ofNevada in 1947. He taught inReno and was coach and princi-pal at Eureka High School. Whencounty superintendent positionswere created in Nevada, hesigned his Eureka contract atmidnight so as to be the first inthe state. He brought his wifeEva and their children to Dou-glas County in 1956 where heserved as superintendent until1975, expanding and openingseveral new schools. ScarselliElementary School is namedafter him.

Melvin SchwakeMelvin Henry Schwake, Sr., ageneral engineering contractorin Nevada and California, servedas a Douglas County commis-sioner from 1949 to 1953.Schwake also operated ranchesin both Nevada and California.Schwake was born in 1913 in

Centerville and was baptizedand confirmed in the TrinityLutheran Church in Gardnerville.He was a member of the teamof volunteers who built the cur-rent church in the early 1950sand was responsible for hauling187,000 bricks from Reno tothe job site on Douglas Avenue.He married Edrie Cross Jan. 16,1947, in Virginia City. Active inthe contracting industry, he wasfounder of Nevada Contractors,Inc. He died at the age of 83and was buried in MottsvilleCemetery.

Arnold Settelmeyer Third-generation Carson Valleyrancher Arnold Settelmeyergraduated from Douglas CountyHigh School in 1958. He attend-ed Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo,Calif., where he majored in agri-cultural engineering technology,then returned to Carson Valleyto continue the family ranch. Heserved as president of the Fed-eral Land Bank for 10 yearsand was a member of the Car-son Valley Conservation District,the Carson River Water Subcon-servancy District, the DouglasCounty Water Conveyance Advi-sory Committee and the NevadaState Conservation Commission.He was a founding member ofthe Douglas County EducationFoundation and selected Man ofthe Year by the Carson ValleyActive 20-30 Club and servedtwo terms on the Douglas Coun-ty School Board. Settelmeyerdied in 2007.

Frank SettelmeyerBorn in Nevada in 1892, hewas named the OutstandingConservation Farmer in the Car-son Valley Soil Conservation Dis-trict for 1959. Settelmeyer wassingled out for the specialrecognition because of his landleveling, drainage, alkali recla-mation, river channel improve-ments and other conservationmeasures applied on his ranchlocated two miles east of Genoa.He died in 1964.

Fred H. SettelmeyerFred H. Settelmeyer was born inCarson Valley, Nevada in 1892.He attended local schools andGettysburg College in Pennsylva-nia. He returned to Nevada in1915 and engaged in ranchingon the Settelmeyer family ranchin Douglas County. A leader incommunity and political affairs,Fred Settelmeyer was elected tothe Nevada State Senate in1946 and served until 1961.

When the California-Nevada In-terstate Compact Commissionwas established in 1956, Gov.Charles Russell recognized Set-telmeyer's expertise in watermatters and appointed him tothe Nevada Commission repre-senting the Carson River streamsystem. He served on the Neva-da Commission and the JointCommission until 1959 when hebecame advisor to the NevadaCommission. In 1969 his abilitieswere again recognized by Gover-nor Paul Laxalt and he was ap-pointed to represent upper Car-son River interests on the Pyra-mid Lake Task Force. Through-out his political and public serv-ice, Fred Settelmeyer remained aconservative thinker and astaunch defender of CarsonRiver interests. He completed anoral history for the University ofNevada in 1971 which may beconsulted for further biographi-cal information.

Grace Adams SettelmeyerGrace Adams Settelmeyer wasinstrumental in founding theDouglas County School Systemhot lunch program. She was apast president and member ofthe Douglas County SchoolBoard. She is credited withstarting Red Cross swimminglessons for children. She was acharter member of Minden Fort-nightly and the Daughters of theAmerican Revolution. In 1956she was a delegate to the Na-tional Republican Convention inSan Francisco.

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Raymond SmithRaymond Smith was a city andregional planner who was activein shaping Carson Valley andNorthern Nevada over the last50 years. Hewas involved inregional plan-ning in 10 Neva-da counties, wasthe first execu-tive director ofthe Lake TahoeArea Council, aprivate, regional planning or-ganization, was engaged in theplanning of Incline Village andlater named the North LakeTahoe community.

Marjorie JohnsonSpringmeyerMarjorie Johnson Springmeyer'sfather Knox William Johnson,who settled in Carson Valleyfrom Ohio in the 1920s, died in1931, leaving his wife, StellaVan Dyke Johnson, her twosons, Bill and Knox Jr., and Mar-jorie, age 10. The Johnson cat-tle grazed on about 1,000acres at the lake. In herteenage years, she met her fu-ture husband, Melvin "Buzz"Frederick Springmeyer, a mem-ber of another pioneer CarsonValley ranching family. Theywere married in 1945 upon hisreturn from serving in the Armyduring WWII. They opened agarage and small, eight-stoolhamburger stand shaped like acovered wagon where Izzy'sBurger Spa is now located inSouth Lake Tahoe. Buzz andMarjorie and her brothers KnoxJohnson and William Johnsonran the Johnson’s J Lazy JRanch cattle operations in Car-son Valley and South LakeTahoe. Cattle drives went fromthe valley over KingsburyGrade, to summer range atSouth Lake Tahoe. Springmeyerand her family donated to thecity of South Lake Tahoethrough her ranching family'sestate, including the propertyon which Lake Tahoe Communi-ty College was built. At 90,Springmeyer was a real estateagent with Springmeyer Realtyin Gardnerville.

Papa StarkePapa Starke came to Nevadafrom Westphalia, Germany, dur-ing the 1890s. Papa was abaker by trade, and soon afterhis arrival in Nevada he was inthe bakery business in CarsonCity. It wasn't long, however, be-fore he bought property on thesouth end of Main Street inGardnerville and established his

business there. Papa was abaker by trade, and soon afterhis arrival in Nevada he was inthe bakery business in CarsonCity. It wasn't long, however, be-fore he bought property on thesouth end of Main Street inGardnerville and established hisbusiness there. With the capa-ble help of Mama, he suppliedthe community with bread,cakes, pies, and other delec-table items, all baked in largebrick ovens and sold in the littleshop nearby. He was an excel-lent caterer and was much indemand at weddings and par-ties of all sorts throughout theValley. During the winter monthshe went from farm to farm tohelp with butchering andsausage making. It wasn't longbefore he was financially able torealize his dream—to own andoperate a saloon of his own. Hebuilt that saloon next to hisbakery and called it “Pop'sPlace.” It is the brick buildingnow occupied by V & T DiscountLiquors.

Frederick WilliamStodieckFrederick William Stodieckbought the piece of land theCarson Valley rancher callshome for $2,800 in gold coinsin 1868. The deed on the prop-erty bears the signature ofAbraham Lincoln. His housedates to 1899, and the mainhouse, built in 1874, with someof its gingerbread detailing, stillremains along with a brickpump house, the original logcabin the Stodiecks first occu-pied, a hog barn and bunkhouse, among other structures.Stodieck is a board member ofthe Carson Water Subconser-vancy District. The Stodieckranch has been featured in theannual Douglas County Histori-cal Society Great Barns of Car-son Valley Tour and Carson Val-ley Eagles and Agricultureevent.

Garry StoneBorn in Lovelock, Garry Stone

started as out as a ditch rider.He came to Carson Valley tomanage the Carson Water Sub-conservancy District when theywere working on the WashoeProject for a dam at HorseshoeBend. He became federal watermaster in September 1984.Stone served as a DouglasCounty commissioner.

Roy StorkeRoy Storke, the honorary mayorof Centerville, was born in

1921, met hiswife at theCandy Dancein Genoa andwas married atthe old Luther-an Church in1944. He wasthe last char-

ter member left in the Lion’sClub and member of the Car-son Valley Historical Society. Itwas Storke who donated themanure for the Lion’s Club’s an-nual sale, which served as animportant fundraiser for theclub.

Jim StrattonJim Stratton purchased CarsonValley Drug in historic down-town Minden in 1963 andmoved to Gardnerville in 1977.Stratton was a partner in theconstruction of the StrattonCenter, where the pharmacywas located until 2005, when itclosed.

Bill & MarshaTomerlinThe Tomerlins have been mar-ried for 38 years. She was cho-sen as a 2004 Ronald ReaganRepublican Gold Medal Awardwinner by the National Republi-can Congressional Committee.Tomerlin received many awardsover the years. To name a few,she has received the State ofNevada Attorney General's Sil-ver State Citizen Award, shewas the Carson Valley Active20/30 Club No. 85's 1999 citi-zen of the year, the 1997 out-standing member of the Dou-glas County Building IndustryAssociation and received a Ser-vice to Mankind Award from theCarson Valley Sertoma Club. BillTomerlin developed the Meridi-an Business Center at the Min-den-Tahoe Airport.

David TowellGardnerville’s last congressmanNevada representative for theUnited States Congress andlongtime resident of Carson Val-ley, David G. Towell Sr., diedJune 10, 2003, at Washoe

County Med-ical Centerafter a two-year battlewith cancer.Towell movedto DouglasCounty in

1965 where he worked in realestate for 40 years, most re-cently with Prudential NevadaRealty. He was Nevada's onlyrepresentative in the U.S. Con-gress during the 1973-74 ses-sion and lost a bid for the U.S.Senate in 1976. Towell au-thored hundreds of poems andtwo published books: "Conver-sations with the Captain inWashington D.C." (2001), and"From Jennys to Jets" (2002).

Henry Van SickleAccording to Grace Dangberg,Henry Van Sickle came to Car-son Valley in 1852. He took a

claim in 1855and hadCharles Hol-brook buildhim a houseon it in 1857near where theDaggett Passroad would

eventually come down. He wasa blacksmith, innkeeper, wasjustice of the peace. He servedon the Douglas County board ofcommissioners and as countytreasurer. Van Sickle shot badman Sam Brown on July 6,1861. He built Van Sickle Sta-tion where it still stands alongFoothill Road today in 1857.

Daniel WebsterVirginDaniel Webster Virgin was ad-mitted to the California bar in1861 and practiced law for twoyears before relocating to Car-son Valley, Nevada Territory, ar-riving in Genoa on March 19,1863. He was first elected DouglasCounty District Attorney onSept. 3, 1863, less than sixmonths after hisarrival. Virginserved as firstelected judge ofDouglas Countyfrom 1864 –66. Later on heserved againas District At-torney from 1874-76, 1882-94, 1901-03 and 1909-11 andwas Superintendent of Schools.While in the practice of law hewas considered one of the fore-most jurists of his time and wasengaged in the famous case ofVan Sickle vs. Haines.

Mary Raycraft Virgin Born in Illinois in 1842, MaryRaycraft Virgin crossed thecountry with her parents Josephand Ellen Raycraft and was a pi-oneer settler in Genoa. Thefamily started managing a hoteland livery stable in Genoaowned by D.W. Virgin. After twoyears the family purchased thehotel from Virgin and within afew years Virgin married daugh-ter Mary. She died in Genoa onDec. 1, 1918.

Henry WalkerHenry Walker, a retired rancherand resident of Genoa, wasborn in Cottonwood, Utah, onNov. 24, 1852. Mormon Stationwas the name of the town nowcalled Genoa when Walker wasbrought to the place that be-came his home for life.

David & Harriet WalleyIn 1860, David and Harriet Wal-ley, former New Yorkers, discov-ered the hot springs and at onepoint a tent was erected on siteand travelers were charged 50cents for a bath. In 1864, theWalleys received a land grantdeed from President AbrahamLincoln and construction of theluxurious resort was in fullswing. The resort, built aroundthe many thermal pools, had ahotel with 40 bedrooms and 11bathrooms, a livery stable, sa-loon and wine cellar, a ballroomand beautiful flower and veg-etable gardens. A reputed$100,000 was to have beenspent on the project, no smallamount of money since a goodranch at the time, with 800acres of land and buildings,could have been valued at$15,000. One writer in 1881described Walley's Hot Springs:“The location is extremelypleasant, the scenery grandand the climate in summer in-vigorating and healthful.” AfterDavid's death in 1875, Harrietran the resort, then calledGenoa Hot Springs. Followingher death in 1896, Walley's wassold by heirs within the year toJohn and Richard Raycraft for$5,000.

William Wennhold William Wennhold’s family cameto Nevada in 1897, he lefthome at 13 and started doingodd jobs. His parents died within six months leaving seven or-phaned children. He worked forthe Heise Ranch in 1907 andthen in1909 for the MindenMilling Co. He went to work forthe Farmer’s Bank of CarsonValley as a janitor in 1914 andsix years later was made assis-tant cashier. In 1928 he waspromoted to bank manager andsecretary to the board of direc-tors. He was manager when theGreat Depression hit. Whilestate examiners closed Gard-nerville’s bank, the Mindenbank was found to be one ofthe strongest in the state, andreopened early. He was namedto the bank’s board of directorsin 1936 and continued until heretired in 1952.

George Whittell Jr.Lake Tahoe philanthropistGeorge Whittell Jr. was an heirto one of San Francisco'swealthiest families. In 1935Whittell purchased almost40,000 acres of the Nevadashore of Lake Tahoe, from theCalifornia/Nevada border toZephyr Cove. The ThunderbirdLodge (also known as the Whit-tell Estate) is a 6-acre water-front estate located on the eastshore of Lake Tahoe. It wasbuilt in 1939 as Whittell’s sum-mer home. Whittell died in 1969and much of the property thathe still owned went to the stateor the U.S. Forest Service. TheLodge is currently owned by theThunderbird Lodge Preserva-tion Society, and is now a popu-lar tourist attraction. GeorgeWhittell High School in ZephyrCove is named after Whittell.

Dabert WyattDabert Wyatt served as vicechair of the tribe and chair aswell as vice chair of the DouglasCounty Democratic Central Com-mittee. He was a Vietnam veter-an, having served two tours inthe Army. He was a foundingmember of the Washoe Devel-opment Corp. and served onthe Washoe enterprise boarduntil two months ago. He was afounding member of the WashoeCultural Foundation and, sincethe early 1980s, he promotedWashoe homeland repatriationat Lake Tahoe. He was a long-time member of the SITE coun-cil, an advisory board for theWashoe Tribe Senior CitizensCenter. Wyatt was recognized asDistinguished Washoe Citizen ofthe Year in 1994, an honor thatis bestowed annually on a tribalmember.

Frank YparraguirreFrank Yparraguirre was born ofBasque parents in San Francis-co in 1903. His father was aSweetwater rancher who hademigrated to America fromEchelar, Spain, in 1877 andmarried a young immigrantfrom Cilveti in 1892. When only a few weeks old,Frank was taken by rail andstagecoach to the Sweetwaterhome of the family, where helived the first ten years of hislife. The period 1913 to 1921was spent in San Francisco dur-ing school terms, and back onthe ranch when school was out.While still a young man. Ypar-raguirre lost his enthusiasm forthe life of a rancher, and in1924 he moved to Carson Val-ley. Yparraguirre was in the generalstore and dry goods businessfor 60 years, first as a clerk inMinden and then as owner ofhis own establishment in Gard-nerville. He gave a detailed descriptionof the operations of the Farm-ers Co-op and the Minden Mer-cantile in the 1920s and1930s. Shortly before the out-break of World War II, Ypar-raguirre purchased his ownstore.

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H.F. Dangberg Sr. H.F. Dangberg Sr. arrived in Car-son Valley in 1856, where he es-tablished a ranch but his claim

was jumped andpre-empted by‘Lucky Bill’Thorington.Dangberg start-ed the homeranch in its cur-rent location in1857. He was

elected to the Assembly for threeterms beginning in 1869. In1878, he defeated J.W. Hainesfor one of the Douglas Countysenate seats by two votes, butthe Legislature chose to seatHaines instead. Dangberg wasagain elected to the state senatein 1882. During his life in CarsonValley he amassed a ranchingempire that encompassed nearly20,000 acres. H.F. DangbergLand and Livestock Corp. wasformed late in Dangberg’s lifeand one of its acquisitions wasthe ranch taken by Thoringtonmore than 40 years earlier.

Dat So Lah LeRenowned Washoe basket weav-er and one of the most famousNative American artists of the20th century. Born near Sheri-dan in Carson Valley, she isprobably best known for herdegikup or “day-gee-coop” bas-kets. This type begins with asmall, circular base, extends upand out to a maximum circumfer-ence, then becomes smaller untilthe opening at the top is roughlythe same diameter as the base.She wove baskets for Cohn's Em-porium for approximately 30years until her death in 1925. Itis now generally accepted thatsome of her designs were in-spired by other weavers, proba-bly Pomo and Miwok Indians.Most of her designs were herown. She used symbols likewords to tell a story.

— Original biographical sketchby Sally Wilkins from an

unpublished research paper byKim Von Aspern.

Sen. WilliamDresslerSen. William Dressler is the man

for whom Dresslerville is named,

after he donated 40 acres to theWashoe Tribe for a reservation.

Dressler servedin the NevadaSenate from1919 to 1945and was formany years thelongest servingstate senator.Dressler was

an unabashed supporter of agri-culture and politically influentialon both a state and nationallevel. His ranching empire waslarge and second only to that ofthe Dangberg corporation in thearea. It had property in multiplecounties in both California andNevada. Dangberg and Dresslerwere rivals who understoodwhen it was beneficial to cooper-ate — even buying land jointlyin Hope Valley when it was un-feasible for them to buy it sepa-rately.

Lawrence GilmanGardnerville may carry the Gard-ner name, but it was LawrenceGilman who founded the town inthe middle of Carson Valley inApril 1879 by moving the KentHouse from Genoa. It becamethe Gardnerville Hotel and, inter-estingly, a small brick buildingdating to the early hotel still ex-

ists at the J.T. property. Gilmanhad been a builder and rancherin Genoa. He served as postmas-ter of the town until 1885, whenhe resigned and sold half of it toVictor Lundergreen.

Bill HarrahGaming pioneer Bill Harrahturned a $100 a week game,also known as the Reno Game, inSouthern California into a$50,000 a year business. Heopened his first club in Reno theday before Nevada Day 1937.Harrah bought George’s GatewayClub in Stateline in January1955. The next year he sold theclub to Harvey Gross and thenpurchased the Sahati brothersinterest in the Stateline CountryClub, and later the Nevada Club,both of which were across thestreet from George's. Harrahwas not averse to bringing inbusloads of customers for theday. In 1973, Harrah opened an18-story hotel, which earned thefirst five-star diamond rating incasino and Douglas County histo-ry. Harrah was influential in howthe gaming industry operated inNevada. He used his influence tocreate the Nevada Gaming Con-trol Board in 1955, an organiza-tion used to regulate gaming inNevada. In 1959, Harrah creat-

ed an even stronger GamblingCommission to regulate the casi-nos in Nevada with the intent ofridding them of corruption andcrime.William Harrah was known for hisrelations with both his customersand employees. The William F.Harrah College of Hotel Adminis-tration is named after him.Harrah had an extensive collec-tion of classic cars. After hisdeath, Holiday Inn planned onbreaking up the collection atauction. An outcry by the peopleof Reno and Sparks led to Holi-day Inn donating 175 vehicles toestablish the National AutomobileMuseum in Reno, a collectionalso referred as The Harrah Col-lection.

Stephen KinseyStephen Kinsey traveled from theSalt Lake City area with JohnReese and his company to settleat Mormon Station on June 6,1851. He built the log cabin thatlater became Mormon Station.He served as territorial probatecourt clerk and county recorderfor the Utah territory and thenafter the county was created wasa county commissioner, clerk andrecorder. He was the editor ofthe first, handwritten newspaperin Genoa, The Scorpion.

— Guy Rocha

Brooks ParkA rancher and president of ParkCattle Co., who developed Edge-wood Tahoe Golf Course on theproperty his grandfather pur-chased in 1896. He was incharge when the family built thePark Tahoe Hotel Casino, laterCaesar's and now the Montbleu,in Stateline. Known for herdingcattle using his Cadillac as thehorse and his Cousin GeorgeHickey on the hood as theherder, Brooks was a colorfulcharacter, who had a keen in-sight for business and the poten-tial for Stateline corridor. TheCarson Valley native also over-saw the purchase of the formerDangberg property in the mid-1990s.

Bert Selkirk Served as Record-Courier ownerand editor from 1908 to 1944.

He was East Fork Justice of thePeace from 1948-1954. He is amember of the Newspaper Hallof Fame. He arrived in Genoa onJuly 4, 1893, and worked as ahired hand for the Dangbergs.He worked in the Genoa Courierprinting shop until he joined theU.S. Army to serve in the Span-ish American War. On Jan. 1, 1908, he purchasedThe Record-Courier from H.H.Springmeyer. He operated thenewspaper for 37 years, regular-ly winning honors as a memberof the Kappa Tau Alpha nationaljournalism honor society. He waselected president of the NevadaPress Association in 1927 and1928, winning the golden make-up rule from the press associa-tion in 1945. Selkirk was anearly member of the GardnervilleFire Department and a chartermember of the Carson Valley Ki-wanis Club. He was the epitomeof the respectful newspapermanin a small community.

George SpringmeyerHe grew up on the H.H. Spring-meyer ranch in the Carson Valley.After being expelled from NevadaState University, he attendedStanford where he later receivedhis law degree and attendedHarvard for post graduate work.He served as the editor of The Record-Courier prior to join-ing the rush to the Goldfield min-ing boom.

He later served as an Army cap-tain in World War I, and becameU.S. Attorney during the Prohibi-tion era in the 1920s. He was alongtime foe of the Wingfield ma-chine and its connection to boot-leggers William Graham andJames McKay; this oppositionlikely cost him the position ofU.S. Attorney for Nevada.

— Sally Zanjani

Snowshoe Thompson (Jon Torsteinson-Rue) A native ofNorway, between 1856 and1876, he delivered mail betweenPlacerville, California and Genoa,

Nevada andlater VirginiaCity, Nevada.Despite hisnickname, hedid not makeuse of thesnowshoes thatare native to

North America, but rather wouldtravel with what the local peopleapplied that term to: 10-foot(longer than 3 meters) skis, anda single sturdy pole generallyheld in both hands at once.Thompson delivered the first sil-ver ore to be mined from theComstock Lode. He was neverpaid for delivering the mail.Country and folk singer JohnnyHorton recorded a song aboutThompson's adventures as amail carrier in his 1956 songSnowshoe Thompson.

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