We’re on our way to Truckee to see our youngest son, Matt, and his family and celebrate Tucker’s birthday (11), his graduation from grade school, and Montana’s graduation from middle...

As Carson Valley grew in the mid- to late 1800s, places, people, inventions, and mustangs grew in their importance. The oldest town in the valley is Genoa, first known as...

The Mormon Station state park has such a wonderful display of history of Genoa, Carson Valley, and Nevada’s statehood. First we’ll build on what we covered in part 26 and...

While reading through brochures published by the National Park Service, I realized that I really didn’t know the whole story of wagon trains going to the west coast so I...

As thousands and thousands of emigrants made their home in California and Nevada, they wanted to stay in touch with family and friends back east as well as stay current...