Remember When for Dec. 10
120 years ago
December 7,1894
Six inches of snow fell in this community yesterday and a raging wind has drifted it into piles several feet deep.
100 years ago
December 18,1914
An obscure and yet unidentified disease among cattle on the Schacht ranch is giving the leading veterinarians and bacteriologists of the Universities of Nevada and California considerable difficulty.
80 years ago
December 7,1934
It is claimed that $18,000, most of the proceeds of a stage robbery, lies buried somewhere near or in Genoa, the oldest settlement in Nevada.
50 years ago
December 10,1964
The Minden-Gardnerville Sanitary District bond issue passed with an overwhelming margin at last Thursday’s special election.
25 years ago
December 7,1989
President Bush on Tuesday signed into law the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act which preserves 733,400 acres of forested mountains and gives the state its first new wilderness in 25 years.
20 years ago
December 8,1994
Several decisions needed to steer Douglas County away from budgetary shoals will be before commissioners this morning.
10 years ago
December 8, 2004
Seven Whittell High School teachers won’t be suspended if they can convince Douglas County School Board trustees that they didn’t participate in a 2003 sick-out.
A look back at past editions of The Record-Courier by Sarah Hauck