Remember When?

95 YEARS AGO

April 17, 1914

The committee of arrangement in charge of the Indian celebration to be held in Gardnerville, April 25th, have been busy for the past ten day. The biggest problem to be solved was the feeding of 600 Indians, but the committee handled the proposition in a business like way. Instead of barbecuing the beef in an open pit, it is to be roasted in the oven at the baker shop. Bread, potatoes, coffee and doughnots will go to make up the bill of fare of the barbecue.

The day will be given over to athletic sports of all kinds, horse racing and the like. The Indian School band and the Carson Valley band will play on the street. The celebration is to be a little different than anything ever held in this part of Nevada, the like of which will probably never be seen again.

80 YEARS AGO

April 19, 1929

Fire of an undetermined origin was discovered at the Minden Inn Wednesday night at 10 o'clock and did damage to the extent of about $2,000 or more, it was estimated by firemen yesterday.

Smoke was discovered on the third floor of the brick structure and when its source could not be found, an alarm was turned in and was responded to by the Minden and Gardnerville fire departments.

Had the fire started in early hours, or gone undetected for another half hour, it is questionable whether the splendid hotel building could have been saved.

50 YEARS AGO

April 16, 1959

The cooperation of all residents of Carson Valley is being asked by the Douglas County Civil Defense organization in Operation Alert 1959 tomorrow.

Fire sirens in Minden, Gardnerville and Genoa will be sounded for three to five minutes to indicate an alert. Local participation will help the county, state and Federal government evaluate the preparedness and will train and test existing Civil Defense and defense mobilization plans at all levels.

Civil Defense director Max Jones said, "This might seem far-fetched, but our overall plan in Civil Defense is to acquaint the people with disaster and how to survive under radioactive conditions, but if the fallout would prove to be fatal we want a working plan for evacuation. Preparedness now may save our families many hours of suffering in the future."

25 YEARS AGO

April 12, 1984

A group of Gardnerville residents opposed to the proposed Mill Creek Square shopping center town house development took their fight to the Gardnerville Town Board and came away having won the battle.

The residents, mostly people who live on Douglas and Hussman avenues, complained about the higher density requested for the town houses in an area that is primarily single-family residences, except on the Minden side of the project.

10 YEARS AGO

April 14, 1999

Kingsbury Grade, the main link between Carson Valley and Lake Tahoe, is expected to reopen today after a giant rock slide tumbled down the roadway. State and county officials want to make sure it doesn't happen again.

No one was injured in the slide which occurred Monday about a mile up from the Valley floor.

A look at past issues of The Record-Courier by Sharlene Irete.