120 Years Ago

March 19, 1897

As an agricultural valley, no spot in the United States, of its size, will beat favorable comparison with our beautiful valley. It natural resources and fertility are so well known to Nevadans.

100 Years Ago

March 16, 1917

The C.O.D garage received a carload of Ford cars last week and they were disposed of as fast as the mechanics could assemble them.

80 Years Ago

March 19, 1937

Residents of Minden and Gardnerville in Carson Valley are the greatest fresh milk drinkers in Nevada.

50 Years Ago

March 16, 1967

From the crevasses to mighty canyons surrounding Carson Valley, drip drops turned into small rivers as more than two feet of snow began melting away and a 20-foot waterfall came out of the High Sierra near the bottom of Kinsgbury Grade.

25 Years Ago

March 15. 1992

The sky over the Carson Valley turned gray with the smoke from controlled burns that went wrong.

20 Years Ago

March 15, 1997

To the relief of business owners in the Tillman shopping center in the Gardnerville Ranchos, skating is now prohibited and is enforced with the possibility of citation or arrest.

10 Years Ago

March 16, 2007

Douglas High School has settled on a new fundraiser to raise money for senior grad night. Joining other schools like Whittell, Carson and Galena, Douglas High will hold a Mr. DHS Pageant.

A look back at past editions of The Record-Courier by Sarah Drinkwine