Posts from ‘March, 2009’

Reno Evening Gazette, September 21, 1877
Emerald Mine-Mr Holmes, of Franktown, informs us that work on the Emerald mine will shortly be resumed. This mine is owned by several parties in and about Franktown. It lies 8.5 miles northwest of Carson and just over the Washoe county line. The company will commence a drift to the [...]

Reno Evening Gazette, May 12, 1876
The rainstorm of day before yesterday visited Washoe Valley in a very severe form. The clouds burst, and large quantities of water fell, washing  away rocks and earth in many places. The sand and earth was washed into Theo. Winters’ house, which is built up well from the ground, and [...]

The Chronicles of the Comstock site just posted an article on Washoe Valley history focusing on the Mormon presence in the 1850’s.
“Washoe Valley first was settled in 1852. The first settlers on Franktown Creek called the place “The Garden of Eden.” Within a year, other Mormon pioneers took up ranches eventually to be known as [...]

Received this email March 5, 2009:
Hi all,
Ginger called me a few minutes ago to let me know that she was the victim of a home invasion last Sunday night at 10:15. Thanks to her having a large dog in the house the invaders were discouraged and left. Later Ginger found out from neigbors that a [...]

It is reported that the Bowers Mansion Pool will be closed this summer in response to the county’s budget shortfall in this KTVN article.
“We’ve shut down our pools in Bowers Mansion and Washoe Valley and up in Sun Valley. The future of the Sierra Sage Golf Course will be determined between now and September 30th,” [...]

Here’s some photos of the semis pushed over in our big winds last month in this article from KTVN

The East Washoe Valley Citizen’s Advisory Board will be losing two members by June and need two members of the community to volunteer to one night a month. Members of the CAB meet for a couple hours in the evening to facilitate communication between citizens and Washoe County on local concerns and issues.

This article from the Las Vegas Sun discusses the effect of budget cuts on our local state park: “…
Recent cuts in personnel by the state has forced the seasonal closure of six of our 25 state parks, including Kershaw-Ryan.
Also closed is Beaver Dam, Dayton, Echo Canyon and Washoe Lake state parks and Ward Charcoal Ovens [...]

On February 14th we received this update from Mr. Gourley:
“The Board of Adjustment just met regarding the Special Use Permit for the extension and dam to Joy Lake and heard opposition to the permit.  They also heard from the engineers who designed and supervised the construction as well as from fire officials and the Nevada [...]

In an apparent lesson on how to get things done in Washoe County, the dam allegedly built without permits above Washoe Valley on Joy Lake has be subsequently approved by the state, after the fact. Ted Gourley, property owner of the dam sent us this note on January 31st:
“Gentlemen:
I own 80 acres including Joy Lake [...]