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Bowers Mansion Offered For Destitute

From the March 2, 1889 Reno Evening Gazette:
A Magnificent Offer
A Proposition Which Should Be Accepted.
The Carson Tribune of yesterday says:
Mr Theo Winters , the great Horse and cattle breeder and ranch king of Washoe Valley, stated to this reporter last evening that he will donate the Bowers Mansion and some forty acres of land for [...]

Will James – Nevada Magazine

Just a day after posting a post on Will James, famous western artist and former resident of Washoe Valley, circa 1920-30, we went to the Reno Friends of the Library book sale last Sunday and found this. We had checked out all the books and Andy was still looking so I killed some time looking [...]