NHS Artown Talks – On The GO! at Nevada Sunset Winery, Sat. July 25

NHS Artown Talks – On The GO! Program Schedule Saturday, July 25, 2026 Discover this year’s NHS Artown – On the GO! talks. The Nevada Historical Society’s building may be closed for an exciting remodel, but you can still enjoy these fascinating lectures at the Nevada Sunset Winery during the closure. NHS Artown Talks – On The GO! Series is their Artown summer program that delves into the history of Nevada and Reno. Make sure to visit Nevada Sunset Winery every Saturday in July to spark your interest in the captivating past of Reno and Nevada through eight engaging programs geared towards audiences of all ages. A FREE Artown event! Reno’s first Post Office 1-2 PM: History of the Reno Post Office: Then and Now Debbie Hinman, historian This talk will cover the history of Reno’s mail service, from its earliest days to the present. You will see our impressive first post office building which is no longer with us, the second which has been decommissioned but still stands proudly on “DeLongchamps Corner” and hear details of its amazing decor and the impact it had on the downtown area. Debbie Hinman, historian Debbie is a Reno native and UNR graduate. Active with HRPS since 2004, she is a researcher/writer for FootPrints, HRPS’ quarterly publication, and also creates and delivers summer walking tours in different sectors of Reno. Debbie served for seven years on the City of Reno Historical Resources Commission. Abandoned equipment in the S. Central Nevada 2:30 – 3:30 PM: Historical Mining in the Military Lands of South-Central Nevada Joe Tingley, author and historian Learn about these historic mining camps in South Central Nevada on military test site land today with guest speaker Joe Tingley, retired mining engineer, historian and author. South-central Nevada is home to two large military withdrawals, the Nevada Test and Training Range (Nellis Range) and the Nevada National Security Site (Test Site) . Together these total almost 3.8 million acres of land, most of which has been closed to public access for the better part of a century. South-central Nevada was largely bypassed by prospectors during the mining boom that followed discovery of the Comstock in 1858. Attention was directed to this part of the state after the discovery of silver at Tonopah in 1900 and gold at Goldfield in 1902. Between 1902 and about 1908, gold-bearing rock was found at several places in the Cactus Range, to the south at Jamestown and Gold Crater, and to the east at Kawich. Camps sprang at these sites, but no paying mines were found. Beginning around World War I some of the old camps had a short revival and new discoveries were made at Mellon, Tolicha, Clarkdale, and Wahmonie. This last flurry of activity was no more successful than the first and today little evidence of mining remains in this big expanse of empty land. Joe Tingley in a mining shaft S Central NV Joe Tingley has degrees in mining engineering from the Universities of Idaho and Nevada. He was the geologist for the Strawberry Tungsten Mine and Chief Engineer at the New Idria Mercury Mine both located in California. Tingley was an exploration geologist for various companies exploring for uranium in Wyoming and Texas, copper in Arizona and New Mexico, and gold in Nevada. He worked as a research geologist at the Nevada Bureau of Mining and Geology, where he remained until his retirement in 2004. Tingley has authored several geologic guidebooks for NBMG and has been an NHS docent for over 5 years. We would like to thank our community partner, Nevada Sunset Winery for hosting our lecture series. Nevada Sunset Winery is located at 415 East 4th Street, Unit B, Reno, NV 89512. Make sure to get your Artown Passport checked! Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live