GSN Foundation Holiday Meeting, Silent Auction & Raffle – December 18, 2024

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Contact: gsn@gsnv.org

GSN FOUNDATION HOLIDAY MEETING, SILENT AUCTION & RAFFLE! 

SAVE THE DATE OF WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18TH FOR THE BEST HOLIDAY PARTY IN TOWN!

The GSN’s annual Christmas meeting and Foundation Fundraiser will be held at the Atlantis Casino Resort, Reno, NV this year.

Raffle tickets are $1 each but you must buy them in quantities of 5 on this website.

Examples: 1 = 5 tickets for $5; 10=50 tickets for $50; 20=100 tickets for $100

DINNER COST: $70.00.  RESERVATIONS required

ARE YOU ABLE TO DONATE A RAFFLE OR AUCTION ITEM TODAY?

PLEASE DROP THEM OFF AT PARAGON GEOCHEMICAL BY DECEMBER 13TH!!!

Doug Hensen and Paragon Geochemical have again generously volunteered to collect the raffle and silent auction items at their office, 1555 Industrial Way, Sparks, NV!  Please drop them off during regular business hours.

Speaker:  Tami Force

Topic:  Little-Known Ghost Towns of Nevada and the Forgotten Stories of Life in the Old West

Party sponsor is:  ENVIROTECH DRILLING!

DINNER AND RAFFLE TICKETS CAN BE PRE-PURCHASED BELOW.

Abstract:

Nevada has over six hundred ghost towns. In addition, there were thousands of mining camps, stage and railroad stations and mines across the Silver State.

Visitors and history focus on a handful of ghost towns, such as Berlin, Rhyolite and Belmont. Explorers and historians have forgotten the smaller sites, their ruins and history hidden for over a century in the Nevada desert.

The tales of the lesser-known ghost often towns put the authors of dime novels to shame. Each story is unique, showing that sometimes, truth is stranger than fiction.

Why did a couple give up a comfortable life with all the modern conveniences in Tonopah to live under a rock?

Why was the railroad station stop of Palisade known as the “Roughest, toughest town west of Chicago,” with a host of violent acts, including bank robberies, brawls, shootouts, posses on the hunt, massacres, scalpings and hangings?

What were Nevada’s original Sin Cities? How does Luna, the moon goddess, relate to Old Leo’s lost treasure?

What creative mode of transportation did the “Hermit of McKinney Tanks” use to try to reach the saloon to cure his cabin fever?

How did Tom Turkey vanish before becoming the centerpiece of Christmas dinner?

Interspersed with Nevada’s unusual mining equipment, learn about these unusual ghost towns and the forgotten lives of those who lived in the Old West and made Nevada what it is today.

Tami Force Biography:

Tami has explored Nevada and eastern Sierra ghost towns and mining camps for 25 years.

Since 2020, she has actively shared her love of ghost towns through Nevada Ghost Towns & Beyond, Radio Goldfield and publications, including Nevada Magazine.

Her specialties are the little-known ghost towns and long-forgotten stories of life in the Old West.

Tami has a BS in psychology and sociology and a master’s degree in social work. She is a licensed therapist and taught courses about people, families, and communities at Western Nevada College.

She presents to various historical societies and works with non-profit groups to preserve Nevada’s historical resources.

Raised in Idaho, she lives on the family’s 4th generation Carson Valley ranch.

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