Star Hotel, circa 1910s
Black and white photograph of the Star Hotel in Elko, NV, one of the first Basque boarding houses in the area, built in 1910. Caption reads "Star Hotel, Elko, Nevada--Pedro Jauregui, Propietario." Photograph from the book _La Historia_ (no further information available).
Unknown
Personal collection of Angie de Braga
Virtual Humanities Center at Great Basin College
Scott A. Gavorsky [VHC]
Personal collection of Angie de Braga
.jpg; 150 dpi; 1313 px X 997 px
1910s
Telescope Hotel, circa 1950s
Black-and-white photograph of the Telescope Hotel and Bowling Lanes in Elko, NV, one of the Basque boarding houses. The photo is from the late 1950s.
Unknown
Personal collection of Angie de Braga.
Virtual Humanities Center at Great Basin College
1950s
Scott A. Gavorsky [VHC]
Angie de Braga - personal collection
<a title="Papa Jack Errecart article" href="/omeka/exhibits/show/elkokoak/item/148" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kimberly Errecart, "Papa Jack Errecart," <em>Northeastern Nevada Historical Society Quarterly</em><span> 83.3 (Summer 1983): 91-98.</span></a>
jpeg; 150 dpi; 550 x 414 pixels
English
1950s
"Elko's Overland Hotel: A Family, a Culture . . . and a Memory"
<p>A history of the Overland Hotel in Elko, Nevada, USA, under original owners Domingo (Dan) and Gregoria Sabala from 1908 until 1938. The second largest of the Basque-owned hotels in town, the Overland served as a hostel for new Basque immigrants and one of the centers of the Elko Basque community.</p>
<p><a title="Elko's Overland Hotel article" href="/omeka/files/original/cb3be7c3bae97957c68f710ebe5e7699.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View "Elko's Overland Hotel" as pdf</a></p>
Gretchen Holbert [Skivington]
<em>Northeastern Nevada Historical Society Quarterly</em> 5.3 (Winter 1975): 13-20.
Northeastern Nevada Museum
Winter 1975
Scott A. Gavorsky [VHC]
VHC Deposit Agreement on file:
http://humanities.gbcnv.edu/omeka/items/show/185
[administrator access only]
pdf; 10 pages
English
1907-1957
"Anacabe's Store: The First Fifty Years"
<p>The Elko General Merchandise Company, known locally as Anacabe's Store, has been an Elko institution for almost 80 years. Operating out of the same location on Idaho Street, the store is a testament both to the Anacabe family and the Basque traditions of multi-generational community.</p>
<p><a title="Anacabe's Store article pdf" href="/omeka/files/original/6decf42d58226cd9e5b799b7786113f0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read "Anacabe's Store: The First Fifty Years" as pdf</a></p>
Carol Hendershot
<em>Northeastern Nevada Historical Society Quarterly</em> 86.4 (Fall 1986): 104-117.
Northeastern Nevada Museum
Fall 1986
Gretchen Skivington [GBC]; Scott A. Gavorsky [VHC]
VHC Deposit Agreement on file:
http://humanities.gbcnv.edu/omeka/items/show/185
[administrator access only]
pdf; 15 pages
English
Bryce Kimber: Oral History Interview
Oral history interview with Elko Basque resident Bryce Kimber, conducted on 15 October 2015 by Dr. Gretchen Skivington.
<p>Bryce Kimber of Montello, NV ("Mr. Montello") is the son of Grouse Creek, UT homesteaders, W. C. "Bill" and Bertha Kimber. Born on the Kimber Ranch in 1929 he moved with his family to Montello, NV to attend school in 1939. He has lived in Montello all his life 1929 to present and was a most integral part of its history since he returned from service in Korea in 1948.</p>
<p>Topics he discusses include: the Montello Bar, & Montello Store (both which he owned), Pacific West States & Spring Creek subdivision projects (for which he contracted the road construction); the Gamble & Winecup Ranches (hay, fencing & livestock contractor); the SP Railroad and Montello history, UC Construction, the Montello Citizens' Committee and "buying" the town from SP; the Montello School (which burned down, rebuilt), people from Montello and the W.C. Kimber Diaries (1907-1972).</p>
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<p>Interview conducted on 15 October 2015 by Dr. Gretchen Skivington.</p>
Gretchen Skivington
Original Oral History Interview
Virtual Humanities Center at Great Basin College
15 October 2015
Scott A. Gavorsky [VHC]
Memorial Bizia Oral History Consent Form on File:
http://humanities.gbcnv.edu/omeka/items/show/XXX [administrator access only]
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Howard Hickson's Histories</span></p>
<ul>
<li><a title="Wilkins, Nevada" href="http://www.gbcnv.edu/hickson/Wilkins.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Wilkins, Nevada"</a></li>
<li><a title="Wagon Train Rest Stop" href="http://www.gbcnv.edu/hickson/HumboldtWells.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Wagon Train Rest Stop" </a></li>
<li><a title="Tobar, Nevada" href="http://www.gbcnv.edu/hickson/Tobar.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Tobar, Nevada"</a> </li>
<li><a title="Pocket Change Robbery" href="http://www.gbcnv.edu/hickson/AaronRoss.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Pocket Change Robbery"</a> </li>
<li><a title="Robbed Twice the Same Day" href="http://www.gbcnv.edu/hickson/CPRR.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Robbed Twice Same Day"</a> </li>
</ul>
streaming video [.mp4 file]
English; little Basque
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Key words:</strong> </span>Grouse Creek, Charles & William Kimber, Kimber Ranch, Grouse Creek LDS Church, sheep & hog raising, Kay/Merrill/Bryce Kimber, Montello Bar, Gamble & Winecup Ranches, Pacific West States Subdivision: road contracting, hay & fencing contracts, Slim Olsen's & Standard Oil bulk plants, Spring Creek road contracts, Montello Store, Southern Pacific Railroad leases, town of Montello, Montello Citizens' Committee, water rights, Montello School, W.C. "Bill" Kimber Diaries</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Names of People mentioned in/fom Montello:</strong> </span>William & Bertha Kimber, Barbara/Kay/Jack/Bryce/Merrill Kimber: Pete Ludwig, Norma Johnson, John Grandeen, Lucy Daz, Wallace Bettridge, Bill Hargrove, Pearsons, Allan Wilson, Bill Brooks, MW Johnson, Milo Craig, Ray Browning, Tolefson, Delaplian, Lee, John Ala, Mcfarlane & Holling, Gil Hernandez, Jim Thomas, Bill Addington, Jimmy Steward, Russell Wilkins, Joyce Palmer, Mary Jo Johns</p>
"A Passage through Time": Original Artwork for Elko Street-scape Project
The original concept art for "A Passage through Time," the Elko Street-scape public art project undertaken by the Nevada Department of Transportation in Elko in the spring and summer of 2015. The artwork was produced by John L'Etoile, Senior Landscape Architect of Nevada DOT
John L'Etoile
Virtual Humanities Center at Great Basin College
2015
Scott A. Gavorsky [VHC]
<a title="Video Interview with John L'Etoile" href="/omeka/items/show/115" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Elko Street-scaping Project: Interview with Nevada DOT Architect John L'Etoile" - http://humanities.gbcnv.edu/omeka/items/show/115</a>
.pdf file
Vidual only
Frankie and Jay Bilbao: Oral History Interview
Oral history interview with Elko Basque residents Frankie and Jay Bilbao, conducted 25 September 2015 by Dr. Gretchen Skivington.
<p>Tom Bilbao, son of Basque immigrants Vicente & Paula Bilbao was born at Jack Creek, NV in 1925. His wife Frances "Frankie" Vicondoa Bilbao and son Jay Bilbao talk about prospecting & mining in northern Elko County and their "Aita", father Tom who was one of the discoverers of different veins along the famous Carlin Trend. Frankie Bilbao talks about her parents Fermin & Madilyn Vicondoa Basque immigrants to Susanville, CA and her move in 1947 to Elko, NV and subsequent marriage to Tom Bilbao. She discusses what it meant to be Basque-American and to be raised in an "Old Country" household.<br />Jay Bilbao, Tom's son discusses how and where his Dad staked claims and mined independently, his interactions with the big mining companies, contracts and working for and with his Dad. Both interviewees speak of Old Country & New World values and what kind of man Tom Bilbao was and how his legacy lives on.</p>
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<p>Interview conducted on 25 September 2015 by Dr. Gretchen Skivington.</p>
Gretchen Skivington
Original Oral History Interview
Virtual Humanities Center at Great Basin College
25 September 2015
Scott A. Gavorsky [VHC]
Memorial Bizia Oral History Consent Form on File:
http://humanities.gbcnv.edu/omeka/items/show/XXX [administrator access only]
<p style="font-size: 14px;">Howard Hickson's Histories - articles</p>
<ul>
<li><a title="Rio Tinto Stock story" href="http://www.gbcnv.edu/hickson/RioTinto.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rio Tinto Stock: Some People Papered Their Bathroom Walls With Them (1920-1847)</a></li>
<li><a title="How a Gold Rush Begins story" href="http://www.gbcnv.edu/hickson/JarbidgeRush.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How a Gold Rush Begins: Jarbidge, Nevada - 1909</a></li>
</ul>
streaming video [.mp4 file]
English; little Basque
Basques, Basque sheepherding, Jack Creek/Gold Creek/Tuscarora/Mountain City/Elko, Jerritt Canyon, mining in the north country, Carlin Trend, early prospecting 1940s- 2000, mining companies, process of claim staking/mine maintenance, trapping, Old Country vs. New World Values, Stockmen's Hotel, Elko, Basque culture in Elko
Elko Street-scaping Project: Interview with Nevada DOT Architect John L'Etoile
Interview with John L'Etoile, Nevada DOT Senior Landscape Architect on the Elko Street-scaping project.
Angie de Braga (GBC VHC) interviews John L'Etoile, Senior Landscape Architect for the Nevada Department of Transportation (Nevada DOT), about the design of the Elko Street-scaping project, using the theme "A Passage through Time."<br /> <br /> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TFxgxvF45Kw" frameborder="0"></iframe>
Angie de Braga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFxgxvF45Kw&feature=youtu.be
Nevada Department of Education
July 2015
Angie de Braga [interviewer]; John L'Etoile [interviewee]; Nevada DOT [editing]
Rights pending
YouTube video link
English
Hardly a High School: University of Nevada, Elko (1874-1885)
Brief history of the University of Nevada's original location in Elko, NV.
<p>The University of Nevada's first home was actually in the new community of Elko, NV, between 1874 and 1885. Hickson recounts the formation of the new school, the trials and tribulations of its first decade, and the legislative debates which resulted in the University's move to Reno in 1886.</p>
<a title="Hardly a High School original webpage" href="http://www.gbcnv.edu/howh/UNElko.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View original webpage [archive website]</a>
Howard Hickson
Howard Hickson's Histories archive: <a title="Hardly a High School original webpage" href="http://www.gbcnv.edu/howh/UNElko.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.gbcnv.edu/howh/UNElko.html</a>
GBC Virtual Humanities Center
2001
Northeastern Nevada Museum; Scott A. Gavorsky [VHC]
© Copyright 2001 by Howard Hickson. Used with permission of author.
http://humanities.gbcnv.edu/omeka/items/show/103 [admin access only]
html
English
GBC Founder Interview: Mark and Kathy Chilton
Interview with original GBC Founders Mark and Kathy Chilton, 5 June 2015.
<p>Mark and Kathy Chilton played key roles in helping to found Elko Community College (the predecessor to GBC), particularly in acquiring the land for the college. The Chiltons discusss Elko in the 1960s and share stories of the community and the college.<br /> <br />Interviewed by Dr. Mark A. Curtis, 5 June 2015.</p>
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Dr. Mark A .Curtis
Original document
Great Basin College Virtual Humanities Center
5 June 2015
Scott A. Gavorsky, Frank Sawyer [VHC]
Oral History Consent, Archiving, and Reproduction Agreement on file:
English