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Elko County Place Names.pdf
Story from Howard Hickson's Histories regarding Elko County, Nevada place names and their origin. The complete article is at the bottom of this page.View Original Webpage [archive website]

Elko The First 100 Years.pdf
Story from Howard Hickson's Histories regarding the first 100 years of the city of Elko, Nevada's history.

Halleys Comet.pdf
Story from Howard Hickson's Histories regarding the visit of Halley's Comet.

"Wilkins, Nevada: A 20th Century Ghost Town"
Wilkins, Nevada, was located about 25 miles north of Wells on U.S. 93. Build next to the Wine Cup Ranch, Wilkins was centered on the Thousand Springs Trading Post, built in 1947 and purchased in 1953 by a group headed by movie star Jimmy Stewart.…

Raymond Yowell - IEN Picture.jpg
At the Indigenous Environment Network (IEN) meeting in Lee, NV on May 8, 2006 Raymond Yowell spoke of the Western Shoshone’s struggle with the United States. He recants the audience with the history of the Shoshone people explaining the various…

Janey Bryan and Shasta Blackeye-Adair picture.jpg
Janey Blackeye-Bryan and Shasta Blackeye-Adair presented a lecture to the Shoshone Community Language Initiative (SCLI) program at Great Basin College over the heritage of the Western Shoshone. They begin their presentation by going over women and…

Loyd Hanks picture.jpg
Loyd Hanks is a Western Shoshone from the Duck Valley reservation his family came from both Paradise Valley, NV and Reese River, NV. Loyd talks about how he became a crew chief in the U.S. Air Force as part of a jet engine mechanic crew, and how he…

GBC 2017 Scrapbook.pdf
Collection of newspaper articles that were written in the Elko Daily Free Press during the year 2017-2018. These articles timeline the events that occurred at Great Basin College in 2017-2018.

GBC Scrapbook 2013.pdf
Collection of newspaper articles that were written during the year 2013. These articles timeline the events that occurred at Great Basin College in 2013.
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