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Oral History Interview with Boyd Graham, Western Shoshone from Duckwater on 05/29/2014This oral history contains significant Shoshone language conversation, and is recommended for usage by community language teachers. Boyd Graham of Duckwater…

The play Twelve, explaining the origin of the months and seasons, is based on a traditional Shoshone story as told by Norm Cavanaugh. The play wascreated and performed bySYLAP participants during the summer of 2014 at the Natural History Museum of…

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.…

Howard Hickson's experiences in transporting a moon rock from NASA for display at the Northeastern Nevada Museum in 1970. The story relates the problems NASA encountered in implementing a touring exhibit of the lunar materials. Read Article [pdf…

Official Canon instruction manual for the Vixia HF G20 camera purchased by VHC in March 2015. Canon Publication DIM-1067-000A

Singer and actor Bing Crosby owned a number of ranches in the North Fork area and frequented Elko with his family when vacationing on the ranches. In 1948, Bing became the honorary mayor of Elko, a position he held until his death in 1977, The…

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…

Web-quality logo for GBC Virtual Humanities Center.