Future Events

The Carson City Historical Society presents "Reflections of Carson City -- Entertainment and Recreation During the Carson Mint's Glory Years" with author and speaker Rusty Goe. The lecture will be at the Carson City Library, 900 North Roop Street, Carson City, Nevada at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 24, 2007. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Preview of Rusty’s lecture on Favorite Forms of Entertainment
and Recreation During the Carson Mint’s Glory Years (1875-1885)


From the beginning residents of Carson City loved all forms of entertainment and recreation. The community’s leisure-time activities were rapidly cultivated during its first quarter century in existence. By the 1870s, in concurrence with the Comstock boom, Carson City’s calendar of arts, entertainment, and recreation events was full all year round.


Local author, coin dealer, and Carson Mint historian, Rusty Goe, will present a PowerPoint lecture on the most popular forms of entertainment and recreation in Carson City during the 1870s and 1880s.

Through words, images and sounds, Goe will depict indoor and outdoor activities experienced by Carsonites in town and out of the local area during the period 1875 to 1885.

As part of his talk on indoor activities Goe will discuss Carson City’s theater life, its social clubs, its parties and balls, and its fraternal organizations. You will hear about Shakespearean plays, minstrel shows, and Gilbert and Sullivan musicals; and you will be introduced to a few of Carson’s local artists.

As for Carson’s outdoor activities Goe will focus on picnics, sporting events and circuses.

Continuing his presentation, Goe will shift outside of Carson City as he shares how special was Lake Tahoe to residents in northwestern Nevada. You will learn about Glenbrook’s prominence as a tourist destination, and also hear about other popular points of interest at Tahoe, including McKinney’s Landing, Emerald Bay, and Tallac House.

Goe will conclude his lecture with brief mentions of a few popular California getaways to which Carsonites traveled.

The current lecture series started in April, 2008, with a presentation by Bert Bedeau. All lectures are at the Carson City Library, unless otherwise noted.
Here are the dates for the 2008:

This page last updated 4/17/2008