Earth Day Garden Festival
Sunday, April 22, 2018

The Carson City Historical Society, along with the Mark Twain Garden Club, the Desert Gardeners and the Sierra Desert Garden Club, is holding a Garden Festival on Sunday, April 22, 2018, Earth Day, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festivities will be in the Foreman-Roberts House Park, 1207 North Carson Street. In addition to displays by the garden clubs, there will be a video presentation of the four seasons of Carson City gardens in the Carriage House. The Bee Club will give a presentation and answer questions concerning bee keeping, and the Greenhouse Garden Center will be available for questions and information. The Greenhouse Project at Carson High will also be represented. The Foreman-Roberts House Museum will be open for free tours for the first time since it was damaged by fire in 2016.

There will be a raffle of 25 lovely gift baskets with the intriguing titles of "Never Promised You a Rose Garden...So Grow Succulents!!," ÒGnome is Gardening," and "Tote of Knowledge." Tickets for the raffle are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. Included in the raffle are gift certificates from RedÕs Old 395 Grill, Due Sorella, The Greenhouse Garden Center, Touched by Angels and others.

Vendors will also be selling antiques, collectibles and crafts at a flea market on Rice Street adjacent to the Foreman-Roberts House Park. Food and drinks will be available from John Hurzel's Nevada Nosh Food Truck.

For more information contact Paula Cannon at 775-887-8865.

Millennium Bugs play for Ice Cream Social
Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018

As part of the "Jazz & Beyond Music Festival," the Millennium Bugs will play from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Foreman-Roberts House Museum on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, for the Carson City Historical Society Ice Cream Social. The event is free. Ice cream may be purchased at the event.

The website for the Jazz & Beyond Music Festival is http://jazzcarsoncity.com.

Senior History Projects Sought
Posted: Oct. 26, 2017

Vice President Debbie Lane is encouraging Carson High School (CHS) senior students to do senior projects on the history of Carson City. She is particularly interested in their selecting a history project for the Carson City Historical Society. She recently made the following inquiry to CHS faculty: "Might there be a senior interested in doing a Carson City history project? There are many interesting historical stories in this area (we have many ideas!) and we would love to work with a current senior to produce an exhibit on one of these stories for display at the Hisorical Society's house museum on N. Carson Street." Debbie further notes that if such a student were to come forward, she would be willing to mentor him or her with the teacher's help. So, please, if you have any budding historians in your family or circle or friends, head them in our direction.

NOTICE

Due to fire damage, the Foreman-Roberts House Museum is closed until further notice. We are working to rectify this situation. The adjoining Carriage House building is in good condition, but not generally open to the public while we are involved in clean-up operations.

Mailing Address for CCHS

The mailing address for the Carson City Historical Society (CCHS) is:

The physical address for the Foreman-Roberts House Museum is 1207 North Carson St., but that address is not our official mailing address.

CCHS board meetings are held the second Monday of each month at 1:30 p.m. in the Carriage House of the Foreman-Roberts House Museum.

If you are interested in being put on the CCHS e-mail list, please send an e-mail to Dcbugli@aol.com and put "CCHS Membership Addition" in the subject line. We will inform you about upcoming events of the Society via e-mail.