General Membership Dinner Meeting
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

A GENERAL MEMBERSHIP DINNER MEETING is being called for April 29, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. at Grandma Hattie's (private room), 2011 S. Carson St., Carson City. We hope to reinstate the General Membership dinners and get to know you a little better.

There are three choices for dinner, all $15 inclusive. Your choice: 2 double pork chops OR cowboy steak with mushrooms OR crunchy shrimp and chips. Included with your entree are soup or salad, potato and vegetable, honey glazed roll, non-alcoholic drink, single scoop ice cream sundae, tax and tip. Wine or beer is extra.

Deadline for making reservation is April 25 (Friday). Please indicate on your check which entree you want and your phone number. Send your check to Jan Perry, 3080 Austin Lane, Carson City, NV 89703.

Carriage House Update
"Cold Shell" is completed

We are thrilled and excited to thank you for the $70,000 you worked to gather for the completion of the exterior of the Foreman-Roberts Carriage House. Our sincere thanks to all of you, our members, as well as other friends of the Society for your gracious generosity. We have completed stage one, the exterior or "cold shell" of the Foreman-Roberts Carriage House.

We've been informed that the cost to finish out the Carriage House is approximately $47,000. We already have a generous offer of a donation to match up to $5,000. We will be pursing both corporate and casino donations as well.

If you would like to tour the Foreman-Roberts Carriage House, call Paula at 775-887-8865 to set an appointment.

Reno's Dark Underbelly of Prostitution
and Drugs from 1900 through the 1950s
Thursday, May 15, 2014

Dr. Michael Fischer will do a lecture at the Business Innovation Resource Center (the BRIC), 108 E. Proctor Street, Carson City, at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2014, on "Reno's Dark Underbelly of Prostitution and Drugs from 1900 through the 1950s." It's based on a talk that he gave in Reno in March. Dr. Fischer is the former director of the Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs. He likes to research shady characters and has gathered some rarely seen photographs and long-held secrets of the Reno's dark underbelly.

The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Carson City Historical Society and is part of the Society's "Third Thursday" series of lectures.

For more information, call David Bugli at 775-883-4154 or check the Society's website at CCHistorical.org.

Dr. Fischer is pictured, portraying H. F. Dangberg, Sr. in a 2009 CCHS lecture.

First Yard Sale of 2014
Saturday, July 12, 2014

The first of two yard sales for this year will be Saturday, July 12, 2014. (The second one is and Saturday, August 16.) Each will be one-day sales. Please contact Mary DeFelice, 882-0916, for further information. Also contact Mary for any donations you may have to support the Society.

Garden Tour
Saturday, July 19, 2014

Reserve the date. The Carson City Historical Society Garden Tour is scheduled for Saturday, July 19, 2014. Details about this annual event are pending.

The annual GARDEN TOUR is Saturday, July 19, 2014. Please mark your calendar now as you definitely do NOT want to miss this exciting event. Seriously consider being on the Tour. If that's not possible, then contact Mary Dorsey, 775-297-3099 to learn how you can be involved. As of this writing, there are nine yards and five houses committed for the Tour.

Annual Ice Cream Social
Saturday, August 9, 2014

The annual ICE CREAM SOCIAL is Saturday afternoon, August 9, and we are looking for people who would like to share their talent and knowledge of "how it used to be done". If you have antique items and can show how they work, please bring them! Are you a blacksmith, candle maker, soap maker or do any kind of traditional-type of hand work? We would like to hear from you. Our "Show and Tell" will be held on the lawn of the Foreman-Roberts House Museum during the Ice Cream Social. It will be a great time to view our newly built Carriage House. Please call Loretta Williams, 841-3443, to reserve a spot on the lawn.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact Gary Cain at 885-7643.

Second Yard Sale of 2014
Saturday, August 16, 2014

The second of two yard sales for this year will be Saturday, August 16, 2014. (The first one is July 12). Each will be one-day sales. Please contact Mary DeFelice, 775-882-0916, for further information. Also contact Mary for any donations you may have to support the Society.

"Third Thursday" Lecture Series in 2014

The "Third Thursday" lecture series, featuring talks about Nevada history on the third Thursday of the month, will resume in 2014. A number of lecturers have been contacted and scheduling each of them to fit our schedule and ensure we have a presentation space is in progress. Traditionally we held our lectures at the auditorium of the Carson City Library, but that space is being repurposed by the Library. However, the Library has been able to let us use The BRIC (Business Resource Innovation Center) at 108 E. Proctor St. (just north of City Hall) for several lectures. If you wish to be notified of these events by e-mail as they are scheduled, please send your name and e-mail address to [email protected]

Beginning with February 2012, CCHS board meetings are held the second Monday of each month at 1:30 p.m. at the Foreman-Roberts House Museum.

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