LEARNING MORE ABOUT MY OWN HISTORY PROMPTED BY AN EXHIBIT AT THE NEVADA STATE MUSEUM
I was born in Elko, Nevada in the same hospital that my Grandfather had died in before I was born. In life he owned and operated the Fort Halleck Ranch in Elko County where my father grew up and which I visited and became acquainted with as a child. Within walking distance of the ranch were the remnants of a once thriving fort which we would explore looking for relics such as square nails.
While visiting the Nevada State Museum in Carson City this week I visited an exhibit there highlighting the contributions of ranchers to the State. Included in that exhibit was an 1877 photograph of cattle being loaded at the Central Pacific Railroad station in Halleck Nevada. This prompted me to learn more about the history of both Halleck and the fort it was named after located some 12 miles distant.
Here is a summary of what I found:
Fort Halleck was established in 1867, and the town of Halleck came into existence two years later. The underlying purpose of the fort was to afford safety to those working for the Central Pacific Railroad as it was being built to connect with the Union Pacific Railroad to complete the transcontinental railroad and to afford protection to those traveling the California Emigrant Trail as well as to offer protection for the Overland Mail Route.
The fort remained in existence until 1886. The town of Halleck continued on until 1900 as a thriving livestock shipping point at which time it had a population of 126. Apart from a post office which remained operational until 2003, Halleck fell into a state of decline qualifying it as one of Nevada's Ghost Towns today.
Returning to my own personal connection, as a youth I returned to Elko County during several summers to work on the 71 Ranch "located under the shadow of the Ruby Mountains just out of the old town of Halleck in northeastern Nevada's Elko County." My Uncle Jack, who then owned the Fort Halleck Ranch, was the foreman for the much larger 71 Ranch.
In my search I also came across archival photos of Fort Halleck as well as a 1943 photo of the Fort Halleck Ranch that is preserved in the Digital Historical Collection maintained at Utah State University.
Here are relevant photos with regard to the above beginning with the 1877 photo at the Nevada State Museum followed by the Fort Halleck Ranch Photo and the archival Fort Halleck photos. I have also included a photo from my working on the 71 Ranch.
Note a common feature in various of the photos are the Ruby Mountains which form the backdrop for all three places, Fort Halleck, the Fort Halleck Ranch, and the 71 Ranch.
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Hosted by extended family member Chris of the Golden Knights organization, an enjoyable night was spent at Las Vegas's T-Mobile Arena where the Golden Knights Hockey Team played the Pittsburgh Penguins. It was a special day in the Hockey World as it was the final trade day and especially special for the Golden Knights as fan favorite Reilly Smith (who had been on the Knight's Stanley Cup winning team) was traded back to the Golden Knights and the game would be his first upon returning.
Here is a YouTube Playlist chronicling the events to the night:
In this Playlist an evening with the Las Vegas Golden Knights begins with the pregame warm ups and pregame show.
As the game starts the players swarm onto the ice and we learn that just traded back fan favorite Reilly Smith is on the starting lineup.
Game play is seen as the Golden Knights take on the Pittsburgh Penguins including the first and winning goal of the game. The final minutes of the first period are also shared.
As a bonus, our host shares with us a viewing of his Golden Knights Stanley Cup Championship ring.
Link to 8 Video Playlist from Close-Ups of Players on the Ice to Viewing of our Host's Stanley Cup Championship Ring:
What do pickleball, pickle boats and Snowbirds have in common?
Pickleball, the fastest growing sport in the United States, was given its name by its inventors back at the time of its origin in 1965 - the year I began my last year of high school and the Rolling Stones came to prominence with their two big hits that year, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and “Get Off Of My Cloud.”
Pickleball both got people off their cloud and gave them lots of satisfaction in the 60 years since then. Who would have guessed that this backyard game, improvised all because a badminton shuttlecock could not be found, would by 1984 have its own rule book published by a then created United States of America Pickleball Association (USAPA), and go on to become a game with over 136 million players by 2023?
Getting back to its origin, when a Washington family couldn’t find a shuttlecock to play badminton they substituted a wiffle ball instead and ended up lowering the badminton net along with using table tennis paddles to bounce the wiffle ball over it. In Crew, a sport of some renown in Washington due to the University of Washington rowing team that inspired, “The Boys in the Boat,” when teams are organized, the left over players are assigned to man what is designated as the pickle boat. Likewise, the inventors of the game of pickleball, which used leftovers from other sports, analogized their game to a pickle boat and thus named it pickleball.
While the new game of pickleball was quick to gain popularity in the State of Washington (and even went on in 2021 to be named the “Official Sport of Washington”), Snowbirds traveling from Washington in the winters to warmer climes in California, Arizona, Florida and Hawaii are credited with initiating its national popularity. In Hawaii it was even given its own name of pukaball with puka being the Hawaiian word for hole referring to the ball’s holes.
Today pickleball is played in all 50 states and even other countries and has standardized rules (such as the seven foot non-volley area on each side of the net being designated as the “kitchen”. ) Today it also has its own specified paddles and ball, with the composite ball incidentally having been designed by yet another Washingtonian, a Boeing Engineer.
So, with that introduction, here are the accompanying videos and photos of this weekend's Pickleball Tournament that began with a field of 13 in an extended family completion designated as the CARSON CITY CRUSHERS which brought together players of varying ages from Alaska, California and Nevada:
In this three video Playlist watch the two Semi-Final Games followed by the Championship Game.
Link to Playlist of the two Semi-Final and Final Games of the CARSON CITY CRUSHERS Pickleball Tournament:
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LEARNING MORE ABOUT MY OWN HISTORY PROMPTED BY AN EXHIBIT AT THE NEVADA STATE MUSEUM
I was born in Elko, Nevada in the same hospital that my Grandfather had died in before I was born. In life he owned and operated the Fort Halleck Ranch in Elko County where my father grew up and which I visited and became acquainted with as a child. Within walking distance of the ranch were the remnants of a once thriving fort which we would explore looking for relics such as square nails.
While visiting the Nevada State Museum in Carson City this week I visited an exhibit there highlighting the contributions of ranchers to the State. Included in that exhibit was an 1877 photograph of cattle being loaded at the Central Pacific Railroad station in Halleck Nevada. This prompted me to learn more about the history of both Halleck and the fort it was named after located some 12 miles distant.
Here is a summary of what I found:
Fort Halleck was established in 1867, and the town of Halleck came into existence two years later. The underlying purpose of the fort was to afford safety to those working for the Central Pacific Railroad as it was being built to connect with the Union Pacific Railroad to complete the transcontinental railroad and to afford protection to those traveling the California Emigrant Trail as well as to offer protection for the Overland Mail Route.
The fort remained in existence until 1886. The town of Halleck continued on until 1900 as a thriving livestock shipping point at which time it had a population of 126. Apart from a post office which remained operational until 2003, Halleck fell into a state of decline qualifying it as one of Nevada's Ghost Towns today.
Returning to my own personal connection, as a youth I returned to Elko County during several summers to work on the 71 Ranch "located under the shadow of the Ruby Mountains just out of the old town of Halleck in northeastern Nevada's Elko County." My Uncle Jack, who then owned the Fort Halleck Ranch, was the foreman for the much larger 71 Ranch.
In my search I also came across archival photos of Fort Halleck as well as a 1943 photo of the Fort Halleck Ranch that is preserved in the Digital Historical Collection maintained at Utah State University.
Here are relevant photos with regard to the above beginning with the 1877 photo at the Nevada State Museum followed by the Fort Halleck Ranch Photo and the archival Fort Halleck photos. I have also included a photo from my working on the 71 Ranch.
Note a common feature in various of the photos are the Ruby Mountains which form the backdrop for all three places, Fort Halleck, the Fort Halleck Ranch, and the 71 Ranch.
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Notice they didn't have to post a speed limit.
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A NIGHT WITH THE KNIGHTS
Hosted by extended family member Chris of the Golden Knights organization, an enjoyable night was spent at Las Vegas's T-Mobile Arena where the Golden Knights Hockey Team played the Pittsburgh Penguins. It was a special day in the Hockey World as it was the final trade day and especially special for the Golden Knights as fan favorite Reilly Smith (who had been on the Knight's Stanley Cup winning team) was traded back to the Golden Knights and the game would be his first upon returning.
Here is a YouTube Playlist chronicling the events to the night:
In this Playlist an evening with the Las Vegas Golden Knights begins with the pregame warm ups and pregame show.
As the game starts the players swarm onto the ice and we learn that just traded back fan favorite Reilly Smith is on the starting lineup.
Game play is seen as the Golden Knights take on the Pittsburgh Penguins including the first and winning goal of the game. The final minutes of the first period are also shared.
As a bonus, our host shares with us a viewing of his Golden Knights Stanley Cup Championship ring.
Link to 8 Video Playlist from Close-Ups of Players on the Ice to Viewing of our Host's Stanley Cup Championship Ring:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLtb5zi734BfasyjzG-IenBoAzjXXIo5OM
And here are some selected concurrently taken photos:
Just returned via trade fan favorite player Reilly Smith:
Goalie Dya Samsonov #35:
Our host shares the Las Vegas Golden Knights winning of the Stanley Cup Experience:
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Pickleball, Pickle Boats and Snowbirds
What do pickleball, pickle boats and Snowbirds have in common?
Pickleball, the fastest growing sport in the United States, was given its name by its inventors back at the time of its origin in 1965 - the year I began my last year of high school and the Rolling Stones came to prominence with their two big hits that year, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and “Get Off Of My Cloud.”
Pickleball both got people off their cloud and gave them lots of satisfaction in the 60 years since then. Who would have guessed that this backyard game, improvised all because a badminton shuttlecock could not be found, would by 1984 have its own rule book published by a then created United States of America Pickleball Association (USAPA), and go on to become a game with over 136 million players by 2023?
Getting back to its origin, when a Washington family couldn’t find a shuttlecock to play badminton they substituted a wiffle ball instead and ended up lowering the badminton net along with using table tennis paddles to bounce the wiffle ball over it. In Crew, a sport of some renown in Washington due to the University of Washington rowing team that inspired, “The Boys in the Boat,” when teams are organized, the left over players are assigned to man what is designated as the pickle boat. Likewise, the inventors of the game of pickleball, which used leftovers from other sports, analogized their game to a pickle boat and thus named it pickleball.
While the new game of pickleball was quick to gain popularity in the State of Washington (and even went on in 2021 to be named the “Official Sport of Washington”), Snowbirds traveling from Washington in the winters to warmer climes in California, Arizona, Florida and Hawaii are credited with initiating its national popularity. In Hawaii it was even given its own name of pukaball with puka being the Hawaiian word for hole referring to the ball’s holes.
Today pickleball is played in all 50 states and even other countries and has standardized rules (such as the seven foot non-volley area on each side of the net being designated as the “kitchen”. ) Today it also has its own specified paddles and ball, with the composite ball incidentally having been designed by yet another Washingtonian, a Boeing Engineer.
So, with that introduction, here are the accompanying videos and photos of this weekend's Pickleball Tournament that began with a field of 13 in an extended family completion designated as the CARSON CITY CRUSHERS which brought together players of varying ages from Alaska, California and Nevada:
In this three video Playlist watch the two Semi-Final Games followed by the Championship Game.
Link to Playlist of the two Semi-Final and Final Games of the CARSON CITY CRUSHERS Pickleball Tournament:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLtb5zi734BfZQSQPSML9XcgWrLabsIO5J
And here are selected contemporaneous photos:
The field of 13 and their supporters including Zack the dog who on his own ambled over to join the photo:
Game on:
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WELCOME TO NEVADA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM
Carson City is home to the Nevada State Railroad Museum,
In this video, filmed in the museum’s main building we walk between the tracks with restored locomotives and train cars on either side.
An annex houses additional restored locomotives and cars, both of the train and road type.
Multiple exhibits focus on the impact of the railroads on Nevada’s development from a Territory to a State.
Link to Trains on display at Nevada State Railroad Museum:
Link to Exhibit Demonstrating How a Locomotive's Steam Engine Works:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h_Ka0YrMg-k
The repurposed Diner, with its unique round windows, that was rescued and restored:
Another restored coach that can be boarded: