10 THINGS DISCOVERED AND LEARNED FROM YESTERDAY'S VISIT TO THE NEVADA STATE MUSEUM
The museum's Goldfield Mining Town Exhibit includes an Alaska connection as included in the exhibit is a tribute to photographer P.E. Larson who documented life in Goldfield from 1905 to 1908. Apart from the photos on display it is noted that his daughters donated relevant parts of his photographic collection to the Alaska State Museum.
Here, captured in video is the Historic Goldfield Mining Town Exhibit Featured at the Nevada State Museum
Nevada has a State Fossil, the earth's largest Ichthyosaurus species, the Shonisaurus Popularis, which is only found in the Shoshone Mountains of central Nevada. This fish-lizard co-existed with the dinosaurs in the Mesozoic Period and grew to 50 feet long and 35 tons:
The museum houses a cast of a 50 year old Imperial Mammoth from 17,000 years ago which was found intact in a Nevada desert as well as a large Ice-Age horse from 25,000 years ago in the vicinity of Pyramid Lake that was also found intact. Both animals died from being unable to escape slippery mud:
365 million years ago Nevada was a floor of the Devonian Sea where the big fish Eustenopteron that breathed with lungs swam:
850 of the world's 3,500 known minerals can be found in Nevada and much of Nevada's history is tied to mining with its becoming a State largely a consequence of the massive amounts of silver from the Comstock Lode. Today Nevada is the 3rd largest producer of gold in the world and the only source of lithium in the US.:
Precious opal can be found in petrified wood. This piece of petrified wood found in Nevada with its included opal was from the 1930s and was an original exhibit of the museum:
Mormon Settlers established the first non-Indian settlements in Nevada when most of Nevada was still part of the Utah Territory. The first was Mormon Station in 1851 which is now Genoa. Even Las Vegas was originally Mormon Mission as established in 1855:
A piece of the burned deck of the USS Nevada as it was burned at Pearl Harbor is on display:
The Mountain Howitzer Canon of 1835 with its compact size had shells that would explode at 1000 feet. The canon served early Nevada forts such as Fort Churchill:
The Territory of Nevada, formed in 1861, changed it size by adding territory in 1862 and 1866.
A concurrent photo of Luke with his coaches and teammates:
Returning to the subject of departing aircraft, we finally boarded our plane. Pictured is a view from the airplane of the Northern Lights as we flew northward:
Below, a still photo of the previously referenced portion of the exhibit, as seen in the above video, containing photographs taken in the Goldfield Mining Town by a photographer from 1905-1908:
"The museum's Goldfield Mining Town Exhibit includes an Alaska connection as included in the exhibit is a tribute to photographer P.E. Larson who documented life in Goldfield from 1905 to 1908. Apart from the photos on display it is noted that his daughters donated relevant parts of his photographic collection to the Alaska State Museum."
Located just a few blocks away from the house that Samuel Clemons brother resided in and who was the State of Nevada's first Secretary of State. Samuel, who traveled to Carson City with his brother, left Carson City for nearby Virginia City and took on the pen name of Mark Twain while working for the newspaper there:
(A few days after taking the above photos, when I passed by this house there was a magnificent antlered deer standing in the yard. That was a photo op I regrettably failed to take advantage of before the deer darted away.)
TODAY'S IDITAROD SLED DOG RACE WINNER FORTUITOUSLY CAPTURED IN MY VIDEO AT START
Captured fortuitously in Video is this year’s 2025 Iditarod Sled Dog Race Champion Jessie Holmes! Yes, the same Jessie Holmes Reality TV Star from the “Life Below Zero” National Geographic series.
Watch as he is cheered on by the onlookers who have come from multiple states and countries to see the beginning of this year’s world’s longest sled dog race that began here in Anchorage Alaska and then due to snow conditions restarted in Fairbanks instead of Willow.
Jesse Holmes win was his first time as the Iditarod Champion. Wearing Bib #15, he was in the middle of the pack departing but came in first at the finish where he was the first musher to cross under the newly constructed finish line Burled Arch.
Otherwise known as “The Last Great Race” the Iditarod encompasses over 1,000 miles with this year’s trail even being longer the longest ever at 1,128 miles. His 10 day, 14 hour, 55 minute, 41 second effort on the trail won him a $57,200 check in addition to a handful of gold nuggets and 25 pounds of fresh salmon to share with his deserving dogs.
Link to Today's Winner as he and his team departed from Anchorage:
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10 THINGS DISCOVERED AND LEARNED FROM YESTERDAY'S VISIT TO THE NEVADA STATE MUSEUM
Here, captured in video is the Historic Goldfield Mining Town Exhibit Featured at the Nevada State Museum
Link to the Goldfield Mining Town Exhibit:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DLgZejQMCbA
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It is Spring here when the California Poppies come out:
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My wife made me leave the house.
We’re in Turkey. Pretty neat!
Back in the day when the family was traveling and stopped for lunch
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A great place to eat when I was a kid
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just filmed and posted this a few hours ago while waiting for my flight connection and it already has over 400 views:
Starlux Jumbo Jet Dwarfs Alaska Jet as Delta Flight Lands at Sea-Tac Airport
Link to Video of Starlux Jumbo Jet Dwarfing Alaska Airlines Jet:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TEDfaMjwzDI
And here is contemporaneous photo of the above referenced Starlux Jumbo Jet alongside another large airplane:
And filmed the day before yesterday here is another already with over 400 views:
Link to Coach Nolan Plays Amazing Grace in a Viola Solo:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s1zhHu26xT0
And, here is a photo of Coach Nolan coaching:
And while this one below has had limited views, I got lucky capturing it in the moment:
Each member of the grade school basketball team took a turn trying to make a basket from a far distance without success.
Then it was Luke’s turn, the smallest on the team, and with a huge heave it was all net.
As the ball drops through the loop and down to the floor Luke’s teammates erupt in an explosive congratulatory cheer.
Link to Video of "The Shot:"
A concurrent photo of Luke with his coaches and teammates:
Returning to the subject of departing aircraft, we finally boarded our plane. Pictured is a view from the airplane of the Northern Lights as we flew northward:
Link to the Video of the Nevada State Museum's Goldfield Mining Town Exhibit:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DLgZejQMCbA
Below, a still photo of the previously referenced portion of the exhibit, as seen in the above video, containing photographs taken in the Goldfield Mining Town by a photographer from 1905-1908:
"The museum's Goldfield Mining Town Exhibit includes an Alaska connection as included in the exhibit is a tribute to photographer P.E. Larson who documented life in Goldfield from 1905 to 1908. Apart from the photos on display it is noted that his daughters donated relevant parts of his photographic collection to the Alaska State Museum."
For completeness, here are added photos regarding the below pictured coach at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City:
Located just a few blocks away from the house that Samuel Clemons brother resided in and who was the State of Nevada's first Secretary of State. Samuel, who traveled to Carson City with his brother, left Carson City for nearby Virginia City and took on the pen name of Mark Twain while working for the newspaper there:
(A few days after taking the above photos, when I passed by this house there was a magnificent antlered deer standing in the yard. That was a photo op I regrettably failed to take advantage of before the deer darted away.)
Added photos from our day spent at Lake Tahoe's Sand Harbor and visiting with extended family:
Rollo/Topstuff (RIP) had a great toner.
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Parking lot coins in Turkey, (my bride saw them).
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Crazy post/pole about a block from where I live. Every once in a while it seems to come alive 🌜🌛
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TODAY'S IDITAROD SLED DOG RACE WINNER FORTUITOUSLY CAPTURED IN MY VIDEO AT START
Captured fortuitously in Video is this year’s 2025 Iditarod Sled Dog Race Champion Jessie Holmes! Yes, the same Jessie Holmes Reality TV Star from the “Life Below Zero” National Geographic series.
Watch as he is cheered on by the onlookers who have come from multiple states and countries to see the beginning of this year’s world’s longest sled dog race that began here in Anchorage Alaska and then due to snow conditions restarted in Fairbanks instead of Willow.
Jesse Holmes win was his first time as the Iditarod Champion. Wearing Bib #15, he was in the middle of the pack departing but came in first at the finish where he was the first musher to cross under the newly constructed finish line Burled Arch.
Otherwise known as “The Last Great Race” the Iditarod encompasses over 1,000 miles with this year’s trail even being longer the longest ever at 1,128 miles. His 10 day, 14 hour, 55 minute, 41 second effort on the trail won him a $57,200 check in addition to a handful of gold nuggets and 25 pounds of fresh salmon to share with his deserving dogs.
Link to Today's Winner as he and his team departed from Anchorage:
And here are selected screen shots from the video:
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@1northcoin - Funny how some of these events they have to bring in the snow!