October 25, doors at 5:31, dinner at 6:32. $60 for couples, $30 singles. Food, music, raffle, good times. Download flier here.
Owen Ritchie, War hero, Helicopter survivor and XNGH #47 JCB 1864 has gone to the Silver Hills after a long battle with the effects of Agent Orange in Nocona Texas. What say the Bretheran?
When: Saturday August 9. Picnic starts at 11:06am, food will be served around noon. Where: Miner’s Park, Virginia City…it’s just a few blocks down Six Mile Canyon Road from C Street. Why: Get to know your brothers and their families, welcome our new brothers, and provide a place for our children to learn a little bit about…
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MAY 24th – MORMON STATION, GENOA, NV SNOWSHOE’S GRAVE CLEANUP & DEDICATION 9am PICNIC STARTS AT 11am BRING A SIDE AND DRINKS SST / JCB WILL PROVIDE HAMBURGERS AND HOTDOGS HISTORICAL PRESENTATION FOR THE CHILDREN BY CHARLEY PARKHURST, LEGENDARY STAGECOACH DRIVER
Click here to download the full proclomation 10.01 a.m. – REGISTRATION at the E Clampus Vitus Building, Virginia City 11.20 p.m. – PARADE & PLAQUE DEDICATION: 1:01 p.m. – HALL OF COMPARATIVE OVATIONS Imperturable Hangman Reid Slayden 3.59p.m. DELECTIBLE FEAST on the river Roisterous Iscutis Don Asher Red Shirts $30 PBC’s $60 Red Shirts prepaid…
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Genoa, Nevada: Saturday morning, May 25th, 6018 Family day Grub Hamburgers and hotdogs will be provided by the chapter. Please bring your favorite salad, side dish or dessert to share with the other brothers, widders and orphans. Bring your own beverages. Come out early and help clean up the gravesite where Snowshoe Thompson rests in…
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Thanks to the good folks at The Historical Marker Database, we have a nice list of 785 ECV markers throughout the United States, including 28 markers attributed to chapter #1864. The database is searchable with a mapping function as well. Take a look through, and if you think one is missing, we’ll see about adding it.…
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Thanks to Jeff Johnson. This is a great article. “With the outbreak of the Civil War the mountain of silver under Virginia City became critical to national security. Nevada became a Territory by Act of Congress on March 2, 1861….“It is interesting to note that longitude is not referenced to Greenwich, but to Washington, D.C….“Nevada…
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Thanks to Jeff Johnson for finding this little gem:
