Thursday, May 1: ÒBusiness and Commerce on the Comstock 1870s to 1890sÓ

Dinner starts at 4:30 p.m. and lecture starts at 7 p.m.

Description:ÊÊThe ComstockÕs own Huxsters of History, the VC Relic AKA Ron Gallagher and Prof. E.P. Stinkwater AKA Joe Curtis, will present on the subject of ÒVirginia City:Ê The Stuff that you didnÕt know that you needed to knowÓ.Ê An examination of a collection of popular folklore that is highly questionable under the light of common sense.Ê Their intention is to pass on the caretaker duties of the true and relatively accurate history of the Comstock to the next keepers thereof.Ê Come soak up the Comstock history stuck in their heads and become a Comstock History Caretaker.

Bios:Ê

Ron Gallagher, was born as a young child and raised on the Comstock.Ê His family worked in, owned and operated businesses in Virginia City from the 1870Õs into the 1950Õs or so. Ron, contrary to some reports which may be fake news, did not attend the Fourth Ward School as a child.Ê He did, however go to school.Ê A career in teaching and private industry and a passion for the history of ÒhisÓ community places him in a rare position to have absorbed the history.Ê Ron has researched his family history along with general Comstock history for much of his adult Irish life interspersed with occasional Òblarney shotsÓ.

Joe Curtis, younger than Ron, was raised in Carson to about age 14, his parents purchased buildings and opened a Comstock history museum and also dealt in the history and artifacts of Comstock life.Ê Joe grew up and later became the care taker of vast stores of original historical source material which he has spent spare time outside two careers researching and stuffing the information into the space between his ears.Ê It now has to be passed on to the future caretakers of Comstock history while he can remember to do so.Ê He is one of the most passionate purveyors of accurate Comstock history.Ê DonÕt look him in the eye or he will talk historyÊ to you till you get in your car and drive away.

Lecture starts at 7 p.m. and costs $10 per person.

Come early and enjoy dinner before the lecture! We Serve dinner before the lecture at 4:30, 5:00, & 5:30 p.m.