Mormon Church, Las Vegas
Street address of the structure is 501 South 9th Street. It now houses a Family Search (org) research center as well as the church, from what I can tell.
These two postcards ask for one cent stamps. USPS raised the postcard mailing rate to 2¢ in 1952. It had been 1¢ since 1919 although the price had varied from 1¢ to 4¢ between 1863 and 1919.
Cave Rock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_Rock_(location) also known as deʔek wadapush (Washo for Standing Gray Rock), is a stone formation on U.S. Route 50 north of Stateline, Nevada. It is a column of volcanic andesite standing about 250 feet (76 m) tall. US 50 passes under the rock through the Cave Rock Tunnel. The formation was designated a Traditional Cultural Property and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. It is a Nevada State Park.
Cave Rock is a remnant of a volcanic vent.[2] The original volcanic cone built through that vent was based high above the present ground level and was eroded away long ago. The rock’s caves were carved by waves during the Last Glacial Period, when Lake Tahoe’s water level was hundreds of feet higher.[3] The local Washoe people hold the formation as sacred, and believe only shamans should visit the area. During the Gold Rush and the Pony Express, wagon trails were established to traverse the rock. The formation remained a hindrance to travel despite these trails, leading to the construction of a trestle bridge around the outside of the rock in the 1860s. In 1931, the first tunnel through the rock was made, followed by a second in 1957 to alleviate traffic. The trestle bridge remained open to pedestrians until 1964, when it was dismantled due to safety concerns.[3]
Curt Teich 1952 18-view Nevada folder
Roulette (named after the French word meaning “little wheel”) is a casino game which was likely developed from the Italian game Biribi. In the game, a player may choose to place a bet on a single number, various groupings of numbers, the color red or black, whether the number is odd or even, or if the number is high or low.
Reno (/ˈriːnoʊ/ REE-noh) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County. Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, in the Truckee River valley, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada, it is about 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Lake Tahoe. Reno is the 78th most populous city in the United States, the third most populous city in Nevada, and the most populous in Nevada outside the Las Vegas Valley. It is known as “The Biggest Little City in the World” and had a population of 264,165 at the 2020 census. The city is named after Civil War Union major general Jesse L. Reno, who was killed in action during the American Civil War at the Battle of South Mountain, on Fox’s Gap.
For much of the twentieth century, Reno saw a significant number of people seeking to take advantage of Nevada’s relatively lax divorce laws and the city gained a national reputation as a divorce mill. Today, Reno is a tourist destination known for its casino gambling and proximity to Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada. The city is also home to the University of Nevada at Reno, the state’s second-largest university by enrollment and the flagship campus of the University of Nevada system.
The Bowers Mansion is a mansion located between Reno and Carson City, Nevada. It was built in 1863 by Lemuel “Sandy” Bowers and his wife, Eilley Orrum Bowers, and is a prime example of the homes built in Nevada by the new millionaires of the Comstock Lode mining boom
Fremont’s Pyramid
https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2006/aug/22/exploring-mysterious-pyramid-lake-and-its-odd-tufa/ The namesake pyramid at Pyramid Lake is made of tufa rock, formed when calcium bonds with salty carbonate.
When explorer John C. Fremont first set eyes on Pyramid Lake, he was impressed.
“We encamped on the shore, opposite a very remarkable rock in the lake, which had attracted our attention for many miles,” he wrote in his journal in 1843. “It rose, according to our estimate, six hundred feet above the water; and, from the point we viewed it, presented a pretty exact outline of the great pyramid of Cheops.”
It seems appropriate that, as an explorer, Fremont was filled with thoughts of ancient Egypt when he first encountered Pyramid Lake because, like the great pyramids, it has a timeless and mysterious quality.
Part of the lake’s uniqueness lies in the stark contrast between its blue waters and the surrounding brown desert. Pyramid is the largest remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan, a giant inland sea that once covered most of Nevada.
The lake, about 45 miles north of Reno, receives a regular flow of water from the Truckee River, which begins at Lake Tahoe. It is also the center of the 322,000-acre Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation.
When Fremont stumbled upon the lake, he found it teeming with large fish, noting that “their flavor was excellent – superior, in fact, to that of any fish I have ever known.”
ver the years, the fish have remained important to the lake and its people. Anglers have long sought Lahontan cutthroat trout at Pyramid. The world record for a cutthroat trout – 41 pounds – was established there in 1925.
The lake is also famous as home of the rare cui-ui, a fish that first appeared more than 2 million years ago. Today, the fish is an endangered species protected by the U.S. government.
Pyramid Lake makes an enjoyable day trip. It is a fine spot for picnicking, camping, boating, water-skiing, swimming, hiking, exploring or just driving around.
The Lost City Museum https://www.lostcitymuseum.org/about-the-museum//,. originally known as the Boulder Dam Park Museum, was built in 1935 by members of the Civilian Conservation Corps. The National Park Service created the museum to exhibit artifacts recovered from local prehistoric archaeological sites, most of which were flooded when the Colorado River was dammed to form Lake Mead Previously, the ruins had been brought to the attention of the Governor of Nevada, James Scrugham, in 1924 by two brothers from Overton – Fay and John Perkins.
Hoover Dam, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hoover-Dam a dam in Black Canyon on the Colorado River, at the Arizona-Nevada border, U.S. Constructed between 1930 and 1936, it is the highest concrete arch-gravity dam in the United States. It impounds Lake Mead, which extends for 115 miles (185 km) upstream and is one of the largest artificial lakes in the world. The dam is used for flood and silt control, hydroelectric power, agricultural irrigation, and domestic water supply. It is also a major sightseeing destination, with some seven million visitors a year, almost one million of whom go on tours through the dam…Hoover Dam is named in honour of Herbert Hoover, the U.S. president during whose administration (1929–33) construction began on the dam and whose work as commerce secretary in the 1920s secured agreements necessary for the project to proceed. Erected during the Great Depression, the dam was a major endeavour that employed thousands of workers; around 100 fatalities occurred during its construction. Although legislation passed by Congress in 1931 officially named the dam for Hoover, officials in the succeeding administrations,of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman referred to it as Boulder Dam, its name during the planning stages before construction. In 1947 Truman signed a congressional resolution restoring the structure’s formal name to official use.