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Frances Humphrey Lecture at Nevada State Museum on August 28th spotlights transcontinental railroad depots & stations
August 28, 2025 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Nevada’s transcontinental railroad heritage begins in 1868 when the Central Pacific Railroad’s track laying crews reached the state, building east from Sacramento, California. As railroad construction progressed, existing and new communities were connected by ribbons of iron and steel. Towns like Reno, Winnemucca, Elko, Battle Mountain, Montello, Wells, Carlin, Palisade, Verdi, Wadsworth, Fernley, Lovelock and Mill City were on the transcontinental route. The Central Pacific became the Southern Pacific and eventually the Union Pacific.
Join lecturer Jean-Guy T. Dubé at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City on Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. as he looks at each community’s depot development from their first to last over the last century-and-a-half, including the sole surviving early depot at Lovelock. Enjoy this parlor car ride along the rails of Nevada history! (Photo of the Central Pacific Hotel in Elko, 1869, by Alfred Hart, courtesy NSHPO) Jean-Guy T. Dubé works for the State Historic Preservation Office of Nevada as the National and State Register of Historic Places Coordinator.
This lecture will be presented in person. Admission is $10 for adults, members and children ages 17 and under are free. Doors open at 6 p.m. The Nevada State Museum is located at 600 N. Carson Street in Carson City.
Register at https://nsmconnect.nevadaculture.org/ActivityRegistration/5ace81b0-ae2b-4897-88dc-bf81ab542508
