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Francis Humphrey Lecture October 23rd at Nevada State Museum features Transcontinental Railroad History
October 23, 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 Dubé on Thursday, October 23 at 6:30 p.m. as he examines 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. Hop in the parlor car as we ride the rails of Nevada history!
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, the final one of 2025, will be presented in person. Admission is $10 for adults, members and children ages 17 and under are free.
The Nevada State Museum is located at 600 N. Carson Street in Carson City.
Register at https://nsmconnect.nevadaculture.org/ActivityRegistration/2fa189d1-f67c-47ba-9831-f704d13481f2
