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Former Reno Mayor Jeff Griffin passes away on Feb. 5 Former Reno Mayor Jeff Griffin, who led the city from 1995 to 2002, passed away on February 5. He is remembered as a dedicated public servant whose leadership h

If the bricks of the Mapes Hotel-Casino could talk, they would tell tales of how of a cow town grew into the Biggest Little City in the World. See link below ⬇️ bit.ly/3Mc0aWa

This aerial photograph of Sparks was in taken in the 1930's looking east. Farms on the southeast side in the Glendale District belonged to the Mapes, Kleppe, Jones, Raffetto, Ross, Pagni, and Garaventa families. The photograph shows the "Y" between the old County Road (Prater Way) and B Street (Victorian Avenue). County Road was the main street leading into Sparks and was the original route of the Central Pacific Railroad. The Sparks City Council changed the name of County Road to Prater Way in 1939. The Sparks Grammar and High School and the new Robert Mitchell Elementary School were located on County Road. (Credit Joyce M. Cox Images of Sparks, NV).

This beautiful marker for Little Markie Maltby was in Hillside in 2012. Any information as to its location would be greatly appreciated.

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Reno’s nearly 70-year-old former JCPenney building listed for sale

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