historical figures
Chautauqua of Duane L. Bliss and Millennium Bugs in Concert at Dangberg Historic Park
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 07/21/2019 - 12:52pm
Event Date:
July 31, 2019 - 6:30pm The month of July will end with a Chautauqua presentation of Duane L. Bliss, as August begins with the Millennium Bugs in concert at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park.
On Wednesday, July 31, at 6:30 pm, Doug Mishler will portray Duane L. Bliss, Comstock era lumber baron of Lake Tahoe.
Location
Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park
1450 Hwy 88, Minden, NV 89423
Minden
United States
See map: Google Maps
Young Chautauquans at Dangberg Historic Park
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 11:58am
Event Date:
June 26, 2019 - 6:30pm Young Chautauquans of the Douglas County Historical Society will present "We Taught the World New Ways to Dream" at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Wednesday, June 26, at 6:30 pm.
Location
Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park
1450 Hwy 88, Minden, NV 89423
Minden
United States
See map: Google Maps
Chautauqua of P.T. Barnum at Dangberg Historic Park
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/05/2018 - 4:01pm
Event Date:
July 11, 2018 - 6:30pm Chautauquan Doug Mishler will portray circus showman P.T. Barnum at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Wednesday, July 11 at 6:30 pm.
Phineas Taylor Barnum was an American showman, politician and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus. The circus business was the source of much of his enduring fame. He established "P. T. Barnum's Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan & Hippodrome", a traveling circus, menagerie, and museum of "freaks", which adopted many names over the years.
Location
Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park
1450 Hwy 88, Minden, NV 89423
United States
38° 56' 28.2588" N, 119° 46' 46.3872" W
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Storytelling Weekend - June 25
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/16/2017 - 4:00pm
Event Date:
June 25, 2017 - 1:00pm The featured tellers at this year’s event are Willy Claflin, world music percussion band The Batamba Collective, Mother Lode Storytelling Guild tellers Linda Kennedy and Joan McCammon, and chautauquan Larry Lippmann as “Hank Monk”. The weekend also features early afternoon shows specifically for families and children, an open mic storytelling concert and a storytelling group Carson Valley Memories led by Nancy Raven.
Location
Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park
1450 Hwy 88, Minden, NV 89423
United States
38° 56' 28.2588" N, 119° 46' 46.3872" W
See map: Google Maps
Chautauqua of Snowshoe Thompson
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/16/2017 - 3:50pm
Event Date:
June 21, 2017 - 6:30pm Steve Hale will portray the legendary mailman of the Sierra, Jon A. “Snowshoe Thompson, at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Wednesday, June 21, at 6:30 pm.
When Jon Thompson put on his 8-foot skis and heavy leather mail pack in 1856, he skied to Genoa and into history. His two to three day 90-mile crossings (one way) carrying the mail and valuable packages of up to 100 pounds on his back through the snow have never been physically duplicated, not even with modern equipment. This extraordinary feat has become part of the legacy and spirit of the pioneer American West.
Location
Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park
1450 Hwy 88, Minden, NV 89423
United States
38° 56' 28.2588" N, 119° 46' 46.3872" W
See map: Google Maps
Western Heritage Festival at Dangberg Historic Park
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/16/2016 - 12:35pm
Event Date:
September 17, 2016 - 10:00am A free Western Heritage Festival comes to the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Saturday, September 17, beginning at 10:00 am.
The festival will include Dutch oven cooking, a heritage quilting presentation, Chautauquas of local historical figures, honky-tonk guitar and jug music, as well as a day filled with children’s crafts and activities.
Location
Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park
1450 Highway 88, Minden, NV 89423
United States
38° 56' 28.2588" N, 119° 46' 46.4556" W
See map: Google Maps
Chautauqua of Stephen T. Mather by Steve Hale
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/05/2016 - 3:33pm
Event Date:
August 10, 2016 - 6:30pm Steve Hale will portray Stephen T. Mather, first director of the National Park Service, at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Wednesday, August 10, at 6:30 pm.
Stephen Tying Mather distinguished himself as a consummate salesman, including the iconic 20 Mule Team Borax brand, which helped him amass a fortune by the early 20th century. After visiting the new western national parks and meeting John Muir, Mather went on to mold the vision of the new National Park Service and was honored by being appointed its first director in 1916.
Location
Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park
1450 Highway 88, Minden, NV 89423
United States
38° 56' 28.2588" N, 119° 46' 46.4556" W
See map: Google Maps
Chautauqua of Three Local Historical Figures
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/28/2016 - 1:50pm
Event Date:
July 6, 2016 - 6:30pm Chautauqua performers Dana Blane, Larry Lippmann and Mike Trute will portray local historical figures Donner Party survivor “Patty Reed”, Stagecoach driver “Hank Monk” and U.S. Marshall “Warren Wasson” at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Wednesday, July 6, at 6:30 pm.
Patty Reed was 8 years old when her family joined the movement west to settle in California. As survivors of the ill-fated 1846 Donner Party, the tremendous hardships they endured left the family destitute. The little doll Patty hid in her clothing survives until this day.
Location
Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park
1450 Highway 88, Minden, NV 89423
United States
38° 56' 28.2588" N, 119° 46' 46.4556" W
See map: Google Maps
Chautauqua of the Naughty Tea Mistresses of Nevada at Dangberg Historic Park
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/14/2015 - 11:37am
Event Date:
August 15, 2015 - 10:00am Chautauqua presenters Dana Lee Fruend, Yvonne Sullivan, Janet Baker and Judy Quinlan will portray Nevada pioneer women “Nellie Mighels Davis”, “Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Kincead”, “Whilhelmina Springmeyer” and “Hannah Clapp” in a free presentation at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Saturday, August 15, at 10:00 am.
Location
Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park
1450 Hwy. 88, Minden, NV 89423
United States
See map: Google Maps
Chautauqua of the Naughty Tea Mistresses of Nevada at Dangberg Historic Park
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/24/2015 - 2:24pm
Chautauqua presenters Dana Lee Fruend, Yvonne Sullivan, Janet Baker and Judy Quinlan will portray Nevada pioneer women “Nellie Mighels Davis”, “Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Kincead”, “Whilhelmina Springmeyer” and “Hannah Clapp” in a free presentation at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Saturday, August 15, at 10:00 am.
Location
Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park
1450 Hwy 88, Minden, NV 89423
United States
See map: Google Maps
Chautauqua: Steve Hale portrays George Whittell, Jr., "Playboy Millionaire Who Built the Thunderbird Lodge"
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 06/04/2015 - 3:53pm
Event Date:
June 10, 2015 - 6:30pm Chautauqua performer Steve Hale will present “George Whittell, Jr." who lived off the interest generated by the millions he inherited from his parents. His enormous assets allowed him to purchase the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe where he built the Thunderbird Lodge in the 1930s. The house was designed by prominent Reno architect Frederick DeLongchamps. This included a six-hundred-foot tunnel connected to a boat house to berth the “Thunderbird”, his fifty-five-foot mahogany yacht.
Location
Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park
1450 Hwy 88, Minden, NV 89423
United States
See map: Google Maps
