Nevadans for Cultural Preservation

Speaker Series Presentation by Margo Memmott, RPA with Broadbent

Virginia City, Nevada within the Comstock Mining District has been extensively photographed from the time silver and gold were first discovered in 1859. The subjects of the photographs are vast and include the hulking industrial shaft houses and mills; the Victorian houses, crowded commercial buildings; steam trains spewing thick black smoke; dirty hard-working miners; prominent Euro-American businessmen; and bustling street scenes. In the background of these images, Comstock photographers also sometimes preserved images of the Native American camps where people were living and working in between the mines, haul roads, and railroad tracks. These images demonstrate the cultural persistence of the Northern Paiute in the Great Basin in the face of rapid industrialization and occupation by outsiders.

NVFCP will also have a booth at the park on Saturday, September 5th. 

Events will be hosted throughout the community with the Park being the main hub for information, vendors, food trucks, etc. 

Save the Date!

RSVP to receive training.

First we will send out mandatory pre-field training materials. Once those are completed, we will meet on Saturday, September 12 for the in person field training day. 

This is an invitation only event. If you would like to bring a partner that will be joining you on monitoring excursions into the area that is great. Just RSVP + 1. 

Questions? Contact Rayette Martin at [email protected] or 702-466-3013.

We hope you can join us as our first class of Little Red Rock Ambassadors!