forty-mile desert
Nevada History Lecture – 40 Mile Desert – Nevada Day
Nevada History Lecture
Nevada Day special evening program
October 25, 2023
5:00 – 5:30 pm – Wine/cheese Reception
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Nevada History Lecture
Guest Speaker
Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D.
Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita
Missouri University of Science and Technology
The Depot of Carcasses: Animals, Overlanders, and the Forty Mile Desert
Between the 1840s and 1860s, approximately 300,000 people crossed the […]