Past Pages March 8

130 YEARS AGO

It is an excellent thing to see a Governor who knows that he is a peg above the corporations, but has the sense to see that he is not above the Supreme Bench.

100 YEARS AGO

The historic town of Lundy, nearly 10,000 feet in the mountains was practically wiped off the map by a snow slide 10 o'clock Tuesday night. The Crystal Lake power plant was destroyed as was the Taylor butcher shop.

70 YEARS AGO

Archie Pozzi motored to the Meyers Station area yesterday and inspected snow removal operations. He reports rotary plows are working from each size. Road opening will be completed by the middle of the week.

50 YEARS AGO

Carson City Junior Chamber of Commerce members will hear from Mayor Turner Huston, County Commission Chairman Bill Goni on the county-city split question.

20 YEARS AGO

The Legislative Commission today authorized officials to negotiate for the purchase of Fremont Elementary School.

10 YEARS AGO

Parkway Manor is up and running with a computer network to help with high-speed Internet for some of Nevada's lawmakers.

• Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.