Past Pages for May 20

130 YEARS AGO

All sorts: S.T. Swift has several hundred young goats on his ranch, near the Springs. The young ones look like poodle dogs.

120 YEARS AGO

Teacher needed: The families of Tahoe City are anxious to have a teacher. Will furnish room and board and pay a small tuition. There are only six children old enough to attend. Need someone desirous of spending two or three months at Lake Tahoe.

70 YEARS AGO

Carson Hi-lights (Carson High School). Thelma Biggs, who was chosen as prom queen, will be crowned at the annual junior-senior banquet. The program is as follows: Junior welcome-Dan Murphy; Senior response-Bob O'Neill. Mrs. Edith Fritsch is the sponsor of the junior class.

50 YEARS AGO

Advertisement: "Grand Opening Club Jubilee's new dining room - specializing in Italian and American foods - Music by the Mary Poe Trio - 15 miles north-halfway to Reno"

20 YEARS AGO

The Lyon County Commission approved an emergency management request to spend up to $5,000 to clean up the Mercury contaminated Dayton City Park.

10 YEARS AGO

Photo caption: Mike Hill and James Royce shoot Tom Ely during a mock shootout over a card game during the Wild West Tour in Carson City that shared history about Northern Nevada. Actors played parts of Abraham Lincoln, Kit Carson and others as they talked about life in the early west.

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