Category: Northern Nevada Then and Now
For as long as people have lived here, Carson City and the surrounding areas have been changing. Americans first moved here in the 1850s, and by 1864 the State of Nevada had been created, with several bustling cities. The area hasn’t stopped growing since.
And as long as these cities have existed, there have been photographers here to take pictures of them. That’s what this section of the site is devoted to; the pictures of the past and how much things have changed since they were taken. I’ll be working with old photographs of Carson City, Douglas County, Dayton, Virginia City, even Lake Tahoe and Reno. I’ll go back to the same spot the photo was taken, and retake the picture myself, showing what the area looks like today and how much things have changed.
Most of the “Then” pictures will be historic photos from fifty or a hundred years ago. But some of them could be just a few years or even months old. It depends on what the subject is. Obviously some of the most striking pictures will be ones where everything has been wiped out and the whole neighborhood has changed, or there’s just one relic from the past left in a sea of new development. But it’s also fascinating to see things that have remained undisturbed for a hundred years, or that have only changed in subtle ways.
In any case, this will be a chronicle of the passage of time here in Northern Nevada, and how far we’ve come since those pioneer days. Or even since last week.
Carson Motor Lodge Then and Now
Enrico’s Dinners Then and Now
Train Yards Then and Now
Mound House Depot Then and Now
Mound House Rails Then and Now
Carson Daily Appeal Then and Now
The Other Enginehouse Then and Now
Across the River Then and Now
Silver Queen Inn Then and Now
Hi-Way 50 Motel Then and Now
Bella Fiore Wines Then and Now
First Methodist Church Then and Now
Orion Clemens Home Then and Now
Washington Street Rails Then and Now
Ormsby House Front Door Then and Now
The New Ormsby House Then and Now
802 S. Nevada Then and Now
Flower Bucket Florist Then and Now
Virginia City – C Street 2 Then and Now
Carson City Post Office Then and Now
The Merci Train Then and Now
Building A Post Office Then and Now
The Ritchford Hotel Then and Now
Ira L. Winters House Then and Now
The Carson Opera House Then and Now
Carson Theater Then and Now
The Two Houses of Ormsby Then and Now
Ormsby County Poor Farm Then and Now
