UNLV Digital Collections has a couple of photos from construction of diversion tunnels for Hoover Dam taken on Apr 11, 1932. The tunnels were lined with concrete partly to reduce erosion when water was to flow through them. tinyurl.com/adtenu5y

Opened what is likely the first integrated casino in Nevada the New China Club casino in Reno, NV in 1952, founded the Nevada Casino Association, and introduced the Chinese game of Pai Gow to Nevada casinos, Bew 'Bill' Fong, 61, died on Apr 11, 1982. bit.ly/2PLhXGF

The first dam workers and their families to take up residence in Boulder City, NV arrived in 1931. They were called the 31ers. In 1956, the Boulder City 31ers Club started meeting annually for dinner. The 31st annual meeting was held Apr 11, 1987. tinyurl.com/4xfb82wh

St Thomas, NV was flooded in 1938 with the creation of Lake Mead after the completion of the Hoover Dam. Lake Mead first began receding the first time in 1945. This image at UNLV Digital Collections was taken Apr 11, 1948, probably near Hugh Lord's garage. tinyurl.com/48nxx8rd

An article in the Apr 11, 1860 Sacramento Union used 'Blind Leading the Blind' to describe the mining rush to 'Washoe,' a common reference to western Utah Territory at the time. bit.ly/2prrhfT
'The country is comparatively inaccessible.'

The Los Angeles production of Cole Porter's Broadway Hit 'Can Can' opened at the Hacienda Hotel in Las #Vegas , NV on Apr 11, 1957. It ended its run there on Jun 9, 1957. bit.ly/2V01jmb

A headline in the Apr 11, 1896 Territorial Enterprise read 'The Governor is Dead' after sitting Nevada Governor John E Jones succumbed to cancer the day before. bit.ly/39Yp7ex
'His suffering ended' and 'a useful career closed.'

Filmed mostly in Reno, NV and inspired by the Kefauver Committee hearings on organized crime, John Forsythe's first movie, 'Captive City' was released nationally on Apr 11, 1952, after a preview in New York, NY on Mar 26, 1952. bit.ly/2G6CFuB

A little bit of 19th century sexist humor from the Apr 11, 1885 White Pine News out of Cherry Creek, NV, and a reference to the number of Brigham Young's descendants. bit.ly/2y5ikT6

The Apr 11, 1908 Yerington Times proclaimed the future of Yerington, NV 'was never brighter.' The article summarizes positive news nearby, including construction of the Rawhide Western Railway. Grading was completed in 1908, but no tracks were ever laid. bit.ly/3KvVT9W

University of Nevada, Reno grad (1930), longtime UNR Head Coach (basketball, football, baseball), UNR Athletic Director, and Events Center namesake, Glenn 'Jake' Lawlor received the Distinguished Nevada award on Apr 11, 1980. UNR Special Collections photo: tinyurl.com/yv4529tb

There was a great article in the Apr 11, 1860 Alta California by Adolph Sutro on his trip over the Sierra Nevada mountains to the Comstock. bit.ly/2prwGn8 Sutro provided great descriptions of Virginia City and Carson City, both still within Utah Territory at the time.

Though I didn't see many of you there, I can tell you there were bon bons, and as mentioned in the Apr 11, 1874 Pioche Record, the Grand Bon Bon Party in Pioche, NV appears to have been a success, bit.ly/2Hv28LI

Actor Boris Karloff married his 3rd wife, Evelyn Helmore, in Las Vegas, NV on Apr 11, 1946, one day after his 2nd divorce was finalized. bit.ly/2GUxONq
Note: Karloff lived in the hamlet of Boulder City, NV to fulfill the state residency requirements for his divorce.
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According to the Apr 11, 1908 Las Vegas Age, the County Seat for Lincoln County, Pioche, NV used to have two breweries. Now it has none.

On Apr 11, 1863, Samuel Clemens, who had just recently adopted the pen name Mark Twain, wrote to his mother and sister in Missouri from Virginia City. bit.ly/3wODlv1
'You folks do not believe in Nevada, and I am glad you don't. Just keep on thinking so.'