“Hey Ken, I’ve got a story for you,” said John, a friend at the fitness center where we work out several mornings a week. He continued, “I visited the Genoa Bar. It’s your kind of story.” We made ...

There’s no doubt about it, the Genoa Bar in Genoa is Nevada’s oldest saloon. Founded in 1853, the bar is billed by its owners as “Nevada’s oldest thirst parlor,” and remains a favorite with locals and ...

GENOA, Nev. (MyNews4.com & KRNV) — Let's take a trip back in history. The little town of Genoa was the first settlement in Nevada, and is home to the first and oldest saloon in the Silver State, the ...

Genoa, the Silver State’s first town — older than Nevada itself — is a cozy relic steeped in history that may as well double as a Hallmark movie set this time of year. Popular Lake Tahoe state park to ...

“General U. S. Grant paid Walley’s a visit after inspecting the famous Comstock Lode,” the David Walley’s Resort website claimed until April 2007. Included was a portrait photo of Grant in military ...

MINDEN – “A Place Called Home,” the movie filmed at Lake Tahoe and Genoa in August will air again on the Hallmark Channel at 6 p.m. Tuesday. For just more than a week in August, actors and crew from ...

Electric street lights arrived in Genoa, Nev., the state’s oldest permanent settlement, around 1920, thanks to local women who organized a fundraising “candy dance.” This summer the town’s historic ...

Anyone who has studied Nevada history is aware of Genoa's role in the state's development. Genoa was the state's first town as well as home of the first printed newspaper and site of the first ...

According to a joint press release from Sheriff John Spears and Genoa-Harmony Fire Chief Michael Hanson, the building was comprised of a tavern/restaurant on the ground level and two apartments on the ...

Genoa, Nev. — THE ranger directed us up the dirt mountain road to Genoa Peak, where a century ago Basque sheepherders carved names and pictures into the bark of the aspens. Find the spindly gray-white ...

Nevada is packed with intriguing landmarks, glittering cities, and stunning natural landscapes. While you can get as close to Area 51 as possible on a scenic, otherworldly Nevada road trip or visit ...