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From Your HRPS President - Winter 2012 |
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Perhaps you missed the story, since it happened at an abandoned location east of Reno.
A view of the historic Wadsworth school from the suspension bridge over the Truckee River.
On September 10th, the 121-year-old Wadsworth School was destroyed by fire. For safety reasons, the fire officials decided to let the building burn. Now, a landmark that opened its doors in 1890 and served children from Wadsworth, Fernley and Nixon is no longer.
The loss of this structure struck me for two reasons. For one, just last spring I explored the area around the school. I took a pretty good photo of it, taken from the suspension bridge across the Truckee and it comes up periodically as a screen saver on my computer. Thanks to technology the old school will not be forgotten.
The other reason losing the Wadsworth School struck me was because it was another example of Nevada losing an iconic image. The loss echoed the impending demise of the Virginia Street Bridge. The fate of the Bridge has been on my mind for months. I write this column in November as the Reno City Council takes its final vote on the bridge design type that will replace the 106-year-old span that has represented Reno and its colorful history.
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