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Announcing Our 25th Anniversary Gala

We are celebrating 25 years as an organization on April 26. Scroll down below for more information.

Winter 2024 FootPrints

The latest issue of FootPrints is now available.

FootPrints Archive

Spring Speaker Programs

Black Springs, Marilyn Newton, Wilber D. May Arboretum. Take a look at our Spring speaker programs!

Speakers

Newletters Available

HRPS' monthly member newsletters are now archived on this site.

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Lear Theater

Did you know the Lear Theater Project, amid all its ups and downs, has been ongoing for 26 years? We have put together a comprehensive set of articles for you to learn more about the history of the project and the surrounding area.

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(Recorded for the Nevada Historical Society Docent Council)
Harold's Club emerged from a hole in the wall operation at 236 North Virginia Street in 1935 to become the largest casino in the world. The Smith family, Pappy and sons Harold and Raymond, lived by Pappy's carnival-worker philosophy of treating customers with a smile and a fair hand. Run an honest game, the father said, let players win something, and they'll return. So under Pappy's leadership and innovations, Harolds Club and Reno into world-famed tourist attractions.

Neal Cobb is a Reno native, and was involved in his family’s business, Modern Photo. Neal fell heir to fourteen large boxes of old Reno and Northern Nevada photos and printable film after his parents died in the 1980s and subsequently authored two books, Reno Now and Then, Books I and II.

Harold's Club Video

Neal Cobb