Happy Halloween and Happy Nevada Day to all from the staff here at Bike Carson!

It’s been a busy week for me, and I hope to soon get back to the blogging. I did take a lot of pictures though, so hopefully the words will catch up with the photos before too long.

New Bike Locker?

Here are a couple Halloween / Nevada Day photos I took this week. I was out with the help of Jesse and Scott J in search of Abe Curry’s grave. I needed to collect a few photos for a presentation my son was working on for Nevada Day.

Abe Curry, with the help of a few friends (Musser and Proctor among them…sound familiar?), founded Carson City. They bought a ranch here in Eagle Valley back when this area was still part of the Utah Territory. Some folks thought they were nuts to plan a town in the middle of a bunch of sagebrush! Abe didn’t listen and went ahead with his plans. He even set aside some land for something as big as a capital building…just in case. Just a few years later, the silver boom was on in Virginia City, and Carson City grew rapidly as a result.

On October 31st, 1864, Nevada became the 36th state to enter the union. Carson City never became a very big city, today there are just over 58,000 residents, but I think that’s why it’s such a great place to live! A small state capital, nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Small town living, decent jobs, and tons of great cycling opportunities right from your front door!

Abe Curry – Father of Carson City

Happy Halloween to all, and I hope my fellow Nevadans are enjoying a day off! I’ll be spending my day shoveling rock for a landscaping project, doing some trick or treating tonight over in Carson City’s historical section, and very likely enjoy a couple brews too!