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July 16, 1925: A mock Scopes evolution trial is held at the Rotary Club in Orange, N.J.  "The trial broke up in disorder when S. Fred Wright, Chief Boy Scout Executive of the Oranges, appeared dressed as an ape and leaped from table to table."




July 16, 1925: "U.S. Spends Little For Human Safety"... And just look where we are today...




July 16, 1925: And a Little Child Shall Lead Them...


Reminds me of a more recent little girl with pigtails.


July 16, 1945: What the hell was that big kabOOm!?? Our big daddy Gov reported it as just an Army ammo depot exploded. Nothing to see here, move along citizen.

Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based Trinity test nuclear "gadget" weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.



In 2019, "Atom Central" released a shock 'n awe restored B&W footage of the Jul 16, 1945 Trinity test, which was conducted in New Mexico’s aptly-named Jornada del Muerto desert (translates from Spanish as "Dead Man's Journey"). The cleaned-up film reveals a remarkable amount of detail previously unseen.




Archibald Skillman moved from Shermantown, NV to Eureka, NV and began publishing the Eureka Sentinel on July 16, 1870. And still publishing today.


The White Pine news (Treasure City, Nev.), July 19, 1870 welcomes The Eureka Sentinel.

Eureka Daily Sentinel, Eureka weekly sentinel, and The Eureka sentinel

The small mining camp that eventually became known as Eureka was established in 1864 by prospectors who had discovered rich lead-silver deposits in a canyon 70 miles east of Austin, Nevada. At first, smelting the mixed ore proved difficult, and mining languished until the construction of new local furnaces that were adapted to lead-silver smelting techniques. When the news of this success reached the neighboring districts there was a rush to the camp, and a flurry of new mining activity followed.

In 1871 the Eureka Daily Sentinel reported that Eureka mining stock was on the rise in San Francisco (despite the financial dislocation caused by the Chicago Fire): “at no time in the history of the district has property looked so well on the San Francisco market . . . though long delayed this appreciation of the actual worth of our mining interests  is none the less welcome . . .  Soon we may hope to see Eureka stocks of all kinds attract the attention of speculators they so well deserve, and rival the famous ones of the Comstock lode.”

In 1873, the new county of Eureka was carved out of the three neighboring counties with the town of Eureka serving as its seat. With the consolidation of mining operations into two large companies, the construction of new furnaces, and the completion of the Eureka & Palisade and Eureka & Ruby Hill Railroads, Eureka by 1878 had become the second largest city in Nevada. 

The Eureka Sentinel was first established in 1870 when Archibald Skillman moved his press from Shermantown, where he had very briefly published the Shermantown Reporter, to the new booming camp of Eureka.  With his partner and editor, Dr. L.C. McKenney, A. Skilman and Co. published a weekly paper that prospered with the town.

In 1871, the Eureka Sentinel was bought by Fred Ellott, a printer and writer, and George W. Cassidy, the late editor of the Hamilton Inland Empire, who expanded the Sentinel to a triweekly with an actively Democratic editorial policy. Cassidy, a senator and later congressman from Nevada, turned over the editorship to John H. Dennis in 1874 to concentrate on his political career. Dennis published the Eureka Sentinel as a daily.

In 1876, Archibald Skillman returned to Eureka from Hamilton, where he had published the White Pine News. He bought out Dennis’s interest in the Eureka Sentinel andran the paper with Cassidy until the latter’s death in 1892. In 1879, Skillman and Cassidy added a weekly addition to the daily, and ran both editions until 1887 when they suspended the daily.

The Eureka Sentinel survived a number of disasters: in 1873, a fire burned down most of the town and totally destroyed the printing plant. While the publishers waited for new equipment and supplies to arrive from San Francisco, they launched the Eureka Daily Sentinel Supplement to meet their requirement of publishing the new county’s legal notices. The next year flash floods swept through the canyon inundating the town of Eureka and its newspaper.

By 1885, the district’s ore deposits were exhausted, and by 1890, the smelters had closed down. When the two competing mining companies merged in 1906, there was a brief recovery, but the local railroads were washed out by flash floods in 1910.  Eureka never fully recovered from these losses despite sporadic mining activity.

Archibald Skillman managed the Eureka Sentinel as sole owner and editor until his death in 1900. The Sentinel passed to his son, Ed Skillman who ran it until his death in 1940, and his son after him, until the paper was finally sold in 1944.

From Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining History website:

Eureka Sentinel Museum, "Battle Born" Nevada

The Eureka Sentinel is still active today. The following is a historical excerpt from there website: "Following the death of his partner at the Shermantown Reporter in the Hamilton area in 1870, G.A. Brier moved his press and equipment to the new camp town of Eureka. Together with Dr. L.C. McKenney, a former journalist, they began publishing the Eureka Sentinel July 16, 1870.

It became a daily in 1871. A weekly paper was added to the daily August 20, 1879, and the two editions ran concurrently until the daily was suspended in 1887." Both Shawn Hall and E Clampus Vitus list a man named A. Skillman or Abraham Skillman as a founding party. The following is an excerpt from the historical plaque on the old sentinel building. This plaque was put up by the Lucinda Jane Saunders 1881 Chapter of E Clampus Vitus (Elko).

"When A. Skillman closed the Shermantown Reporter at Hamilton he moved his printing press to Eureka. Together with Dr. L.C. McKenny they started the Sentinel as a weekly paper in July 1870. It became a daily in June 1871 reporting local and international news via telegraph dispatches. The Sentinel's reporting of mining and other opportunities helped bring people and investors to this once great Nevada mining district. Originally located at No. 5 Buel Street it relocated here in August 1879.

Last published on June 12, 1960 by editor. Publisher and owner Edward James Mowle who died two days after the last issue." The two stories are almost identical, with one exception. One version calls the man G.A. Brier. The other version calls him Abraham Skillman. I found a website called skillmansofamerica. This appears to be a multi-generational, genealogical website for the Skillman family. They claim that Skillman was an editor (but not a co-owner or founder) at the Eureka Sentinel from 1870-1900. They also list him as a co-owner of the White Pine News in Hamilton between 1873-1878. They also state that he emigrated to Virginia City in 1868. They do not list anything about him spending time in White Pine County prior to 1870.

According to their website, Skillman would have been in Virginia City during the immediate time period prior to 1870. With that said, I have no idea how accurate the Skillman website is. A written description of the Eureka Sentinel from the University of Nevada Las Vegas also uses the version with Abraham Skillman. I'm just putting the information out there. I'm not taking a side on which version is correct. Today, the building that was utilized by the Sentinel starting in 1879 is an active museum. There are all kinds of artifacts from the early days of Eureka. The old lodge regalia from the Masons, Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias is very impressive. There are also some very cool, original era artifacts from the Eureka Fire Departments. It is well worth the visit.

The Eureka Sentinel Museum located on Highway 50 in Nevada, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America".

Hwy 50 is longer (Ely to Fallon, 250 miles), but I would argue Hwy 95 from Winnemucca to Rome Oregon (140 miles) is far lonelier and a whole lotta nothing with very long straight as an arrow stretches that seem eternal. If you travel this route make damn sure you bring coffee, energizer drinks, snacks and at least 2 hours of good road-trip music to keep yourself awake. I pulled a 38 footer fifth wheel on this stretch and thought I must have gone through a portal to another world. NEVER travel this route at night because nobody is going to save you.


Entertainer Judy Garland opened five weeks of shows at the New Frontier in Las Vegas, NV on July 16, 1956. Her performances there were so successful that her run was extended an extra week, ending Aug 19, 1956. She performed a five-week stand for a salary of $55,000 per week ($650,000 today), making her the highest-paid entertainer to work in Las Vegas to date.



Video excerpt of her performance of Lucky Day in Las Vegas:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgKoKwMVtuU

Judy Garland: The Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Legend By Scott Schechter

Judy Garland...Just Imagine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HPbxhafxsU


Opened as the Last Frontier on the Las Vegas Strip in 1942. It was the second property built on the famous Las Vegas Strip, the venue where Elvis Presley made his Las Vegas debut in 1956. It also housed entertainers like Siegfried and Roy, and Wayne Newton; was once owned by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, and featured one of the longest union strikes in U.S. history. Changed ownership several times. It closed as the New Frontier at midnight on July 16, 2007 after 65 years.
Note: The New Frontier was imploded on Nov 13, 2007.

TIMELINE::

• Pair-O-Dice opened on July 4, 1931.
  
• Became Ambassador Night Club in 1936.
  
• Became 91 Club in 1939.
  
• 91 Club is integrated into the Hotel Last Frontier.
  
• Hotel Last Frontier opened on October 30, 1942.
  
• Little Church of the West opened on May 22, 1943 on the north side of the property.
  
• Last Frontier Village opened in 1948.
  
• Golden Slipper Saloon and Gambling Hall opened in 1950 within the Last Frontier Village.
  
• Golden Slipper Saloon and Gambling Hall renamed Silver Slipper in 1950.
  
• Little Church of the West relocated to the south side of the property in 1954.
  
• A new casino is built and renamed New Frontier in 1955.
  
• Hotel Last Frontier is demolished in 1966.
  
• Last Frontier Village demolished in 1966.
  
• A 7-story hotel tower is built in 1967.
  
• A second 7-story hotel tower is built in 1967.
  
• Hotel Last Frontier became The Frontier in 1967.
  
• Little Church of the West relocated to the Hacienda Hotel Resort and Casino in 1979.
  
• Silver Slipper closed on November 28, 1988.
  
• Silver Slipper demolished in 1988.
  
• Atrium Tower is built in 1989.
  
• On September 21, 1991, the Culinary Workers Union 226, Bartenders 165, Teamsters 995, Operating Engineers 501, and Carpenters 1780 staged a strike against the Frontier. The strike ended on February 1, 1998.
  
  
• The Frontier became New Frontier in 1998.
  
• New Frontier closed on July 16, 2007.
  
• New Frontier imploded in 2007.
  

KabOOm!




July 16, 1956: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas. As of Jan 2017 "The Greatest Show on Earth" ceases to exist. But, the show must go on and in it's place we now have lunatic democrats, looney tunes media & the circus White House to keep you entertained.




How much would you spend to vacation on the Moon?
Out of today's space research come unexpected by-products—perhaps even space travel for the average citizen...



Silly sheeple, you're not going anywhere.


July 16, 1969: "LIFT-OFF! We have a lift-off, 32 minutes past the hour. Lift-off on Apollo 11."


Top sequence photo is from LIFE magazine (July 25, 1969).
NASA Audio clips, pics, transcripts

"It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster. Beware of the words “internal security,” for they are the eternal cry of the oppressor. The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood. Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it."
— Voltaire