This is the general membership meeting of the Historic Society of Dayton Valley. This meeting includes brief announcements concerning activities of the Society and the annual elections for awards. Please note that there are no elections for the board of directors this year, as each position only had 1 candidate. Also at the meeting, Joe Curtis will give a talk on "A Photo Study and Discussion of The Dayton, Sutro, Silver City, Virginia City Metropolitan Area, 1870's/80s"

This is the quarterly general membership meeting of the Historic Society of Dayton Valley. Each meeting includes brief announcements concerning activities of the Society and a “History Moment” on a historical topic. The general public is invited. The September topic will be "Grosh Brothers' Cloud - No Silver Lining". The presenter will be Bob Thomasson.

The educated and articulate Grosh brothers were faced with Shakespearean misfortune almost from the day they left Pennsylvania bound for the California Gold Fields. They also designed an unsuccessful water pressure powered perpetual motion machine and an improved but unsuccessful gold recovery device. They were so close to achieving their goals, including a big strike, but it was almost as if a deliberate and cruel hand of fate was intentionally working against them.

There is limited agreement among historians whether or not the brothers discovered what became the Comstock Lode but there is no disagreement whether or not a statue in their honor should be erected and it is in the planning stages now.

This is the quarterly general membership meeting of the Historic Society of Dayton Valley. Each meeting includes brief announcements concerning activities of the Society and a “History Moment” on a historical topic. The general public is invited. The June topic will be "The Life of Eilley Bowers and the Bowers Mansion History". The presenter will be Tammy Buzick, the Bowers Mansion Curator.