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130 Years Ago

Raising catfish: Farmer Treadway was presented several young catfish by Fish Commissioner Parker. For a long while he paid no attention to them, until yesterday, he looked into the reservoir and found the water alive with little pollywogs ... they had spawned with what will be thousands of young catfish.

100 Years Ago

Advertisement: Lake Theater - Motion Picture - "Hunting Hippotamus on the Nile." Song - "Like the Rose, You are the Finest Flower." Motion Picture - "The New Minister." Song - "If You Were I and I Were You." Saturday Matinee, 2 p.m. Children 5 cents; Adults 10 cents.

70 Years Ago

Advertisement: Carson Theatre - "The Young Mr. Lincoln" with Henry Fonda. Lincoln as a rail splitter - pie eater and jokester in the early days of his career when he saves two innocent boys from the hangman's noose ... A splendid portrayal of the first steps in the career of the great emancipator.

50 Years Ago

Two new Lions were installed at the Carson Hot Springs - Max Porter and John Doan. Following Carson officers were installed: directors, Bill Dunfield, Bill Dolan and Jim Stoddard; Liontamer E. H. Bath, tailtwister Harley Carter and secretary Mel Woodgate.

20 Years Ago

Carson will host the Area 2 Babe Ruth All-Star baseball. Carson's 14 to 15 year olds all stars are: Toby Basta, John Borda, Chad Dahbert, David Dodson, Don Furtado, Matt Huntzinger, David Kingtree, Dan Larkin, George Mejia, John Musgrave, Aaron Rajs, David Sharp, John Sullivan, Gary Tarr and Nate Yeskie.

10 Years Ago

The Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management assisted with an exchange of the 47-acre Dreyfus Estate at Zephyr Cove for public land outside of Las Vegas.

• Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.