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Upon Watching Nevada Unfurl from Seat 30F
you really can't see the place until you've left. in amongst the sagebrush clenched in the sandy soil, clatters of scree that may descend...

Nevada Postal Project
Feb 22, 20222 min read


Wellington, Nevada: 89444
This post continues the story from last week's post, all about the little town of Smith, Cherokee the friendly postal clerk, and hints of...

Nevada Postal Project
Aug 29, 20218 min read


Smith, Nevada: 89430
We must not call Smith Valley remote. One may drive there in less than two hours from the Truckee Meadows, or in less than an hour from...

Nevada Postal Project
Aug 19, 20217 min read


Hawthorne, Nevada: 89415
When we visited Fernley, nearly a month ago, we talked about two questions for puzzling out Nevada’s rural towns: why is this town here?...

Nevada Postal Project
May 21, 20219 min read


Genoa, Nevada: 89411
One spring, many years ago, a bearded Norwegian-American known as Snowshoe Thompson strapped long, heavy Nordic skis to his boots and set...

Nevada Postal Project
Apr 29, 20219 min read


Fernley, Nevada: 89408
When we drive through towns in the West, we sometimes ask a pair of related questions. Why does this town exist? How does this town...

Nevada Postal Project
Apr 13, 20218 min read


Gerlach, Nevada: 89412
The road to Gerlach is long. From Nixon, it’s 60 miles of seamed, scarred two-lane state highway. State Route 447 runs north out of the...

Nevada Postal Project
Mar 24, 20217 min read


Capturing the Nevada landscape one P.O. at a time...
The De Jongs are off on a mission to visit all 128 post offices in the Sagebrush State over the next few years. Join us as we share...

Nevada Postal Project
Mar 18, 20211 min read
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