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HRPS Footprints Article Title/Author Index Volume 1, No HRPS FootPrints Article Title/Author Index Volume 1, No. 1 (Jan. 1998) through Volume 21, No. 1 (Winter 2018) VOL. 1, NO. 1, JAN 1998 10/28 Mark Preiss on cultural tourism, 11/18 dinner at Louis HRPS Needs… HRPS in Action: Preservation Week HRPS Thanks… Activities Recognized A Logo At Last Walking the Walk: review of Preservation Historic Reno Preservation Society a Reality Weeks walks in May Champions of the River Historic Preservation Part of Uptown Mark Your Calendar: 1/26 Ron James on the Downtown Artown (5 historic walks in Nevada State Preservation Office, 2/26 Don July) Fowler on “The Flip Side of Preservation,” Partners in Preservation Member Information 3/23 Mark Preiss will discuss cultural Reno-Sparks Corridor Business Association tourism, 4/27 JoAnne Skelly will discuss (contact information) nd historic gardens and plants, 5/18 potluck and National Trust for Historic Preservation- 52 historic walk National Preservation Conference What’s Happened & Happening Flanigan Warehouse Tour (by Clyde Biglieri), A Letter From A New Convert (photo) HRPS Joins Partnership (with NTHP & PACC) Mayors Conference River Walk (with 150 Goals of Historic Reno Preservation Society mayors) Truckee Meadows Heritage Trust Joins Mapes on America’s Eleven Most Preservation Effort Endangered Historic Places List Heads Up! (fate of Amtrak train station and the El Cortez Hotel) The National Trust for Historic Preservation VOL. 2, NO. 1, JAN 1999 mission statement and contact info. Arches & Columns, Reno’s Art Deco by Pat Klos (photos) VOL. 1, NO. 2, MAY 1998 Mark Your Calendar: 1/27 Vicki Ford on the UNR Oral History Program, 2/20 Walking 4TH Street Needs You Tour Leader Training, 2/24 Mella Rothwell Hotel Golden (photo only) Harmon discusses various historic Letter From The Editor registries, 3/24 Kelly Dixon on Saloon HRPS Celebrates National Historic Archeology, 4/28 JoAnne Skelly on waking Preservation Week: 5/9 Carol Winans- Walk up your gardens, May- walking tours th Along the Historic Truckee River Corridor, News and Views You Can Use (70 5/10 Leanne Stone- Mother’s Day Walk in Anniversary Reno/Tahoe Int. Airport, Reno the UNR Reno Historic District, 5/16 Anne Metallica, Fireman’s Cemetery Tour) nd McCarty & Scott Gibson- A Walk in the The 52 National Preservation Conference by Newlands Neighborhood, 5/18 Pat Klos- Scott Gibson Bricks and Stones Meet Gaye Canepa- President of the Goals of HRPS Reno/Sparks Business Corridor Assn. Meetings moved to 4th Wednesday of each (Fourth Street) by Sharon Walbridge month (photo) HRPS Field Trip to Flanigan Warehouse- 6/24 Great Fun at Louis’ Basque Corner (Nov. 18), (photos) Mapes Update by Scott Gibson (illustration) VOL. 1, NO. 3, AUG 1998 HRPS Organization: President- Pat Ferraro Klos; Programming- Cindy Ainsworth; Life Before Louis’ (Louis’ Basque Corner), Newsletter Editor- Sharon Walbridge; (photo of Lincoln Bar, 1949) Membership Director- Ginger Salcedo Mark Your Calendar: 9/23 Don Fowler on “The Flip Side of Preservation,” 9/26 Field trip to the Exempt Fireman’s Cemetery in V.C., VOL. 2, NO. 2, APR 1999 Unless otherwise noted, editorial articles in Vol. 1, No. 1 through Vol. 5, No. 2 were written by editor Sharon Adler Walbridge; editorial articles in Vol. 5, No. 3 through Vol. 6, No. 3 were written by either editor Sharon Adler Walbridge or editor Carol Coleman; later editorials were written by the FootPrints Editor listed in newsletter. Also, please note there were only 3 issues published for Volumes 1-6, then 4 issues were published for all later volumes. In lieu of a regular FootPrints newsletter for Volume 4, No. 3, a special fall 2001 program schedule was published. Compiled slowly by Kim Henrick Please email any corrections to: [email protected] Last updated 01/21/2018 1 HRPS FootPrints Article Title/Author Index Volume 1, No. 1 (Jan. 1998) through Volume 21, No. 1 (Winter 2018) Blast from the Past Walking Tours (E. 4th St.) Arches & Columns (excerpts from “Nevada’s by Cindy Ainsworth (photos) First Robber Baron,” Nevada Magazine, County Works to Restore Historic Courthouse March/April 1980 by Guy Rocha/photo) (from “Washoe County Line”/ photo) Goals of Historic Reno Preservation Society HRPS Gives the History of Reno as a Gift to Join us for HRPS 1st Oral History Workshop Our Children (lists various lectures and (Goal #2) by Cindy Ainsworth topics) Heritage Tourism Coalition (Goal # 7) by Program Calendar 1999-2000: 9/22 Laura Sharon Walbridge and Kathryn Wishart Tuttle- “Zoning Ordinances in Reno,” Walking Tour Training (Goal # 1) by Leanne 10/27 Grace Dick- “Great Basin Native Stone American Heritage,” 11/17 “Retro at the Heads Up, “Railroad Project Threatens Historic Trocadero” dinner at the El Cortez, 01/26 Rail Depot”- article from RGJ March 1999 Nevada Land Conservancy Program, 2/23 (photo) Guy Rocha “Dispelling Myths,” 3/22 Sue Trailing the Donners (day trip tour Fawn Chung, Ph.D. “The Chinese in information/photo) Nevada,” 4/26 Jim Ross “Reno’s Urban The History of Reno (Goal # 2) Forestry Program,” 5/24 annual business Building Partners (Goal # 7) meeting at Bartley Ranch) Mark Your Calendar: HRPS Happenings, Goal Heritage Tourism Coalition (directory # 6, walking tours: 5/8 Gaye Canepa & Rick distribution announcement) Macauley- 4th St., 5/12 Leanne Stone- Cultural Tourism Presentation at the Great University Historic District, 5/13 Scott Basin Book Festival (David Mas Gibson- Newlands Neighborhood, 5/15 Frank Masumoto) Mullen Jr.- “Trailing the Donners,” 5/26 Fall Walking Tours: 11/18 Mercedes dela annual meeting and picnic at Lake Mansion, Garza & Scott Gibson- Newlands 6/5 Carol Winans- Truckee River Corridor, Neighborhood, 9/19 Joan Collins- Truckee 6/23 Mark Taxer- Wells Ave., 6/26 Oral River Corridor, 9/24 Tracy Soliday- History Workshop at National Auto. Humboldt & Lander Streets, 9/25 Gaye Museum, 7/10 Carol Winans- Truckee River Canepa- 4th Street, 9/26 Mark Taxer- Wells Corridor, 7/20 Leanne Stone- University Avenue) Historic District) The First Hotel Built in the World After HRPS Organization: President- Pat Ferraro World War II by Guy Rocha Klos; J.A. Programming- Cindy Ainsworth Heritage Bank Underwrites Current with Scott Gibson, Nancy Holmes, Charlotte Newsletter McConnell, Mark Taxer, Sharon Walbridge, A Walk Along the Historic Truckee River Kathryn Wishart, Holly Young; FP Editor- Corridor (photo only, in front of Mapes, Sharon Adler Walbridge; FP Graphic July 10th) Design- Frank Ozaki, Hillary Velazquez; FP Wells Avenue Behind the Scenes by Mark Distribution- Lynne Allen; Membership Dir.- Taxer (photo) Ginger Salcedo; Walking Tours- Leanne Trailing the Donners (guide book Stone announcement) Fall Walking Tours: 9/18 Mercedes dela Garza & Scott Gibson- Newlands VOL. 2, NO. 3, SEPT 1999 Neighborhood, 9/19 Joan Collins- A Walk Along the Historic Truckee River Corridor, Trailing the Donners by Sharon Walbridge 9/24 Tracy Soliday- Bricks and Stones: (photos) Humboldt & Lander Streets, 9/24 Gaye HRPS Receives Preservation Week Award Canepa- Fourth Street Corridor, 9/26 Mark (present were Pat Klos, Cindy Ainsworth, Taxer- Wells Avenue Neighborhood Nancy Holmes, Charlotte McConnell, Mark HRPS Organization: President- Cindy Taxer and Scott Gibson (photos) Ainsworth; V.P. Programming- Pat Ferraro Klos with Scott Gibson, Nancy Holmes, Unless otherwise noted, editorial articles in Vol. 1, No. 1 through Vol. 5, No. 2 were written by editor Sharon Adler Walbridge; editorial articles in Vol. 5, No. 3 through Vol. 6, No. 3 were written by either editor Sharon Adler Walbridge or editor Carol Coleman; later editorials were written by the FootPrints Editor listed in newsletter. Also, please note there were only 3 issues published for Volumes 1-6, then 4 issues were published for all later volumes. In lieu of a regular FootPrints newsletter for Volume 4, No. 3, a special fall 2001 program schedule was published. Compiled slowly by Kim Henrick Please email any corrections to: [email protected] Last updated 01/21/2018 2 HRPS FootPrints Article Title/Author Index Volume 1, No. 1 (Jan. 1998) through Volume 21, No. 1 (Winter 2018) Charlotte McConnell, Mark Taxer, Sharon Liaison- David Ginsburg; Heritage Tourism Walbridge, Kathryn Wishart, Holly Young; Coalition Liaison- Nancy Holmes with FP Editor- Sharon Walbridge; FP Graphic Charlotte Jones McConnell, Mark Taxer, Design- Double Click Design (Frank Ozaki, Sharon Adler Walbridge, Kathryn Wishart; Hillary Velazquez); FP Distribution- Lynne FP Editor- Sharon Walbridge; FP Graphic Allen; Membership Director- Ginger Design- Double Click Design (Frank Ozaki Salcedo; Walking Tours- Leanne Stone & Hillary Velazquez); FP Distribution- Lynne Allen; Membership Director- Ginger Salcedo; Program Chair- Pat Ferraro Klos; VOL. 3, NO 1, WINTER/ SPRING 2000 Walking Tours- Leanne Stone Lights, Camera, Laughter: It’s Retro at the Trocadero by Wayne Melton, RGJ, (photos) VOL. 3, NO. 2, SPRING/ SUMMER 2000 News About Friends (Heritage Tourism Coalition, Sierra Arts, Forum for a Common Huffaker School: 1867-1951 Agenda) Annual Meeting at Huffaker School National Trust Celebrates 50th Anniversary (illustration) (photo) HRPS Partners with Virginia City’s Fourth How About A Microbrewed Reno? by Sharon Ward School, calendar of events (photo & Adler Walbridge, Editor illustration) HRPS Preservation Project: HRPS Preservation What was the population of the City of Reno Awards from 1870 on? Reinventing the Biggest Little City in the Preservation Week 2000 World by Mercedes de la Garza (photos) An Interview With Christine Fey by Sharon Walking Tours
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