July 4 is a day for commemorating American independence in 1776. In 1949, in Nevada, there were some special fireworks for the occasion. Those fireworks had lasting effects.

This year marks the centennial of John Edgar Hoover becoming the director of what was then known as the Bureau of Investigation.

First, a warning. If you are watching your weight, this edition of Nevada Yesterdays may be a tough one for you.

What was the first Anglo settlement in Nevada? If you ask them in Dayton and Genoa, you would get two different answers.

In 1949, the Desert Sea News Bureau was born. Three quarters of a century later, we know it better as the Las Vegas News Bureau.

Some things are hard to believe. Here’s one: March 2 marked the 25th anniversary of the opening of Mandalay Bay.

Have you been to Great Basin National Park? If not, you’re missing a place of incredible beauty, from Wheeler Peak to the Bristlecone Pines. But an incredibly important part of the park is also worth seeing, but it isn’t readily visible: Lehman Caves. This year marks the hundredth anniversary of Lehman Caves becoming a national monument.

The feathers may be gone, but the memories remain.

In recent months, you’ve heard stories about whether the Oakland A’s might move their major league baseball franchise to Las Vegas. Seventy-five years ago, the state of Nevada achieved a new distinction for itself: Two new minor league baseball teams. At the time, Nevada’s population was pushing toward 150,000 — not much for a state with 110,000 square miles. Reno was nearing 50,000 residents and Las Vegas was at just over 20,000. Could those two towns support baseball teams?