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at a Grand Social ball the day before Nye was to begin a border negotiation with California, Nye had his finger smashed in a doorjamb and had to postpone the meeting departure. — January 1, 1862 —

James Stark went to San Jose to try and get his wife Sarah to return to Nevada to act again with him. She agrees. But really all he wanted to was to mine silver and get rich. James Nye and his brother John were getting into the mining game too. Buying up lots of land […]

James Stark left his company and purchased feet all over the mountain. Harry and Nellie Brown took over running the company – calling it the Washoe Dramatic Company — Now the company is called The Washoe Dramatic Company. Then they change again to the Washoe Star Dramatic Company — January 26, 1862