Tales of the Emigrant Trail is topic of Tuesday lecture

The public is invited to attend a lecture on Tales from the Emigrant Trail and the Sagebrush Hills of Nevada from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, sponsored by the Nevada State Museum at the museum. There is no admission charge.

Fred Horlacher, retired history professor, will present stories that provide exciting, detailed accounts of the hardships, sufferings and reality of those who made the challenging trip across Nevada between the 1840s and 1860s. Early residents of Nevada mining camps also provide a multitude of tales describing the fascinating lifestyle of men and women who struggled to survive through the cycles of "boom to bust" mining eras of Nevada's past.

This lecture is funded by the Nevada Humanities Committee, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.