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  • July 2026

  • Sat 25

    Chautauqua Showcase – Hope Academy Young Chautauquans Part 2

    July 25 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
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    "They Made America" Featuring Master of Ceremonies - Mark Twain as portrayed by McAvoy Layne The Young Chautauquans of Hope Academy will continue to present various characters in American History....

  • Sat 25

    Chautauqua Showcase – “William Clark: American Explorer”

    July 25 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    Festival Tent

    "They Made America" Featuring Master of Ceremonies - Mark Twain as portrayed by McAvoy Layne William Clark was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. A native of Virginia,...

  • Sun 26

    Chautauqua Showcase – “Abigail Adams: Second First Lady and Advocate for Women’s Rights”

    July 26 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    Festival Tent

    "They Made America" Featuring Master of Ceremonies - Mark Twain as portrayed by McAvoy Layne Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams, the second president of the United States,...

  • Wed 29

    Chautauqua – “The Notorious Mrs. Lee: Gold Rush Madam”

    July 29 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    Festival Tent

    "Celebrating the American Spirit" She is recorded in history books as “the notorious Mrs. Lee.” She was probably a procurer, in other words, she brought girls from China to the...

  • Fri 31

    Chautauqua – “Agnes and Percy Train”

    July 31 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Festival Tent

    "Made in Nevada" On June 7, 1928, Agnes, age 23, and Percy, age 52, hiked up Lone Mountain near Lovelock, Nevada, where they were married at sunrise. The couple would...

  • August 2026

  • Wed 5

    Chautauqua – “Libbie Bacon Custer”

    August 5 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    Festival Tent

    "Celebrating the American Spirit" Libbie Bacon Custer was the wife of George Armstrong Custer, U.S. Army. She spent most of their twelve-year marriage in relative proximity to him despite his...

  • Fri 14

    Chautauqua – “Martin Mortensen: Pioneer of Verdi”

    August 14 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Festival Tent

    "Made in Nevada" Martin Mortensen came to the town of Verdi, Nevada when it was a thriving lumber mill town. The town of Verdi was named after Giuseppe Verdi by...

  • Wed 19

    Chautauqua – “Andrew Carnegie”

    August 19 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    Festival Tent

    "Celebrating the American Spirit" Scottish-born Andrew Carnegie was an American industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry then became a major philanthropist. Carnegie worked in a Pittsburgh cotton...

  • Fri 21

    Chautauqua – “Felice Cohn: Lawyer and Suffragist”

    August 21 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Festival Tent

    "Made in Nevada" Felice Cohn, born and reared in Carson City, studied law for several years prior to being admitted to the bar in 1902.  Her first cases were focused...

  • September 2026

  • Fri 4

    Chautauqua – “Mary Austin – Eastern Sierra Author and Environmentalist”

    September 4 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Festival Tent

    "Made in Nevada" Mary Hunter Austin was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain describes the fauna, flora,...

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1450 NV SR-88
Minden, NV 89423

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PO Box 1158
Minden, NV 89423

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775-783-9417

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