Readers Rave

I picked up the [March/April 2012 issue] of Nevada Magazine last weekend. It’s been a long time, and I thoroughly enjoyed the articles and travel tips on many Nevada sites. I used to subscribe when I lived in California, and now that I am a transplant, I live in Nevada and have fallen short of reading your magazine. Not anymore.
One article caught my attention, “Surviving Nevada’s Beauty.” Interesting and informative; the article is a lesson to all of us. My husband has always insisted on carrying may of the items mentioned. Now I know why. Wow…good stories. Please pass my thanks to the author, Jim Darrough. Once again, thanks for a good read!
Debbie Freer
Minden

I just read [the March/April 2012] issue and would like to say this magazine has become exceptional again. You know how to strike just the right balance between Las Vegas/Reno and the rest of the state. Keep up the good work.
Michael Wilson
Las Vegas

The professional and talented staff of Nevada Magazine has just created another awesome issue. You continue to capture the essence of our state, so richly steeped in Old West history, while at the same time enticing readers—through vivid photography of blue skies, delectable cuisine, and lots of neon—to “come visit.”
Jim Darrough
Minden

As a transplant from eastern Canada, I love the Northern Nevada region, and I’ve found that your magazine is absolutely the best thing to help us explore it.
Christine Wells
Reno

When we return to Nevada, we intend to resume our weekend ritual of picking out places we haven’t been, and your magazine is a great help to us in that regard. I love to drive new roads, and my wife loves to take pictures. It is a great marriage made even better by the oh-so-interesting Nevada history that entices us out of the house into adventures we can share together.
Len Skoblar
Las Vegas

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S’Socorro’s is S’So Good

We are more than pleased to see our favorite burger joint in all of Nevada, S’Socorro’s in Mina, featured in your “Mmm…Burgers” article in the March/April 2012 issue. We purposely leave our home in time to get [Socorro’s] scrumptious mushroom/Swiss cheeseburgers for lunch every time we drive to Fish Lake Valley…and leave there to get them for lunch on the way home as well. Socorro and George, her husband, are our favorite people on Highway 95. Thank you!
Jen & Kim Robinson
Silver Springs

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More Presidential Visits

To me, the list of presidential visits to Nevada in the January/February issue (at right) implied that the eight visits listed were the only times a sitting president has visited our state. I found in my research that Nevada has been visited by several more presidents than you mentioned:
— William McKinley in Carlin and Wells on May 26, 1901;
— Woodrow Wilson in Reno on 
September 29, 1919;
— Franklin Roosevelt in Carlin, Imlay, Sparks, and Reno on July 13, 1938;
— Harry Truman in Sparks and Reno on September 22, 1948;
— Lyndon Johnson in Reno on 
October 12, 1964;
— Ronald Reagan in Reno and Las Vegas in October 1982 and October 1986; and in Reno on April 10, 1988 and November 1, 1988;
— George H.W. Bush in Reno on August 5, 1992;
— George W. Bush in Reno in 2004, 2006, and 2007; and
— Barack Obama in Reno on October 22, 2010 and April 21, 2011. President Obama has made at least one visit to Las Vegas in 2012.
Most of the presidential visits coincided with a political campaign, usually the president’s reelection efforts, or to assist a candidate for a statewide or federal office.
Patty Cafferata
Reno

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Bring Back Attractions

My suggestion is to bring back the “Attractions” section that was eliminated some time ago. This section provided things to do and see at the individual casinos such as roller-coaster rides, lions and other animals, antique cars, pirate shows, the wax museum, NASCAR 
simulation, etc.
Dave Van Doorn
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Dave, we encourage you to read our sister publications, Las Vegas Events & Shows and Nevada Events & Shows, available for free at nevadamagazine.com.
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Map Quest

I would like to thank you for putting the full-page Nevada map back in the magazine. It is a very helpful resource. My oldest son and I have been visiting your great state every fall for the last 10 years. I have been a faithful reader of Nevada Magazine since our first visit. Keep up the good work.
Glenn Gee
Hopkinsville, Kentucky

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Krumblz Crumbles

[The January/February] issue was another winner. One sad thing…of the three bakeries that were featured in the Cravings section, one of them, Krumblz, closed its doors before the magazine hit newsstands.
Meris Nebeker
Carson City

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Longstreet Inn Left Out

I noted with interest your article on Ash Meadows [National Wildlife Refuge] in the January/February issue. A nice piece. However, as the owner of the Longstreet Inn, it would have been nice to mention that first-class accommodations are available less than a 10-minute drive from Ash Meadows.
On another subject relative to the history of the Mizpah Hotel, I would like to point out that part of your chronology was incorrect. Myron Stahl and Les Short operated the hotel until the mid-1970s, when it was sold to Frank Scott. He sold it to Bill Allison and Bert Basolis. They later lost their gaming license, and I leased the gaming from 1992-95. I purchased the closed Valley Bank Building and relocated the gaming to the Banc Club. The Mizpah was foreclosed on shortly thereafter and sat vacant for 10 years prior to the Clines’ purchase.
Jim Marsh
Las Vegas

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