Newspaper List
Beatty Bullfrog Miner – Beatty, Nevada [was called the Bullfrog Miner during first two months of publication – not to be confused with the Bullfrog Miner, of Rhyolite, Nevada]
Inyo Independent – Independence, California
Inyo Register – Bishop, California
Rhyolite Herald – Rhyolite, Nevada

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Reno, Nevada

Newspaper Articles
1870
Inyo Independent, October 3, 1870
"STAGE ROBBERIES"
Summary: A stage was robbed eight miles from Reno at the Temelec Mill.

1899

Inyo Register, March 9, 1899
Summary: John Sparks, a Reno cattleman, tells the Gazette that cattle losses in the ranges east of Nevada will be heaviest ever known and the price of beef will soar for two or three years.

1906
Beatty Bullfrog Miner, December 22, 1906
“INDIAN BOYS ARE HANGED”
Reno, Nev. – Johnny and Ibapah, the two Indian boys convicted of the murder of Fred Foreman, a white man, at Montello in Elmo [sic] county, Nevada, on December 27, 1905, were executed in the Nevada penitentiary at Carson in the presence of the prison officials and a number of witnesses invited by Warden Considine. The men stepped onto the gallows at 12 o’clock and almost immediately the traps were sprung. Johnny died in ten minutes and it was thirteen minutes after the trap was sprung that Ibapah ceased to breathe. Both murderers had their necks broken by the fall.
The crime committed by the two Indians were one of the most brutal nature. They had given Foreman money with which to purchase whiskey and when he refused to buy the liquor for them they knocked him down and cut his throat. After killing Foreman the Indians proceeded to scalp him. They were crazed with drink at the time.

1908
Inyo Register, September 10, 1908
Summary: Boxcar thieves are doing a prosperous business on the railroad mainline between Sacramento and Reno. One boxcar was found nearly empty, the goods believed to have been stolen while the car was in motion.

Rhyolite Herald, October 21, 1908
“DEATH OF WM. LIEBENDORFER.”
“Billy” Liebendorfer, a well-known young man of Rhyolite, died at Reno last Saturday after a brief illness. His father was with him when the end came. The young man was 18 years of age and had resided in Rhyolite with his father for more than three years, except during the time he has been a school. Last year he attended the Nevada State University at Reno and had returned to that institution for another year. The funeral services were held from the University gymnasium Sunday, and the remains were shipped to California for burial.
“Billy” Liebendorfer was one of the first newsboys to handle The Rhyolite Herald, and carried the route for this paper three years ago. He was an industrious lad, of excellent habits and good report, and his untimely death is much regretted by all who knew him.

1909
Inyo Register, January 14, 1909
Death Valley Scotty is supposed to be laying at the point of death in a hospital in Chicago. A double fracture of the skull and hemorrhages may cause his death. He was beaten by robbers and left unconscious in the snow last week. Beofre [sic] leaving his hotel, he was known to have a large amount of money upon his person, but when found had nothing of value was on him. He predicted while in Reno a few weeks ago that sometime he would be attacked and robbed, for everyone knew that he always carried a large amount of money wherever he went. - Carson News.

Inyo Register, May 13, 1909
“TABOOSE.”
Summary: Mrs. Maud Gill Hall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Gill, now of Reno but formerly of Bishop, California; was married in Reno to D.L. Gassoway, of Reno.

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