Solomon Nunes Carvalho was an American artist, photographer, and explorer. He was a Sephardic Jew. Born in 1815 in Charleston, South Carolina, Solomon became known for his skills in painting and daguerreotype photography. (Daguerreotype is the earliest form of photography. It makes a direct-positive image on a silver-coated plate.) In 1853, Carvalho joined a famous…
Virginia Street – Reno, NevadaPhoto – Tourism Reno Reno is in a beautiful valley near the Sierra Nevada mountains in Nevada. In 1929, because there was so much to do, the city was given the nickname, “The Biggest Little City in the World.” Today, Reno is home to about 265,000 people. Long before Reno became…
The rifle was the most desired item when moving into the American West in the early 1800s. But it wasn’t just any rifle. Mountainmen, trappers, and settlers alike wanted a specific rifle, a Hawken rifle. A .50 caliber Hawken was best, if you could get one. The Hawken rifle played a big role in the…
