Episode #201: Reno Browne House
In 1928, Mr. and Mrs. John Robb Clarke built a house on a newly developed street, Brett Harte. They settled in the Spanish Mission Revival home with their 7 year old daughter, Ruth. Ruth knew early on that she wanted to act. She changed her name to Reno Browne and proceeds to do everything right during her brief acting career. From 1946 thru 1950 she made 14 films “eight day wonders” only an hour long, with similar scripts, and familiar landscapes. Though not as prolific as some of her leading men, she nevertheless was considered successful.

Episode #202: Bowers Mansion
The Bowers Mansion out of place, out of time; the stone structure rises from the base of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Though many newly minted Comstock millionaires chose to build their houses in Virginia City of San Francisco, The Bowers constructed their 16-room home in the solitude of Washoe Valley. The view across the valley is beautiful in the way that only Nevada defines beauty. Through out the day the sun brushes across the barren hills stroking them with light. The story of the first owners Eilley Orrum and Sand Bowers is one of the most famous “rags to riches to rags” stories from the Comstock era.

Episode #203: Piper-Beebe House
Tall-tales. Myths. Folklore. Virginia City's history is full of wild characters and sensational stories, and the charming Piper-Beebe house was home to two of its most famed and flamboyant inhabitants.

Episode #204: Withers Log Cabin
The Withers Log Cabin, built in 1931, was originally a rustic vacation home that now serves as a year-round residence in the North Lake Tahoe community of Crystal Bay. The house is set in a beautiful natural setting surrounded by tall and graceful pine and fir trees nestled between large granite boulders which give the impression the house and the boulders were created together. The history of the house involves the emerging tourism industry of Lake Tahoe and Reno and the man who ushered in this new industry “The Duke of Nevada” Norman Biltz. This was one of the first lots he sold in the Tahoe area when Biltz was just starting his real estate development career.