Bowers Mansion, Comstock Lode Legacy, Doug Berry
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- Опубліковано 12 тра 2024
- Doug Berry of the Eastern Sierra region of California and Nevada visits the Bowers Mansion in the Washoe Valley of Nevada. Kellie Zuniga, curator of the nearby Mineral County Museum of Hawthorne, Nevada comes along and adds her insights. 500 Nevada families donated period furniture for the mansion, built in 1863 from riches from the Comstock Lode near Virginia City at Gold Hill. The mansion was a popular party destination between 1873-1875. Now a part of a Washoe County Regional Park, it is open to the public for tours, outdoor activities, and swimming during the summer season.
Who would think that a couple of young people from Hawthorne would be having so much fun exploring beautiful places with great stories.i think you too would make grocery shopping interesting thanks Doug and Kellie for all your adventures...they really brighton my days
You're welcome Casey; such a nice compliment coming from such a hard working busy man like yourself! You brighten our day! 🇺🇸🦾💪👷🦬
Thanks Doug and Kellie! Very interesting old history. Your side of the Sierra’s is so beautifully serene and not “crazy” crowded.
Morning Dana! So true, with a few exceptions our side is sure more peaceful ...the high peaks are a good barrier sometimes. I bet your vegetable garden is starting to take off ...we are just planting around here. 🩵🇺🇸🌶️🍅🫑
@@CalNeva four zucchini’s on the vines and a handful of green mini-Roma “maters” so far, Doug. What are you planting this year?
Well, I was installed as President of our garden club last week. They’ll vote for anyone!! 😆. Should be fun. We have a good group.
You and Kellie have a great week! We are having a family reunion this weekend. Looking forward to seeing family members, a few from So. Calif.
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Well congrats Dana, I'm sure you will learn and make new connections. I was going to grow an okra patch, but a dead tree is in the way. This year I am mostly tending my little vineyard and maintaining perennials; though I grow more herbs than Kellie who has the good garden patch. A lot of home repairs, but next year will have okra patch; easy to grow in the heat. 🩵🍇🐛🪱🦋🐞🐾
Thanks for the very thorough tour. Who doesn't love the labelled cross-section of a 300 yr old tree? Great job NV Parks!
Thank you TC!
Another well done video. thanks for the story. Thanks Doug and Kelly..
Thank you Steve, we appreciate you.
Hello Brother Doug and Kellie! I really enjoyed this tour, and I had totally forgotten about the mansion. I vaguely remember poking around there many many years ago. I can appreciate it a lot more now! Thanks for the tour and the historical insights you provided Brother, and Kellie too! 🇺🇸
Kellie and I appreciate our Brother! 🇺🇸👍
Such an awesome part of the world. Simply beautiful. Those rocks or elevated boulders used to get in carriages or horses are referred to as “upping stones”. A phrase coined by the British and are a common sight in front of old mansions and buildings especially out east in older cities like Philadelphia. Many still remain and some people even put mailboxes on them now.
Hi Carl! So true, I saw several "Upping Stones" in Philadelphia in the Northern Liberties neighborhood. They also had metal numbers on the houses because they used to subscribe to different private fire fighting services. Some of the narrow streets were paved with old ship ballast stones...out West we usually just pave our streets with gold instead. Hope the steel business treating you well, seems all the metals, even steel keep going up up up. Enjoy your next globe trotting adventure Carl!
This is the best Dept. of Tourism and Cultural Affairs of Nevada video I have ever seen! Checked the Washoe County site
which they state they give hourly tours after Memorial Day ( on weekends and Holidays).
It is an active park for sure....just coming out of winter Steve. You should make a road trip and go for a dip! 😄😉
Nice tour you two, thank you! I wouldn't want to be a pall bearer for a burial in that little cemetary!
Good point Terry!
Just like Wally World in National Lampoon's Vacation, CLOSED! Except no moose out front to tell you the Bowers Mansion was closed. Great video, and thankfully no one was arrested.
🫎 Thank you! 🫎
very good thank you all stay safe
Hi Dave, we appreciate you
What a ***glorious piece of land, with the wildlife living, and grazing nearby. I'm sorry the home wasn't open. I bet it is gorgeously decorated. I also wonder whose furnishings are inside. The mansion is so lovely. From the outside, it's not as ornate as some of the Newport mansions, IMO... which I think is a plus. Of course, who knows about the inside? *Also, the land, including what's on it, is priceless... 💰 Thank you, Doug and Kellie, for filling us in on so many details, about the setting, and the history connected. What an absolutely sad ending for Sandy. He died so young, after losing it all. That's also especially tragic about their children. The wife certainly had a doomed fate, it seems, particularly since she must have been somewhat ostentatious. Still, it was a burst bubble, in all ways, she endured. Thank you both, for taking us along. I enjoyed this video, from start to finish. I am going to look this family up online. I believe that is the best tribute to a video, Doug. TERRIFIC
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Hello Rhonda! Another excellent and complete review, thank you. I am intrigued by the Newport comment; I want to visit there now. "Ostentatious", that was her strongest weakness. I have noticed those who grew up dirt poor are often fixated on material security over true happiness. The furniture inside was all donated by 500 Nevada citizens! There are videos online for that to see. The characters of this story are so worthy of investigation; in fact there has been a movie made of them (back when good movies were still being made)...perhaps you could find it? An interesting story all around. Many people had good times swimming and enjoying the grounds. 🇺🇸🩵🙏✌️🐴🫏🐎
@@CalNeva Thank you, for these extra tidbits of info. That's intriguing. *I am definitely planning on researching them. I suppose that's true. To have nothing, gain riches, and then lose them is to go full circle. Fortunately, someone like Dolly Parton has never forgotten her roots, and is so generous. It appears this woman saw things differently. This was so interesting. Thank you, so much, Doug. Have a wonderful evening. 🤠🌞👏🏻
Yes, many of the old school country singers are like that. For example, Harold Jenkins, known on stage as "Conway Twitty" (Conway, AR / Twitty, TX) always had his home open for his fans who had built his fortune for him. And he never forgot that he and Elvis Presley were nobody compared to his saviour the carpenter from the tribe of Yahudah of Galil; Messiah Yahoshua (Jesus) of Israel. The greatest of the entertainers and the wealthy are very humble and low key people who never forget where they are from, where they are at, and where they are going.
@@CalNeva beautifully expressed👏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻
enjoyed it thanks doug
Welcome Jim, we enjoyed visiting it!
Hi Doug and Kelly, you mentiomed a small structure on the roof of the mansion and in costal towns that was known as a Widows Walk . Wife watching for her seagoing husband to retuirn from sea . I NEVER stopped there in any of my travels, nothing was open to visitors due to restoration that was on-going . Harry in AK
Hello Harry! I learned something new. Can you believe my ship stopped in Anchorage, the Air Force had to loan us a plane ramp because the tide height was so extreme to get from the pier to the quarterdeck. 🇺🇸
Hey y’all, welcome to our neck of the woods! Loved the footage at the Bowers Mansion. As many times as I’ve been there, I have to admit I’ve never been to/stopped at the pool. That fenced off hot springs looks incredible, wish they’d open that up again for public use! It would’ve been incredible to see this place before the highway was built. I know they do tours of the inside of the house, but I’ve always refrained because none of the interior is original. Thank you for this great video as always! -G
Hi G! I was just wondering about you; happy you chimed in! So true, it sure would be popular if the natural hot spring was open again. The valley is such a nice spot for professionals; one could be an MD and still maintain a thriving practice in Carson or Reno. I respect your reasoning about not taking the interior tour G. Have a great spring and summer! 🌡️🌅🌞
@@CalNeva Absolutely! Washoe Valley has some great history! Hope you guys have a good summer too!!
Beautiful country. The Bower's Mansion is where the Silver State Marathon I ran in started. It went around Washoe Lake. At the finish line various sponsoring companies donated more refreshments than the runners could eat or drink. For those that drink alcohol there was an entire open sided Coors beer truck handing out whatever someone needed. They sent nicely made glossy folders showing every finisher's name and place printed along with advertisements of the various sponsors. Nevada did it right! 17:45 The "Widow"Watch" was a feature in New England whaling Captain's homes. When East coast folks moved around the horn to the West the style came with them. Widow Watches can be found inland from the Pacific some distance. This is the farthest inland from the Pacific I have seen. The Bower'a site says using the pool is $5.00 per person when it's open.
About Kellie. You're with a woman that agrees with and says positive things about everything you say.... What planet was this filmed at? Another great video of a peaceful place.
Joseph! You are the MAN! A Marathon Man! Dang, that sounds fun, I would have paid good money to see you run that race! That does sound fun....good memories.
I found Kellie around Area 51 a few years back, we had to give her a new identity in her new life on planet earth. She does know a lot about the stars and can identify many of them, and she also watches the moon phases to keep time the old fashioned way. No one can honestly say what planet Kellie came from, but we get along great so who is complaining? She likes to hike and garden, but not too keen on fishing. Have a great one my friend.
Great video. Nice area. Not far from Lake Tahoe- Virginia City. An RV resort/campground in Shoshone, Ca. had a spring fed pool that felt great (didn't know it might have had healing powers).
Hi John! Sounds like you are enjoying life!
Big fan here -- fan of you guys and of that country. I wish you could go back when the mansion is open, and show us what it's like inside. There's a book about Eilley, "City of Illusion," you might like. She and Persia went to see Queen Victoria, but the queen wasn't agreeable. Eilley's washtubs were right over a silver deposit that was so rich that there was a room with solid silver floor, walls, ceiling. How did she lose it all? Have you done a video about Alpine County? Alabama Hills? All those Western movies and TV shows made up there? Keep up the good work! --charles johnson, sacramento
Hi Charles! Sacramento; so close, I shop there every so often. We did one in Alabama Hills last summer....but doing a video on Alpine County is a great idea. It is a tiny and rather poor county that has to put up with a bossy guy who used to be the manager of Plump Jack Wines before the wealth of the Getty family in San Francisco's Pacific Heights launched him on a career which was the catalyst for the biggest out migration in the Golden State! Alison Bowers lost her wealth by poor financial decisions; was in debt and built onto the mansion which caused her to be insolvent. Honored to have you as a fan! 😎
The story reminds me a bit of that movie with Tom Hanks where they buy that fixer upper that was a nightmare! Only this one has a better outcome. The grounds and mansion are beautiful! 1713!! A tree sprouts!! I enjoyed the trip, and Kellie looks beautiful as ever! Great time you two! The cemetery was nice. Also the Comstock was the same mine that George Hearst found his fortune.
Hi DL! I didn't know that the Hearst got their money there. I was at the hardware store visiting my grandfather in San Francisco , when the bank nearby got robbed by Patty Hearst with a rifle when she was in the SLA (Symbionese Liberation Army)....that was weird. Always wanted to check out the Hearst Castle that also had a pool on the central coast!
@@CalNeva oh wow!! Doug!! Seriously, that is wild! I have been to Hearst Castle and it is definitely something I would recommend. They have several different tours, we did about 6 of them, and they were all fascinating! They movie they show in the museum area shows the history and talks about the Comstock Lode mine.
April 15th, 1974...1450 Noriega Street, Hibernia Bank....it was a sunny day and my grandpa and I were enjoying each other's company...we had a lot of good times together....she was screaming "...up against the wall M'Fers" with a rifle in her hand, seriously, that city has gotten even crazier if that's even possible. I am intrigued about learning how her family had a role in Nevada's history. Personally, I don't like drama like that and prefer the quiet beautiful places...but hey, those mining boomtowns of yesteryear were just like that.
@@CalNeva Doug, you witnessed a big part of history. I read her book, it's a good read. I was just a kid when all that happened and didn't know much about it until later in my life.
@@nationalparksprincess3216 Life is sure interesting and full of surprises and a lot of plot twists! I would like to read her book.
I wonder what happened to the Mrs that she lost everything and ended up in poverty? We have camped a few times at the Washoe State Park and lucked out with no wind. Thanks, you two are sweet together. 😊
Hello again Sueann! Thank you. Well, the mines were not producing. This was a few years after they traveled to Europe and brought back a mansion full of costly furniture. After Sandy died, she started to host parties at the mansion to make ends meet. She made a bad decision to spend more money adding another floor to the mansion after she was already in debt. It went to court concerning her debt and she lost. The founder of Reno purchased it for pennies on the dollar and she started prognosticating as a profession. She became destitute and California and Nevada were fighting over whose responsibility she was. California took her in and she ended up in the Bay Area on the coast, where she died and was cremated in Oakland. Perhaps she assumed she would always remain wealthy?
thanks for the tour you two what a place . what's the name of your opening music. it's a catchy tune.
Welcome! It's just a stock track, I need to do a recording up in Reno soon.
I fined your content is top of its field not many can come close to your videos
Oh, thank you Brent...a kind comment like yours inspires me to keep on going!
I wonder if the pool waters are sourced from the old Shussler waterworks !
Good point Tim!
I guess if the pools were naturally fed,then Herman Schussler (One of Sutros Civil engineers) had nothing to do with the Bowers pools!
Surrounding tunnel must be close?
I haven’t seen it in many years. My brother and all my cousins used to swim there every summer. I wonder if it’s still open to the public for swimming?
Hello Sean! Yes, I believe it will open soon as the weather has been warming up. Wow, what great memories and good times you had there! 👍
I've been there heading north from the campground on old 395 road, but only thought it was an area for the community summer pool, did not know the history there, interesting. And as Benjamin Franklin once said, the only certainty in life are death and taxes....until the next one !!
Thank you, happy trails my friend! 🐎🌎🦅
Ritter mean Knight in German. Someone lives there?
Hello John, nobody lives there now, it is a park run by Washoe County Parks; many events there, barbeque pits, swimming, etc ..very popular