“Hey Ken, I’ve got a story for you,” said John, a friend at the fitness center where we work out several mornings a week. He continued, “I visited the Genoa Bar. It’s your kind of story.” We made ...

Beer tastes best swigged in an old Nevada saloon with a long wooden bar and a bra safe in the corner. Yes, bras are kept in an old safe next to the pool table at the historical Genoa Bar and Saloon, ...

GENOA, Nev. (MyNews4.com & KRNV) — Let's take a trip back in history. The little town of Genoa was the first settlement in Nevada, and is home to the first and oldest saloon in the Silver State, the ...

There’s no doubt about it, the Genoa Bar in Genoa is Nevada’s oldest saloon. Founded in 1853, the bar is billed by its owners as “Nevada’s oldest thirst parlor,” and remains a favorite with locals and ...

A 30-minute drive from Lake Tahoe, up and over the mountains, Genoa sits at the foot of a steep, narrow ravine. Except for the gusts of wind that signaled a storm approaching, the town was quiet on a ...

According to a joint press release from Sheriff John Spears and Genoa-Harmony Fire Chief Michael Hanson, the building was comprised of a tavern/restaurant on the ground level and two apartments on the ...

Electric street lights arrived in Genoa, Nev., the state’s oldest permanent settlement, around 1920, thanks to local women who organized a fundraising “candy dance.” This summer the town’s historic ...

“General U. S. Grant paid Walley’s a visit after inspecting the famous Comstock Lode,” the David Walley’s Resort website claimed until April 2007. Included was a portrait photo of Grant in military ...