How Northern Nevada Kept Its Cool

Update: 2019-08-01

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Summertime in Northern Nevada can really bring the heat. Fortunately, for most of us, cooling down is as easy as heading to the refrigerator. But it wasn’t always so easy for our region’s residents to chill out in the hot weather, as historian Alicia Barber explains in this episode of “Time & Place.”

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How Northern Nevada Kept Its Cool

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How Northern Nevada Kept Its Cool

Alicia Barber

How Northern Nevada Kept Its Cool