Buckeye Road Minden Nevada
by Mitch Shindelbower
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Buckeye Road Minden Nevada
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Mitch Shindelbower
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Buckeye Road Minden Nevada...It was founded in 1906 by Heinrich Friedrich Dangberg Jr., who named it after the town of Minden, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which was near his father's birthplace.A large share of the first settlers were Germans. Minden was founded on company land of the Dangberg Home Ranch and Dangberg commissioned most of the town's early buildings. Minden has had a post office since 1906.
Minden sounds a "sundown siren" at 6pm almost every evening since 1917, originally signifying that members of the Washoe Indian tribe were required to leave town by 6:30pm or face jail or fine.Douglas County fully repealed its sundown ordinance in the mid-1970s. A Minden ordinance meant to clarify the siren's intent went on the books in 2007, but Minden continues to sound a siren every evening, and now claims the law doesn't applies to them, because the siren is meant "to honor volunteer firefighters".
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November 8th, 2021
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Comments (24)
Sarah Irland
Congratulations, Mitch, on your Win in the Scary Clouds Contest for this beautiful photograph! A perfect fit!
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Photographic Camera Art" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2021 Featured Image Archive" Discussion! L
Gary F Richards
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L Congratulations on your features!
Jenny Revitz Soper
BRAVO! Your artwork has earned a FEATURE on the homepage of the FAA Artist Group No Place Like Home, 12/1/2021! You may also post it in the Group's Features discussion thread and any other thread that fits! l/f
Gary F Richards
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L Congratulations on your features!
John Velocci
Congratulations, this amazing picture was featured in Stunning Images group. Check out the Discussions section of the group to see the other featured pictures.........https://fineartamerica.com/groups/stunning-images.html?tab=discussions
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