2025 Lecture Series
DCHS Heritage Lecture Series
Feb 13th | Dan Jardine | Speaking about the mining history of Douglas County and surrounding areas
March 13th | Etienne Lekumberry | Lecture regarding the Culture Heritage of the Basque Community
April 10th | Karen Dustman | Presentation about about Karen's 3 books series of Forgotten Tales of Carson Valley and Nearby Settlements
May 8th | Tami Force | Tami will share her journals and photography chronicling Nevada's history and outback.
June 12th | Alan Gubanich with Lahontan Audubon Society
July 10th | Herman Fillmore | Washoe Language
August 14th | Frank Tortorich
September 11th | Wayne Scarpaci | The Iron Horse, Railroads of Nevada
October 9th |
November 13th |
Heritage Lecture Series
Thursday, May 8
Please welcome our speaker, Tami Force, to the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center in Gardnerville, NV. Tami has been visiting and photographing ghost towns for 30 years. Her blog – Gouge Eye Chronicle follows her travels and documents Nevada’s history. She explores Nevada with family, friends and her Jeep, Honey Badger. She lives in the Carson Valley on her family’s fourth-generation ranch with her family, dog, cats, goats, and chickens. You can follow her at nvtami.com.
Doors Open at 6:00 p.m. Lecture Begins at 6:30 p.m.
$5.00 at the door. Free Admission to Alpine, Dayton, Smith Valley, and DCHS Historical Society members.
Don’t forget, each time you visit us for one of our Heritage Lecture Series in 2025 you earn a chance to win a $100 gift certificate from our bookstore. The more Heritage Lectures you attend, the greater your chances of winning! The drawing will be held on Thursday, November 14, 2025. Need not be present to win.

