By Dennis Cassinelli I started my career as a Highwayman in 1960 when I went to work for the Nevada State Highway Department on the first Interstate 80 construction project in Nevada at Verdi. After working in various capacities, I was appointed to work in the NDOT construction office in Carson City. On a team with two other engineers, we processed payments to the … [Read more...] about The Highwaymen
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My fascination for silver dollars
By Dennis Cassinelli My Mother, Phyllis, was one of the first female blackjack dealers in Nevada. She and her sister, Clare, worked for Harold’s Club in Reno in the early 1940’s. General Manager, Raymond “Pappy” Smith was the first Nevada casino owner to hire female blackjack dealers to work in the clubs. His reasoning was, if casinos hired female … [Read more...] about My fascination for silver dollars
Making Arrows
By Dennis Cassinelli I want to thank all my readers who recently bought my book, Preserving Traces of the Great Basin Indians. These have been offered at $ 10.00 each and I will pay the postage. The book is devoted to enabling people interested in American Indian artifacts to identify and date the many types of projectile points, beads, knives, pendants, scrapers and … [Read more...] about Making Arrows