He married Vesta Smith on December 8, 1951 in Reno, Nevada. Richard and Vesta raised ... Linda and Keith Maney of Black River, NY; Barbara and Lee Buffington of Roseburg; and Leann and Les Howard ...

Built in the mid-1940s from 20-year-old plans, the Mapes' art deco style was already becoming nostalgic. It opened as Nevada's tallest building in 1947, and its Sky Room overlooked a town that ...

Mullen, originally appeared in the Reno Gazette-Journal on Jan. 30, 2000, the date of the Mapes Hotel-Casino's implosion. Since its publication, Nevada lost three of its great keepers of local ...

In the week leading up to the rescue, the pond fully froze over at least once and the looming atmospheric river threatened ... the University of Nevada, Reno lecturer Chris Smith who has captured ...