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Reid Public History Institute News

The Reid Public History Institute was created in 2022 with the mission to expand the study of the histories of labor, immigration, land use, industry, and the environment in Nevada and the surrounding region. The institute bears the name of Senator Harry Reid, whose lifelong enthusiasm for Nevada history helped to preserve and protect many of its treasures.

Reid Public History Institute In The News

Las Vegas Review Journal

A song by pop megastar Taylor Swift has brought new attention to Clara Bow, a major Hollywood film siren in the 1920s who famously left Tinsel Town for Southern Nevada to start a new life with with her cowboy actor husband, Rex Bell.