Elko 100

02/04/2025

02/04/2025

Come join our team!

07/01/2024

Rodeo always starts with prayer and the National Anthem. We are so fortunate to have amazing singers each and every year sing the greatest song ever. Thank you Charles Chester Plumbing & Heating for sponsoring year after year.

08/09/2022

Celebrating Smokey Bear's 78th Birthday Bash

07/23/2022

01/20/2020

All Bits in the 2020 Bit Contest will be offered for sale starting on January 28th. They will be sold in silent auction format. To place a bid you can call or text John Wright 775-340-0789, Museum 775-389-1713, Jan Petersen 775-778-5478. Or you can place bid by Facebook but please follow up with a phone call to confirm your bid. Bidding will end 1/31/20 at 8:00pm pacific time.

01/19/2020

Come to the Cowboy Arts & Gear Museum, 542 Commercial St in Elko and check the contest bits out!

01/04/2020

01/01/2019

Happy 150 to Elko! December 29, 1868 was the day the Central Pacific Railroad established Elko as they were building eastward. The Central Pacific and their Chinese workers were working to join the Union Pacific Railroad, forming the transcontinental railroad. This event happened in northern Utah, May 10, 1869!

04/16/2018

Rewrite!

Compiled by Louise Basañez

75 Years Ago in Elko Daily Free Press

April 13, 1943: Pete Jauregui, who recently purchased the Star hotel from Frank Arrascada, plans to make some improvements. While they are necessarily limited, because of the times, he has purchased the bar from the Silver Dollar, formerly owned by Fernando Puccinelli. He plans to move it to the Star hotel. Oddly, Jauregui was the first owner of the hotel and after it changed hands a number of times has again come back to him. It was sold to him by Arrascada in a matter of seconds. During a recent conversation Arrascada expressed the opinion that he would sooner be outside, Jauregui said, “All right, if you feel like that and wish to sell, I’ll buy the hotel.” And so the deal was made. Charles Gardner was the contractor on the building, which was constructed in 1910 and 1911. Jauregui ran it for a number of years, during which time it became famous for the fine food which was served there. Later Peter Corta of Jiggs bought it from Jauregui, later Joe Corta, now of San Pedro, bought it from him. Frank Arrascada was the next owner and he elected to sell it back to Jauregui.

Archive Photo: Captioned "Basque sheepherder by Star Hotel."