The Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas will host an autograph reception and panel discussion on the history of Las Vegas in postcards on Friday, May 8, 2009.

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After 82 years, an artistic piece of Nevada history has returned to the state: a decorative basket that Moapa Paiute Indians made in the early part of the 20th century. Las Vegas pioneer Helen J. Stewart (1854-1926) collected the basket, which her descendants Lawrence and Harriet Stay donated to the Nevada State Museum in Las Vegas.

Stewart, known as “The First Lady of Las Vegas,” came to southern Nevada in 1882 where her husband, Archibald, had taken over the former Grass Ranch, established on the site of the old Las Vegas Mormon Fort.

During her years on the ranch, Helen befriended the local Paiutes and collected their baskets. By the early 1920s Stewart’s collection had grown to nearly 600 baskets and was considered one of the finest in the West.

Authentic basket collections from various Indian tribes are found statewide in Nevada....

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After 82 years, an important piece of Nevada history has returned to the state. A decorative basket produced by the Moapa Paiutes in the early part of the 20th century, collected by Las Vegas pioneer Helen J. Stewart, was recently donated to the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas by Helen’s descendants Lawrence and Harriet Stay.

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Get a glimspe of Nevada’s nuclear history at the Nevada State Railroad Museum, Boulder City where a locomotive from the Nevada Nuclear Test Site is on display.

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Self taught artist Janet Trobough makes an encore visit to the Lost City Museum accompanied by Mesquite resident, Casey Oeleson teacher of figurative sculpture classes for the Virgin Valley Artist Association. The exhibit by this artistic duo will be an display February 1, through February 28, 2009.

Displaying a variety of media, the show contains western themes and Native American women painted in rich earth tones, rustic and creatively decorated gourds using burning and staining techniques along with turquoise, silver and malachite to add the special touch. Trobough’s own soapstone sculpture and Oeleson’s sculpture is also featured.

Janet Trobough will be at the museum signing work from 1:00 until 3:00 p.m. on February 7. “It will be the perfect opportunity to find that unusual perfect gift for your valentine from the art show or from the museum store,” said museum attendant, Terri...

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