Points of interest vary

I received a map of Nevada that had been provided by Adams and Associates and printed by Star Business Graphics at El Dorado Springs. It is good to have a map to help find some of those hard to find locations like Hoffman Street that only covers a few blocks and then is seen no more.

This map is designed to let people, possibly tourists or newcomers, know about all the attractions available in Nevada. Helpfully there are red numbers on the spots on the map that are of interest. On the backside of the map, along with a picture of the Historic Stone Jail, the numbers are explained. For example, by coincidence, number 1 is the Bushwhacker Museum.

A short paragraph tells a little about this attraction and when it is open.

I have a problem with this map. I approve of each of the 14 points of interest on the map, and I wouldn't prioritize their placement in any way.

But there are many more spots that I would choose to identify.

For number 15 I would put a star on Main Street between Austin and Cherry for the Star Theater. (It could also be there for the CCPA Fox theater now of course) but I would have it there for the many Saturday night dates in the theater. I didn't go up into the balcony on these dates, but was a proper young lady sitting in the middle lower level. However in the afternoons a few years earlier I did sit in the balcony with other young friends and enjoy looking down on the others who were there.

No. 16 would be on the north side of the Square where we would sit in our cars and honk for curb service at Wiggs Drug Store. Having conversation with those in the neighboring cars through the rolled down windows made the ice cream sodas even tastier. In the daytime I preferred Wardin's Drug store (No.17) where we would go back under the rotating ceiling fans and order a milk shake while sitting at the little round tables with small chairs around them. The shake would come on a plate with two shortbread-type cookies to eat with the shake. Or if you sat at the counter, you not only got the shake but the remainder that was in the mixer over what fitted in the glass.

No. 18 would be at Centennial and Locust where Davis Park is still located.

That was the place where a more grown up Carolyn celebrated our daughter's third birthday with my parents and some visiting relatives. I celebrated many of her birthdays. But what made this one memorable was that the decorated cake, in a cake carrier, had flown over the top of our car when I placed it on the top of the trunk while tending to one of the kids. Then I absent-mindedly opened the trunk to put the picnic basket inside. Let's say that the decorations were a bit unusual.

No. 19 should be in the middle of the south side of the Square. It would identify the dental office of Dr. Phelps where my childhood dental work was done, right above the dime store where I bought much of the penny candy that probably caused me to need dental work. That star could have double meaning.

To even out the numbers there should be a 20 on West Walnut Street where my best friend lived. Often we would walk from the Square to the 1300 block of West Walnut to get permission from her mother to buy some do-dad. Then we would walk back to the Square either to make the purchase or to at least spend a nickel at the popcorn machine.

If I made this map it would need to be much larger because I could never stop marking special places in my memories.