Brothers Edwin and William Kiel were found murdered at Kiel Ranch, now in North Las Vegas, NV, on a windy Oct 11, 1900 by Hiram Stewart, son of Archibald and Helen Stewart.
Given the animosity between the families, this was an unbelievable coincidence. t.co/kl0VftYeEO

The Las Vegas High School Wildcats hosted the Kingman High Bulldogs on Oct 11, 1930. This was the first game played on the new field in Las Vegas, later named after Coach Butcher. Photo of Eather Leavitt from that day. tinyurl.com/yc2k7465
Las Vegas Age article, same day.

The Oct 11, 1866 Carson Appeal reported that Mark Twain was lecturing in California and that he would soon return to Nevada (which he did). t.co/i2miE9z2uC

Las Vegas Metro Police Officer Marc Alan Kahre was shot and killed by the suspect he was following on Oct 11, 1988. t.co/uNfgnFFd6s #EOW
Kahre is interred at Palm Memorial Park in Las Vegas, NV.

The boiler on Las Vegas & Tonopah Locomotive #4 exploded at the Goldfield Engine House on the night of Oct 9, 1911. UNLV Digital Collections has an Oct 10, 1911 photo showing the damage to the structure. One employee hospitalized. Locomotive #4 was repaired. tinyurl.com/eehwvy5u

Nevada Dept of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced new United We Stand license plate design on Oct 10, 2004. tinyurl.com/4ejpbhc3

Pictures of the 2004 Las Vegas Basque Festival at Sammy Davis Jr Festival Plaza in Las #Vegas, NV on Oct 10, 2004. t.co/5l7OEkVfFS

A Letter to the Editor in the Oct 10, 1863 Reese River Reveille suggested that mail addressed to Austin, Nevada Territory and mailed in Virginia City, had to be routed through Carson City, then back through Virginia City before heading east to Austin. t.co/m7dvxrdOkN

Eldest of three brothers, William Howard "Monk" Montgomery, founder of the Las #Vegas Jazz Society, was born on Oct 10, 1921 in Indianapolis, IN. t.co/jTPb2D4XLA
Note: Montgomery passed away in Las Vegas in 1982.

It seems a man playing a "huge bass viol" as he walked down Meadow Street in Pioche, NV, tripped and fell on his instrument.
"An unappreciative and unfeeling wretch dared to laugh" according to the Oct 10, 1873 Pioche Record. t.co/DHTFWnQlhe

According to the Oct 10, 1911 Tonopah Bonanza, the first snow of that year arrived at Goldfield, NV the previous day. tinyurl.com/49ekwtdw
"The thermometer dropped eight degrees within the first half hour..."

A Post Office opened at Fish Lake, NV in Esmeralda County on Oct 10, 1881, near the California border. It closed in 1887. t.co/fw6cFE1z1K
The closest town now is Dyer, NV, in south Fish Lake Valley, where a Post Office opened in 1960.

The Israeli Government Tourist Office booked the Emerald Room at the Dunes Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Oct 10, 1962 for cocktail parties on Oct 23-25. UNLV Digital Collections: tinyurl.com/3ex2v889

One of the "knights of the whip" in the 1860s driving stage coaches between Reno and Virginia City, William "Bill" Blackmore moved to Tonopah with the silver boom. He died in a four horse team runaway accident near Tonopah. Oct 10, 1903 Tonopah Bonanza: t.co/xZJlJuMnCT

Cool picture of the interior of the Pershing Quicksilver Works under construction near Oreana, the gateway to the Rochester Mining District, northeast of Lovelock, NV, as it was on Oct 10, 1927. UNLV Digital Collections: tinyurl.com/3b8w45nf

Mobster "Baby Face" Nelson arrived at Wally's Hot Springs, near Genoa, NV, on Oct 1, 1934. He hid out there for about 10 days. He met up with John Paul Chase in Minden, NV on Oct 10, 1934 and returned to Chicago, per the FBI: t.co/eSmU6J1YkZ

Shaft man at the Giroux Mine at Kimberly, NV west of Ely, Mike Fontana died in an explosion on Oct 10, 1916. He didn't leave the shaft fast enough before the expected detonations. t.co/fFQvl5uNsg

Born in Overton, NV in 1885, lifelong resident of Moapa Valley, archaeologist, and the first curator of the Lost City Museum at Overton, NV (1952-56), Fay Perkins Sr, 77, passed away on Oct 10, 1962. t.co/4650xtssLK
He is interred in the Pioneer Hill Cemetery in Overton.