The Reno Cure – A Chautauqua Presentation by David & Gayle Woodruff

A living history presentation, “The Reno Cure.” Reno has long been known as “The Biggest Little City in the World.” But it wasn’t just the introduction of legalized gambling in 1931 that brought the town its fame. For the first half of the 20^th century, hundreds of thousands of people came to the Truckee River town, to get a “quickie” dissolution to their marriage and left a legacy of culture and sophistication.  Local historians David & Gayle Woodruff assume the Divorce Ranch characters of Clive and Vivian Sterling, as they recount the unique, interesting, and often amusing history of the Reno divorce industry and the important role it played in creating one of the country’s most cosmopolitan cities.