Snowshoe Thompson: The Super Hero of the Sierra Nevada | Saturday | May 11th 2024
Foreman-Roberts House 1207 North Carson Street, Carson City, NV, United StatesLocal authors and historians David & Gayle Woodruff assume the characters of “Snowshoe” Thompson and his wife Agnes in this 55-minute Chautauqua performance. Thompson carried the mail across the deep Sierra Nevada snow for 20 winters. Packing 80–pounds of mail over the 180-mile round trip in just 5 days on his hand-crafted snow skates (skis), […]