The Nevada Historical Society's building may be closed for an exciting remodel, but you can still enjoy their fascinating lectures at the Sierra View Library during their closure. NHS Nevada History - On The GO! Series is combining their three history programs that delve into Nevada History, Lake Tahoe, and the American Gaming Archives gambling and gaming history. Make sure to visit Sierra View Library on the first Saturday of every month to learn more about Nevada’s history through these engaging talks that are geared towards audiences of all ages.

Saturday, August 2, 2025

Speaker: Jeff Kintop, historian and former State of Nevada Archivist

Title of Talk: The Earp’s Last Frontier: Wyatt and Virgil Earp in the Nevada mining camps, 1902-1905

Summary of Talk: It was Nevada in the 1900s, and the Tonopah-Goldfield boom was closing out the western mining frontier. It was also the scene for the final episode in the Earp brothers' peacekeeping career, the last arena where they both served as lawmen. Kintop will examine their often-exaggerated activities in turn-of-the-century Nevada and set the record straight.

Speaker Bio: Jeff Kintop has worked in Nevada History for 45 years. He retired from the Nevada State Library, Archives and Public Records in 2018, where he worked for 35 years, starting as an Archives Assistant and retiring as Administrator of the Division.

As newspaper reporter Guy Clifton once wrote in 2013, “A funny thing happened to Jeff Kintop on his career path back to his native Minnesota. He fell in love with Nevada, and the rest, quite literally, is history. Kintop, the former Nevada state archivist, moved to Reno in 1979 to work on a grant-funded history education project at the University of Nevada, Reno.” The grant funding ran out, so he was hired part-time at the Nevada State Archives.

He has written or contributed to books, reports, and articles on Nevada history, historical research, and archival programs. He served on and was chair of the State Board on Geographic Names and is now Deputy Coordinator/Co-Chair of NVSHRAB and President of the Nevada Judicial History Society.