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Divorce Seekers and Divorce Ranches

Hotel Mapes on Opening Night, December 17, 1949

Opening Night at the Hotel Mapes, December 17, 1947

Travel back in time to Reno, December 17, 1947, opening night of the Hotel Mapes… The following is a sneak preview from the second edition of The Divorce Seekers: True Stories from the Nevada Divorce Ranch Era by William L. McGee and Sandra V. McGee. Coming in 2022.   The big news in Reno was opening…

December 19, 2021 in Divorce Seekers and Divorce Ranches.
Nevada divorce seeker at Sky Tavern ski resort, 1947

Before Squaw Valley – Sandra’s Occasional Newsletter, Dec 2021

A little bit of news… but not too much. 

December 11, 2021 in Divorce Seekers and Divorce Ranches.
The Marilu Norden Story

Once Upon a Time in RENO: The Marilu Norden Story

  In 1951, the glamorous singer/dancer Marilu Norden registered at the Pyramid Lake Ranch to wait out her six weeks for a “quickie” divorce. The Pyramid Lake was 34 miles north of Reno in Sutcliffe, a location that was remote then and still is today. Other notables who stayed on the Pyramid Lake for a…

July 15, 2021 in Divorce Seekers and Divorce Ranches.
Reno Divorce Ranch Era - Ashtray Del Monte Dude and Guest Ranch

If This Del Monte Divorce Ranch Ashtray Could Talk

It’s just an old tin ashtray, but the stories it could tell… When fellow Reno divorce ranch history buff, Jerry Garrity, spotted this old tin ashtray from the Del Monte Dude and Guest Ranch in an antiques bazaar in Reno, he knew if anyone would love to have it, that would be me. Indeed, just…

May 14, 2021 in Divorce Seekers and Divorce Ranches.
Book trailer for The Divorce Seekers by William L. McGee

Book Trailer – The Divorce Seekers

  True stories from the heyday of Reno’s six-week divorce era when East meets West  Available from Amazon Or Order a Signed Copy from the Publisher 

September 26, 2020 in Divorce Seekers and Divorce Ranches.
Postcard of Flamingo Hotel and Bugsy Siegal

Reno divorce ranches and Las Vegas gaming inspire Hollywood

Dick Wolf preps American Babylon Dick Wolf (Law & Order) is prepping a new series, American Babylon, a period drama chronicling the story of the creation of Las Vegas. The series is inspired by the book, The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America by Sally Denton & Roger Morris.…

August 6, 2020 in Divorce Seekers and Divorce Ranches.
Mapes hotel champagne coupes

If These Mapes Hotel Champagne Coupes Could Talk

Whose lips had sipped from these champagne coupes (saucers) from the Mapes estate in Reno? Fellow Reno history buffs Deb Geraghty and James Stavena found a dozen of these vintage glasses in a Reno antiques shop and – most thankfully – sent two to Bill and me.  One evening, as we sipped Manhattans from the…

October 26, 2019 in Divorce Seekers and Divorce Ranches.
Sandra V. McGee magazine stories

My Latest for Roundup, Magazine of Western Writers of America, October 2018

      Thank you, Johnny D. Boggs, Editor, for including my story in ROUNDUP, MAGAZINE OF WESTERN WRITERS OF AMERICA (October 2018) Click on the link below to read… “Nevada As A Place To Split” by Sandra McGee             More Feature Stories by Sandra V. McGee      …

October 16, 2018 in Divorce Seekers and Divorce Ranches, Feature Stories by Sandra V. McGee.
The Golden Age of Divorce on the Dude Ranches of Nevada

The Golden Age of Divorce on the Dude Ranches of Nevada

The Golden Age of Divorce on the Dude Ranches of Nevada Bill and Sandra McGee provide commentary for this podcast hosted by Sean Braswell of THE THREAD on OZY.com. (Air date: 4/2/2018) READ The Golden Age of Divorce on the Dude Ranches of Nevada LISTEN to the podcast with commentary by Bill and Sandra McGee. Scroll…

April 6, 2018 in Divorce Seekers and Divorce Ranches.

Highlights from our Nevada roundup, May 18-19, 2016

Carson City, Wed, May 18 – Signing a copy of THE DIVORCE SEEKERS for Randi Hunewill, the great-granddaughter of Neill Hakes West who owned the TH Ranch in Sutcliffe, Nevada, about 30 miles outside of Reno near Pyramid Lake . In 1929, the “TH” was the first ranch in Nevada to take in paying dudes.  …

May 21, 2016 in Divorce Seekers and Divorce Ranches.
"The Six-Week Cure" for Bust Magazine

“The Six-Week Cure” by Priya Jain for BUST Magazine

  The Reno divorce ranch era gets the attention of the younger generation in BUST Magazine. “The Six-Week Cure” by Priya Jain (BUST Magazine, December/January 2010) when Reno ‘divorce ranches’ helped unhappily married women start new lives” by Priya Jain             More by Priya Jain – “Betty Goes Reno”  

December 1, 2010 in Divorce Seekers and Divorce Ranches.
Betty Goes Reno

Betty Goes Reno – A visit to the glamorous divorce ranches of the Mad Men era

  When the curtain fell on the third season of Mad Men, Betty Draper, our favorite housewife in distress, was on her way to Reno to get a divorce. Writer Priya Jain was curious. Why did Betty Draper go to Reno and what was a divorce ranch? The result: “Betty Goes Reno: A visit to…

July 21, 2010 in Divorce Seekers and Divorce Ranches.
Sandra V. McGee magazine stories

My Latest for True West Magazine, June 2010

    Thank you, Meghan Saar, Editor, for including my story in TRUE WEST Magazine (June 2010) Click on the link below to read… “The Divorce Seekers – An old-time wrangler recalls Reno, the ‘city of broken vows’, through his days at the Flying M.E. ranch” by Sandra V. McGee          …

June 16, 2010 in Divorce Seekers and Divorce Ranches, Feature Stories by Sandra V. McGee.
Sandra V. McGee magazine stories

My Latest for the National Automobile Museum, Reno, June 2005

    Thank you to the National Automobile Museum, Harrah Collection, for including my stories in PRECIOUS METAL (June 2005) Click on the link below to read… “Nevada As A Place To Split Is A Legend Of Our Time”  “The Cowboy’s Saddle”        More Feature Stories by Sandra V. McGee      …

June 15, 2005 in Divorce Seekers and Divorce Ranches, Feature Stories by Sandra V. McGee.
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