August 2024 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 20th century, hundreds of thousands of people came to the Truckee River town, to get a “quickie” dissolution to their marriage. Eastern Sierra historians David & Gayle Woodruff assume the fictive Reno Divorce Ranch characters of Clive and Vivian Sterling in a living history presentation, as they recount the unique, interesting, and often amusing history of the Reno divorce industry and its importance in Western Nevada.