Nevada Historical Society Docent Council: - The Nevada Historical Society s Docent Council, a group of enthusiastic history volunteers, has selected the most interesting images of early Reno from the society s extensive archive of over 30,000 images of Nevada for this book. With the assistance of Nevada historians, Historic Reno Preservation Society s FootPrints, and Nevada Historical Society Quarterlies, the Docent Council has crafted the history of early Reno from a raucous railroad town on the Truckee River to the largest city in Nevada from 1890 through the 1940s.