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100th Birthday of Clark County Commission hosted at The Hammargren Home of Nevada History: July 3, 2009

Hughes' Hand-Me-Downs: October 26, 2007
Hammargren adds a few of recluse's artifacts to home show. "The old fireball is back in me," Hammargren said. He's making his comeback with several new additions to the vast collection that already includes treasures such as an Apollo space capsule and the motorcycle Robbie Knievel used to jump the Caesars Palace fountains. (BRIAN HAYNES, Las Vegas Review Journal)

You're not officially a Nevadan until you've taken the tour of Dr. Lonnie Hammargren's amazing home. (John L Smith, Las Vegas Review Journal, Oct. 26, 2007)

Nevada Day open house at Hammargren's quirky museum of modern history.

(NORM, Las Vegas Review Journal, Oct. 25, 2007)

Former Lieutenant Governor "Awake Wake": April 1, 2007

Hammargren joined by family, friends for funeral while he's still alive to enjoy it. When the wake for former Lt. Gov. Lonnie Hammargren ended Saturday and the New Orleans-style processional began, 76-year-old Cecelia Alston wasted little time. Along with nearby showgirls, she danced to the jazz in the Community Lutheran Church parking lot, in her pale beige silk dress and high stiletto heels.

Adventures in Vegasland: June 17, 2006

Dr. Lonnie Hammargren: Collector, surgeon, statesman, and driver of hard bargains. You can't live in Las Vegas for long without finding out about Lonnie Hammargren's house. I first noticed it while driving by it one day, because most ordinary residences do not have Statue of Liberty arms sticking over their back walls. And I could tell even without stopping that the yard was chock full of other large artifacts, signs, and chunks of architecture. (MEGAN EDWARDS, LIVING LAS VEGAS)

The Scene and Heard: June 17, 2006

Dr. Lonnie Hammargren, former lieutenant governor is cleaning house -- well, a wing or three. He's putting 1,000 items up for sale, half of them for less than $5. The mother of all yard sales runs from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Sunday at 4300 Ridgecrest Drive. He's making room for the latest addition to his eclectic collection, the Stratosphere's "High Roller" roller coaster. (NORM CLARKE, Las Vegas Review Journal - Free registration)

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: May 29, 2006
Spotlight on Hammargren home: Ex-lieutenant governor leads tour of his 'Desert Kingdom' . . . If you've ever driven past ex-Lt. Gov. Lonnie Hammargren's compound in East Las Vegas, you've probably said it: "What's with that house?" The Home & Garden Television cable network recently asked Hammargren, currently a candidate for his old job, that question on a show of the same name. (MOLLY BALL, Las Vegas Review Journal - Free registration)

Eclectic Ways to Celebrate Nevada Day: Oct 28, 2005
For the tenth year in a row, Hamamrgren is opening his home to the public to celebrate Nevada Day. People can come in and take a stroll through his underground mine, which not only marks Nevada mining week, but also serves as a spooky Halloween chamber and an MX missile silo. It costs him a bundle to collect and maintain all of this stuff, but Hammargren wants residents to remember our state's heritage.

Hammargren says, "Is it worth it? In fun, yeah. In money, no. I've put millions into this but I'm going to leave it to the State of Nevada as a museum of modern history. Is it worth it? You bet it is." (George Knapp, Investigative Reporter, Channel 8 EYEWITNESSNEWS)

NEVADA DAY: The 10th annual "Nevada Day" celebration and a Lonnie Hammargren "Open House" was held Sunday, October 30, 2005. The open house was held at the "Hammargren Home of Nevada History" 4318 Ridgecrest Drive at Sandhill & Flamingo. This is an Official Sanctioned Las Vegas Centennial celebration event. ("Doc" Lonnie Hammargren, Nevada Day Organization)