CARSON CITY, Nev. -- -- Half a century ago, Nevada was given a rickety, gift-laden boxcar -- one of 49 "Merci" boxcars sent by France to U.S. states in gratitude for this nation's help during ...

The couple moved to Northern Nevada in the early 1950s and Denise spotted the boxcar out in front of the Nevada State Museum. "We had a picture of me in front of the boxcar, but we don't know where it ...

The narrow-gauge boxcar dates to the 1870s when those like it were first built. David Parsons, 78, of Sparks, started the fund-raising effort for Nevada's boxcar after seeing it in Carson City and ...