Eighty-three-year-old Fred Horlacher, regarded as Sparks’ much-beloved local historian, will be sharing the tale of “Jedediah Strong Smith” at the Sparks Museum and Cultural Center on Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. Jedediah Smith, a mighty mountain main of the West, has fended off a grizzly bear, combated the sweltering heat of the Mohave Desert, and crossed snowy peaks and rapid rivers … [Read more...]