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Cowboy Poet Sings Ode to Nevada Opera House

Despite its name, the newly restored Eureka Opera House hosts all kinds of musicians. Alex Chadwick talks to cowboy poet, singer and songwriter Richard Elloyan, who performs a song about the opera house, which was originally built during the mining boom in 1880.

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