It’s Nevada’s longest historical mystery. Is the cannon that explorer John C. Fremont dumped in the Sierra Nevada in 1844 still lost in the West Walker River, or is it sitting on an exhibit ...

Since becoming an annual matchup in 1989, the Fremont Cannon has been the ultimate prize. In 1966, UNLV, then Nevada Southern ...

The cannon barrel was noticed by someone who loaded it up and salvaged it, taking it first to Lake Tahoe, then later to Virginia City. When Fremont later visited Virginia City, he saw the cannon ...

Take heart, UNLV fans: The Fremont cannon is back in Las Vegas. Only it’s the real one this time, not that navy-blue knockoff currently being held hostage by a certain Reno-based university.