Nevada Books

The discovery and development of the West’s largest silver lode is recounted in extensive text and both line drawings and photographs. There are essays on familiar Comstock figures such as the Big Four, Adolph Sutro and the discoverers, and also information on stock manipulations, the unions, and various institutions. Camels, the V&T RR, Mark Twain, law and order, square-set mine timbering, are all featured. Old and new maps help tell the story. 128 pp. Large 9 x 12 format, 75 illus., index. (Published by Nevada Publications ~ Shipped by publisher.)

History

• A Century of Enthusiasm - Midas Nevada, 1907 - 2007

• Alice's Drive - Republishing 'Veil, Duster, and Tire Iron'

• Aurora - Nevada's Ghost City of the Dawn

• Beyond the Glimmering Lights - The Pride and Perseverance of African Americans in Las Vegas

• Bodie: The Mines are Looking Well - A History of the Bodie Mining District, Mono County, California

• Bodie’s Boss Lawman - The Odyssey of Constable John F. Kirgan

• Boot Hill - The Pioche Cemetery and the Story of the Pioche Boom

• Boulder City Nevada

• Death Valley Ghost Town - Greenwater California

• Dempsey In Nevada

• Elko County

• Emigrant Trails - A History and Guide to the Emigrant Routes from Central Nevada to the Crossing of the Sierra

• Ghosts of the Glory Trail - Intimate glimpses into the past and present of 275 western ghost towns

• Golden Dreams Down Dusty Roads - My Adventures with Billy Varga, "The Last Hard Rock Miner"

• Las Vegas, As It Began, As It Grew

• Mark Twain in Virginia City, Nevada

• More than Petticoats - Remarkable Nevada Women

• My Memories of the Comstock - An Eye-Witness Account of the Richest Place on Earth

• Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps

• Nevada Yesterdays

• Reno Now and Then

• Saloons, Bars & Cigar Stores - Historical Interior Photographs

• Silver Peak - Never a Ghost Town

• Slippery Gulch - A Guide to Gold Hill Nevada

• Slot Machines - America's Favorite Gaming Device

• The Divorce Seekers - A Photo Memoir of a Nevada Dude Wrangler

• The Lincoln Highway: Nevada

• Virginia City, Silver Region of the Comstock Lode

• Young Las Vegas - Before the Future Found Us

Featured Title

Endless Nevada
A Photo Essay

Over decades of travel throughout Nevada, photographer Larry Prosor has explored its deserts, mountains cities, and small towns and met the independent, resilient people who live here. From rancher to casino owner to small-business owner to government worker, he found most share a genuine pride in t...
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