Nevada Books

Times were exciting in 1860s Aurora: "Four men will be hung in half an hour. All quiet and orderly. . . ." read the telegram to the governor. Hang the men they did, along with orders to a few others to get out of town or suffer the same fate. This lively, authoritative account of the ghost city is illustrated by numerous excellent photographs, maps and engravings. 124 pages, 7 x 10. (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

Silver Peak
Never a Ghost Town

Silver Peak, a small mining community in Esmeralda County, has suffered the booms and busts that are inherent in the mining industry, but Silver Peak has weathered them all. One of the most exciting aspects of this book is its unique combination of sources—archaeological discoveries, archival record...
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