Download or read book Nevada County Historical Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nuggets of Nevada County History written by Juanita Kennedy Browne and published by Nevada County Historical. This book was released on 1983 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nevada City written by Orval Bronson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the Gold Rush town of Nevada City, California from 1850 to 2002. Includes information about Native Americans, Chinese, gold mining, railroads, newspapers, fires, entertainment, industry, government, churches, and fraternal organizations. Brief biographies of 40 pioneers.
Download or read book Nevada City written by Maria E. Brower and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vibrant and captivating Nevada City began as a gold-mining camp called Deer Creek Dry Diggins. The large gravel deposits alongside this creek reportedly delivered a pound of pay dirt a day by the fall of 1849, when A. B. Caldwell's general store opened to supply this haphazard collection of tents. By March 1850, somewhere between 6,000 and 16,000 boisterous souls called it home, and the new town was christened "Nevada," meaning "snow covered" in Spanish. After 1861, townsfolk took to adding "City" to the name, to avoid confusion with the new state whose Comstock silver strike drained off many Nevada City residents. Seven fires burned early Nevada City to the ground, sparking a fashion for brick architecture that is evident in many of the 93 downtown structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Download or read book Sketches of Yesterday and Today in Nevada County written by Marilyn Starkey and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biennial Report of the Nevada Historical Society written by Nevada Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Placer and Nevada Counties California written by William Branson Lardner and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nevada State Historical Society Papers written by Nevada State Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nevada County Historic Photo Album written by Pediment Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nevada Historical Society Papers written by Nevada Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gold Cities Grass Valley and Nevada City written by James M. Morley and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographic survey of the area's past and present.
Download or read book Catalog of Historical Landmarks and Dedicated Sites in Nevada County California written by David A. Comstock and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nevada Historical Society Quarterly written by Nevada Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nevada County Historical Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gold Rush Towns of Nevada County written by Maria E. Brower and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nevada County is webbed with some of the richest veins of goldbearing quartz in the world. First discovered in 1849 as placer gold washed into creek beds, hydraulic miners later used massive jets of water to melt mountains and free the precious metal. Rich lodegold districts such as Grass Valley and Nevada City were the most productive in California, and innovations such as hydraulic mining began here and spread throughout the nation. Whimsical names like You Bet, Red Dog, Rough and Ready, French Corral, and Blue Tent hint at the colorful beginnings of dozens of camps that grew from wild and chaotic tent towns to bustling young communities, complete with schools, churches, and businesses. Boomtowns North San Juan, North Bloomfield, and Columbia propelled Nevada County to the head of the state's economy by 1900 and hundreds of miles of gold-bearing quartz veins continued to be tapped in underground tunnels for another 50 years or more.
Download or read book History of Placer and Nevada Counties California written by William B. Lardner and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nevada State Historical Society Papers written by Nevada State Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
