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Book Historical Archaeology in the Cortez Mining District

Download or read book Historical Archaeology in the Cortez Mining District written by Erich Obermayr and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cortez Hills Expansion Project archaeological excavations uncovered a wealth of information about the Cortez Mining District, from its beginning in 1863 to the government-mandated end to the mining of precious metals in the district during World War II. Obermayr and McQueen use archaeological data as a foundation to tell the story of life in one of Nevada’s most intriguing, long-lived mining districts. Archaeologists excavate and analyze many thousands of artifacts, uncovering the homes and workplaces—and even trash dumps—of prospectors and miners, mill workers, charcoal burners, brickmakers, blacksmiths, teamsters, and families. They present an archaeological view of everyday life: how Cortez was populated by a variety of ethnic groups, how they lived, what products they bought or consumed, what their social status was, and how, even in this remote location, they created their own version of lives exemplifying the era’s Victorian ideals. Readers interested in the archaeology of the West, mining history, and the history of Nevada will find this book fascinating.

Book The History of the Comstock Lode

Download or read book The History of the Comstock Lode written by Grant H. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book SP019  Geologic and Natural History Tours in the Reno Area

Download or read book SP019 Geologic and Natural History Tours in the Reno Area written by Joseph V. Tingley and published by NV Bureau of Mines & Geology. This book was released on 2005 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nevada Heartland

Download or read book Nevada Heartland written by Mary B. Ansari and published by LeRue Books. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one writing today knows more about the geographic names of northwestern Nevada's core historic section than Mary Ansari. Beginning in the mid-1980s, she published four volumes about the place names of Storey, Ormsby (now Carson City), Lyon, and Douglas counties, as well as a book about the names of mines and mills of the Comstock. These exhaustively researched publications provided the most complete information up to then about the names found on maps of those counties - their origins, meanings, and even data on important events or personalities associated with them.Now, she has revised and expanded the material from her earlier books and brought it together in a new work that is the definitive place name reference for what is really the "heartland" of Nevada, the area where the state's initial nineteenth century economic, political, and community development occurred.

Book List of Official Nevada Publications

Download or read book List of Official Nevada Publications written by Nevada State Library and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Index of Mining Engineering Literature

Download or read book Index of Mining Engineering Literature written by Walter R.Crane and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book SP012  Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Publications Through 1989

Download or read book SP012 Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Publications Through 1989 written by Susan L. Tingley and published by NV Bureau of Mines & Geology. This book was released on 1991 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Comstock Place Names

Download or read book Comstock Place Names written by Mary B. Ansari and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Virginia City vs Bonanza

Download or read book Virginia City vs Bonanza written by Monette Bebow-Reinhard and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun and informative exploration of how the classic television series Bonanza differs from the reality of Virginia City, Nevada. In 1959, one hundred years after the big bonanza silver strike in Virginia City, the classic television series Bonanza made its debut and brought the small Nevada city to the forefront of households around the country, and into many parts of the world. The richest city in the world at the time of the Comstock Lode, Virginia City today might well be a ghost town if not for the fame spurred by Bonanza.The show was so popular that it went on to air for thirteen years and even spawned a theme park. Historical accuracy was of great import to Bonanza’s creator, but as the series evolved, it took on a life of its own beyond the boundaries of real-life Virginia City. In Virginia City vs Bonanza: A Tale of Merging Histories, Monette Bebow-Reinhard explores select history from the show’s legendary storylines and compares it to the real history of nineteenth-century Virginia City. Readers will learn why gambling is so prominent in Nevada, how Virginia City was not necessarily developed as a cattle town, and much more, ultimately understanding how and where Bonanza got its history right. Through her analysis of history versus fiction, Bebow-Reinhard emphasizes the impact television had on shaping how we remember the Old West. From the beginnings on Sun Mountain to the new technology created for Virginia City’s mines to keep up with the demands of the labor force—hungry for more wealth—Virginia City vs Bonanza examines the politics, the environmental damage, and the social and cultural settings that made Virginia City unique. Readers will witness it all: silver’s inevitable collapse, the advent of tourism, the natives, the diversity, the violence, and today, the fun. A must-read for fans of televisionand history alike.

Book Civil War America  1850 To 1875

Download or read book Civil War America 1850 To 1875 written by Richard F. Selcer and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features essays, statistical data, period photographs, maps, and documents.

Book The Salt Lake Mining Review

Download or read book The Salt Lake Mining Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nevada Place Names

    Book Details:
  • Author : Helen S. Carlson
  • Publisher : University of Nevada Press
  • Release : 1974-01-01
  • ISBN : 0874174031
  • Pages : 579 pages

Download or read book Nevada Place Names written by Helen S. Carlson and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author and researcher Helen Carlson spent almost fourteen years searching for the origins of Nevada’s place names, using the maps of explorers, miners, government surveyors, and city planners and poring through historical accounts, archival documents, county records, and newspaper files. The result of her labors is Nevada Place Names, a fascinating mixture of history spiced with folklore, legend, and obscure facts. Out of print for some years, the book was reprinted in 1999.

Book A Concise History of Mining

Download or read book A Concise History of Mining written by Cedric.E. Gregory and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of mining. This revised edition in a way describes the history of civilization and the early development of nations. Where minerals and mining existed, they provided ingredients for weapons, wealth and world power. The text should be useful in today's period of developing countries.

Book Michigan Place Names

Download or read book Michigan Place Names written by Walter Romig and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michigan Place Names is another "Michigan classicreissued as a Great Lakes Book.

Book Cartoons and Caricatures of Men who Made Good in Nevada

Download or read book Cartoons and Caricatures of Men who Made Good in Nevada written by A. H. Dutton and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Gift to My Descendants

Download or read book A Gift to My Descendants written by Barbara Samper and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Phillip Samper married Barbara Nadine Fleming in 1957 in California. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in England, Spain, Colombia, Massachusetts, Maine and New York.