GHOST TRAILS TO CALIFORNIA, by Thomas Hunt (paperback)

228 pp., large 8-1/2 x 11 format, illus. Covers all emigrant routes over the Sierra. A portfolio of maps, together with 160 color pictures, trace the routes. Paperback

DEVILS WILL REIGN (Paperback)

222 pp., illus, index. Here is a record of Gold Canyon, significant because at its northern end the great silver discovery was made at Virginia City in 1859. The author describes the fluctuations of population and general activity in Gold Canyon throughout the decade of 1850. Includes new information about Johntown and the pioneer Grosh brothers. Since the community of Dayton (two miles away from the southern end of Gold Canyon) has misappropriated the history of Gold Canyon as its own, the author’s findings of discontinuity of placer mining, social and political activity renders moot Dayton’s claim of Nevada’s oldest settlement.

Bound Index to History of Nevada 1881 ( Thompson & West)

A separately bound INDEX containing more than 10,000 entries, to Thompson & West - History of Nevada 1881

Index to History of Nevada 1913 by Sam P. Davis

Newly issued separate index.

BODIE: THE MINES ARE LOOKING WELL, by Michael Piatt (Paperback)

288 pp., 8-1/2 x 11. Illus. “The mines are looking well” reassured speculators during the Bodie boom of 1877-1881. Here, in one location, author Piatt has written the largest single history of any mining camp, complete with 145 photographs (several unpublished 1879-1880 street scenes and views of the mines), and numerous untold stories embodied in the text and historical sidebars. Color cover with dust jacket.
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BODIE’S BOSS LAWMAN, The Odyssey of Constable John F. Kirgan, by Bill Merrell, with David Carle ( Paperback)

Fate brought John Kirgan to Bodie in 1877, where he served as constable, jailer and deputy sheriff during the boom years. Serving as the “boss lawman” of Bodie was the culmination of Kirgan’s life – an odyssey that placed him in contact with the emerging history of the American West. The foreword by Stanley Paher consists of a series of lively essays on various aspects of Bodie history: Commerce, Gambling and Saloons, Mining and Speculation, Bodie’s ‘High’ School, the Jail, Fire, at Home in Bodie, Transportation, and Law and Disorder. 176 pages, 75 illus., 16 in color, maps, notes, index.
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LAS VEGAS, AS IT BEGAN, AS IT GREW, by Stanley W. Paher (Paperback)

In the 19th century, Las Vegas was first a Spanish Trail waterhole, then a religious mission, and also a ranch. Las Vegas emerged in 1905 as a railroad town, then developed into a gambling center during distinct boom periods. The reader is led every step along these transitions in both the text and a careful selection of photos. Large 9 x 12 format, 181 pp., 210 duotone illus., maps, index.
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The Story of the Hoover Dam (Paperback)

The book’s 23 sections offer a progressive history of the undertaking from its genesis in Congress in the ’20s to its dedication in 1935. In between was costly preliminary work and important political developments. The text, augmented by about 200 photos, tells about the engineers, the surveyors, and the army of risk-taking laborers who enacted the perilous work. Paperback 144, pp., 9 x 12, illus.
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MARK TWAIN IN VIRGINIA CITY, by Mark Twain (Paperback)

Twain portrays the life in Virginia City: mining litigation, horse breaking, fighting a tarantula, a funeral, and the “Washoe zephyr” winds. He mined for silver, labored in a silver mill and was a reporter for Virginia City’s Territorial Enterprise. Includes drawings and cartoons. Paperback 192 pp.
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GHOSTS OF THE GLORY TRAIL, by Nell Murbarger (Soft Cover)

Subtitled “Intimate glimpses into the past and present of 275 western ghost towns,” Ghosts of the Glory Trail is a fast-moving chronicle depicting the early-day mining stampedes. All Nevada counties are represented either in the 39 chapters on specific towns (such as Aurora, Rhyolite, Candelaria, Hamilton, Unionville, Belmont, Tybo, Tuscarora, Delamar, etc.) or in the ghost town directory with 275 listings, some in California and Utah. Color cover. 316 pp., illus., index.
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