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A General Business And Mining Directory Of Storey Lyon Ormsby And Washoe Counties Nevada
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Book Synopsis A General Business and Mining Directory of Storey, Lyon, Ormsby, and Washoe Counties, Nevada by : John D. Bethel & Co
Download or read book A General Business and Mining Directory of Storey, Lyon, Ormsby, and Washoe Counties, Nevada written by John D. Bethel & Co and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nevada Place Names by : Helen S. Carlson
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 633 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 Synopsis The Bonanza King by : Gregory Crouch
Download or read book The Bonanza King written by Gregory Crouch and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A monumentally researched biography of one of the nineteenth century’s wealthiest self-made Americans…Well-written and worthwhile” (The Wall Street Journal) it’s the rags-to-riches frontier tale of an Irish immigrant who outwits, outworks, and outmaneuvers thousands of rivals to take control of Nevada’s Comstock Lode. Born in 1831, John W. Mackay was a penniless Irish immigrant who came of age in New York City, went to California during the Gold Rush, and mined without much luck for eight years. When he heard of riches found on the other side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1859, Mackay abandoned his claim and walked a hundred miles to the Comstock Lode in Nevada. Over the course of the next dozen years, Mackay worked his way up from nothing, thwarting the pernicious “Bank Ring” monopoly to seize control of the most concentrated cache of precious metals ever found on earth, the legendary “Big Bonanza,” a stupendously rich body of gold and silver ore discovered 1,500 feet beneath the streets of Virginia City, the ultimate Old West boomtown. But for the ore to be worth anything it had to be found, claimed, and successfully extracted, each step requiring enormous risk and the creation of an entirely new industry. Now Gregory Crouch tells Mackay’s amazing story—how he extracted the ore from deep underground and used his vast mining fortune to crush the transatlantic telegraph monopoly of the notorious Jay Gould. “No one does a better job than Crouch when he explores the subject of mining, and no one does a better job than he when he describes the hardscrabble lives of miners” (San Francisco Chronicle). Featuring great period photographs and maps, The Bonanza King is a dazzling tour de force, a riveting history of Virginia City, Nevada, the Comstock Lode, and America itself.
Book Synopsis Nevada Guide to Genealogical Records by : Diane E. Greene
Download or read book Nevada Guide to Genealogical Records written by Diane E. Greene and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1998 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book pulls together records from a variety of sources, including information from county court houses, Nevada internet sites, and various lists..."--Page iv.
Book Synopsis First Directory of Nevada Territory by :
Download or read book First Directory of Nevada Territory written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book John Mackay written by Michael J. Makley and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the early 1870s until his death in 1902, John Mackay was among the richest men in the world and was without a doubt the wealthiest man to emerge from Nevada’s fabulous Comstock Lode. Author Michael J. Makley explores how, from his beginnings as a poor Irish immigrant, John Mackay developed a strong work ethic that distinguished him for the rest of his life. He came west to seek his fortune in the California Gold Rush and then moved on to Virginia City, Nevada, where he dealt in mining stocks and operated silver mines. After making a fortune in mining, he transferred his energies to banking and communications. John Mackay offers new insight into the life and achievements of this remarkable man. It also places Mackay in the broader context of his time, an era of robber barons and rampant corruption, rapidly advancing technology, national and international capitalism, and flagrant displays of newfound wealth. Even in this context, he stood out, not only for his contributions to Nevada and mining history, but also for his reputation as an important business leader fighting the consolidation and venality of corporate power in the Gilded Age. His actions freed the Comstock from a financial monopoly, resulting in moderated rates for the milling, timber, shipping, transportation, and water that made mining possible and precipitated the discovery and development of the ore field known as the “Big Bonanza.” Makley’s book recounts the life and career of one of the most successful men of his age, a capitalist of immense wealth who generously helped those around him and worked diligently in the public interest. This engaging biography will appeal to readers interested in the Comstock Lode and mining in the West during the latter part of the nineteenth century as well as general western history enthusiasts.
Book Synopsis Augusta Bixler Farms by : William Hyde Irwin
Download or read book Augusta Bixler Farms written by William Hyde Irwin and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalog by : Yale University. Library. Yale Collection of Western Americana
Download or read book Catalog written by Yale University. Library. Yale Collection of Western Americana and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nevada County Mining and Business Directory, 1895 ... by : John Edmund Poingdestre
Download or read book Nevada County Mining and Business Directory, 1895 ... written by John Edmund Poingdestre and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Infamous King Of The Comstock by : Michael J. Makley
Download or read book The Infamous King Of The Comstock written by Michael J. Makley and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2006-01-09 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Sharon was one of the most colorful scoundrels in the nineteenth-century mining West. He epitomized the robber barons of the nation’s Gilded Age and the political corruption and moral decay for which that period remains notorious; yet he was also a visionary capitalist who controlled more than a dozen of the greatest mines on Nevada’s mighty Comstock Lode, built the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, manipulated speculation and prices on the San Francisco Stock Exchange, and revived the collapsed Bank of California. One enemy called him “a thoroughly bad man—a man entirely void of principle,” while a Comstock neighbor called him “one of the best men that ever lived in Virginia City.” Both descriptions were reasonably accurate. In this first-ever biography of one of Nevada’s most reviled historical figures, author Michael Makley examines Sharon’s complex nature and the turbulent times in which he flourished. Arriving in San Francisco shortly after the Gold Rush began, Sharon was soon involved in real estate, politics, banking, and stock speculation, and he was a party in several of the era’s most shocking business and sexual scandals. When he moved to Virginia City, Nevada’s mushrooming silver boomtown, his business dealings there soon made him known as the “King of the Comstock.” Makley’s engaging and meticulously researched account not only lays bare the life of the notorious but enigmatic Sharon but examines the broader historical context of his career—the complex business relationships between San Francisco and the booming gold and silver mining camps of the Far West; the machinations of rampant Gilded Age capitalism; and the sophisticated financial and technological infrastructure that supported Virginia City’s boomtown economy. The Infamous King of the Comstock offers a significant fresh perspective on Nevada and the mining West.
Book Synopsis A Check List of Nevada Imprints by : Historical Records Survey (U.S.)
Download or read book A Check List of Nevada Imprints written by Historical Records Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nevada County Mining and Business Directory, 1895 : B Comprising an Alphabetically Arranged List of Residents. A Classified List of All Trades, Professions and Pursuits. City and County Officials. Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc. Historical Sketches of Nevada County. An Alphabetically Arranged List of Mines, with Engravings and Special Notices, Maps, General Information, Etc by : John Edmund Poingdestre
Download or read book Nevada County Mining and Business Directory, 1895 : B Comprising an Alphabetically Arranged List of Residents. A Classified List of All Trades, Professions and Pursuits. City and County Officials. Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc. Historical Sketches of Nevada County. An Alphabetically Arranged List of Mines, with Engravings and Special Notices, Maps, General Information, Etc written by John Edmund Poingdestre and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Yugoslavs in Nevada, 1859-1900 by : Adam S. Eterović
Download or read book Yugoslavs in Nevada, 1859-1900 written by Adam S. Eterović and published by R & E Publishers. This book was released on 1973 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Western Folklore written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Mining West by : Richard E. Lingenfelter
Download or read book The Mining West written by Richard E. Lingenfelter and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set cites books, pamphlets, maps, music, directories, and other published materials (excluding materials from technical and popular magazines and newspapers) on the history of mining in the American and Canadian West. Topics covered include prospecting, mining rushes and camps, and mining finance, labor, technology, law, literature, and lore. The initial portion provides general information on mining and metalurgical technology. The subsequent regional sections are subdivided into refined historical studies, raw materials, fictional and poetic treatments, and bibliographical guides to further materials. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Book Synopsis Nevada Printing History by : Robert D. Armstrong
Download or read book Nevada Printing History written by Robert D. Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed look at Nevada's printing history from 1858-1880. This scholarly reference includes proclamations, pamphlets, menus, government publications, church programs, and other printed artifacts. Both volumes are for Nevada historians, bibliographers, book collectors, and people who are interested in the printed records produced in Nevada toward the end of the 19th century.
Book Synopsis Gold and Silver Colossus by : Ruth Hermann
Download or read book Gold and Silver Colossus written by Ruth Hermann and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
