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Book Synopsis Nevada's Virginia & Truckee Railroad by : Stephen E. Drew
Download or read book Nevada's Virginia & Truckee Railroad written by Stephen E. Drew and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Virginia & Truckee is the most famous short line railroad in American history. Brainchild of William Sharon and the Bank of California, the V&T hauled the silver and gold ore, the cordwood, and the mining timbers that made the 1870s "Big Bonanza" a reality. From the state capital at Carson City, V&T rails stretched 66 miles to Virginia City, Reno, and Minden, Nevada. Serving the transportation needs of the Comstock's nearly 40,000 inhabitants, the V&T remained in operation until 1950. The enormously successful railroad paid its early owners handsome dividends. The V&T's ornate locomotives and cars have starred in hundreds of Hollywood productions and are now preserved in US museums. Since 1976, fourteen miles of the railroad have been restored to operation. The Virginia & Truckee has become an enduring legend.
Book Synopsis Nevada's Virginia & Truckee Railroad by : Stephen E. Drew
Download or read book Nevada's Virginia & Truckee Railroad written by Stephen E. Drew and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Virginia & Truckee is the most famous short line railroad in American history. Brainchild of William Sharon and the Bank of California, the V&T hauled the silver and gold ore, the cordwood, and the mining timbers that made the 1870s Big Bonanza a reality. From the state capital at Carson City, V&T rails stretched 66 miles to Virginia City, Reno, and Minden, Nevada. Serving the transportation needs of the Comstocks nearly 40,000 inhabitants, the V&T remained in operation until 1950. The enormously successful railroad paid its early owners handsome dividends. The V&Ts ornate locomotives and cars have starred in hundreds of Hollywood productions and are now preserved in US museums. Since 1976, fourteen miles of the railroad have been restored to operation. The Virginia & Truckee has become an enduring legend.
Book Synopsis Virginia & Truckee Railroad: Railroad to the Comstock by : Stephen E. Drew
Download or read book Virginia & Truckee Railroad: Railroad to the Comstock written by Stephen E. Drew and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Virginia & Truckee (V&T) was once the richest and most famous short line railroad in America. Created in 1869 to provide transportation for the Comstock Lode, the V&T transported gold and silver ore to the quartz reduction mills. On the return trip, it brought back cordwood for fuel, timbers for mining, lumber for building communities, and all the goods needed by the area's nearly 40,000 inhabitants. The V&T also supported passenger transportation between Virginia City, Gold Hill, Carson City, and Reno. At its peak, this "bonanza railroad" ran 50 trains per day and paid stockholders more than $130,000 in monthly dividends. Over the next 80 years, operations dwindled to a trickle, and the last train ran in May 1950. Today, the V&T is immortalized in motion pictures, its locomotives and cars are exhibited in museums, and 14 miles of the V&T have been returned to operation.
Book Synopsis Virginia City, Nevada, and the Comstock Lode by : Len J. Ettinger
Download or read book Virginia City, Nevada, and the Comstock Lode written by Len J. Ettinger and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Official Guidebook of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad by : Stephen E. Drew
Download or read book Official Guidebook of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad written by Stephen E. Drew and published by . This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Personal Onboard Travel Guide to the V&T.
Book Synopsis Virginia and Truckee by : Lucius Beebe
Download or read book Virginia and Truckee written by Lucius Beebe and published by . This book was released on 1991-05-01 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Virginia and Truckee Railroad Directory, 1873-74 by :
Download or read book The Virginia and Truckee Railroad Directory, 1873-74 written by and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Virginia & Truckee by : Lucius Beebe
Download or read book Virginia & Truckee written by Lucius Beebe and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :University of Nevada, Reno. Library. Special Collections Department Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :53 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (799 download)
Book Synopsis A Guide to the Records of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad by : University of Nevada, Reno. Library. Special Collections Department
Download or read book A Guide to the Records of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad written by University of Nevada, Reno. Library. Special Collections Department and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Haunted Carson City by : Janet Jones
Download or read book Haunted Carson City written by Janet Jones and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey through this Nevada town filled with nineteenth-century history—and hauntings. Includes photos! The Kit Carson Trail in Carson City, Nevada, is haunted by history: The footsteps of Abe Curry, the first superintendent of the Nevada City Mint, still echo in the halls of the building. Mark Twain’s niece, Jennie Clemens, died of a fever when she was nine; her spirit peeks from the upstairs window of the family home and is said to visit the Lone Mountain Cemetery. In the 1800s, V&T Railroad baron Duane Bliss built his home on a burial ground. Today, the house occasionally chimes with laughter and music as spirits gather in the parlor in evening finery . . . Take a walk through Carson City’s haunted history with author Janet Jones and meet the spirits that linger in the city's historic district. “Explores 19 legends of haunting in Nevada’s capital city: Historic mansions; hotels; the Stewart Indian school; the Virginia and Truckee Railroad and more.” —Reno Gazette-Journal
Book Synopsis Virginia & Truckee by : Mallory Hope Ferrell
Download or read book Virginia & Truckee written by Mallory Hope Ferrell and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Haunted Nevada written by Janice Oberding and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2013-08-11 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Silver State's most bizarre and creepy stories of paranormal activity, including . . . The Lost City outside Las Vegas Lynching apparitions on downtown Reno's Wedding Ring Bridge The haunted Goldfield Hotel The cursed airbase in Tonopah Apparitions of celebrities at Cal Neva Resort in Lake Tahoe, including Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and gangster Sam Giancana
Book Synopsis Brief Histories of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad Equipment Owned by the State of Nevada by : Stephen E. Drew
Download or read book Brief Histories of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad Equipment Owned by the State of Nevada written by Stephen E. Drew and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 202 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 Presenting the Third Excursion on the Virginia & Truckee R[ailwa]y, 1947, to Railfans and Friends by : California-Nevada Railroad Historical Society
Download or read book Presenting the Third Excursion on the Virginia & Truckee R[ailwa]y, 1947, to Railfans and Friends written by California-Nevada Railroad Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newsletter announcing the "Third Excursion over the Virginia & Truckee Railway", October 4-5, 1947.
Download or read book Nevada, Our Home written by and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Virginia And Truckee Railroad Directory, 1873-74 by : Virginia and Truckee Railroad
Download or read book The Virginia And Truckee Railroad Directory, 1873-74 written by Virginia and Truckee Railroad and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step back in time to the heyday of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad with this fascinating directory. Filled with historical information, biographies, and business listings, this book provides a unique snapshot of life in Nevada in the 1870s. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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