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Author : Northeastern Nevada Historical Society
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Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Quarterly - Northeastern Nevada Historical Society written by Northeastern Nevada Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 68 pages
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Download or read book Northeastern Nevada Historical Society Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 772 pages
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Download or read book Nevada Historical Society Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nevada Historical Society
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Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Nevada Historical Society Quarterly written by Nevada Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Iker Saitua
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 1948908026
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (489 download)
Download or read book Basque Immigrants and Nevada's Sheep Industry written by Iker Saitua and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2019-03-20 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basque Immigrants and Nevada’s Sheep Industry is a rich and complex exploration of the history of Basque immigration to the rangelands of Nevada and the interior West. It looks critically at the Basque sheepherders in the American West and more broadly at the modern history of American foreign relations with Spain after the Second World War. Between the 1880s and the 1950s, the western open-range sheep industry was the original economic attraction for Basque immigrants. This engaging study tracks the development of the Basque presence in the American West, providing deep detail about the sheepherders’ history, native and local culture, the challenges they faced, and the changing conditions under which the Basques lived and worked. Saitua also shows how Basque immigrant sheepherders went from being a marginalized labor group to a desirable, high-priced workforce in response to the constant demand for their labor power. As the twentieth century progressed, the geopolitical tide in America began to change. In 1924, the Restrictive Immigration Act resulted in a truncated labor supply from the Basque Country in Spain. During the Great Depression and the Second World War, the labor shortage became acute. In response, Senator Patrick McCarran from Nevada lobbied on behalf of his wool-growing constituency to open immigration doors for Basques, the most desirable laborers for tending sheep in remote places. Subsequently, Cold War international tensions offered opportunities for a reconciliation between the United States and Francisco Franco, despite Spain’s previous sympathy with the Axis powers. This fresh portrayal shows how Basque immigrants became the backbone of the sheep industry in Nevada. It also contributes to a wider understanding of the significance of Basque immigration by exploring the role of Basque agricultural labor in the United States, the economic interests of Western ranchers, and McCarran’s diplomacy as catalysts that eventually helped bring Spain into the orbit of western democracies.
Author : Shawn Hall
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874174090
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (741 download)
Download or read book Old Heart Of Nevada written by Shawn Hall and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elko County, in the old heart of Nevada, is rich in historic sites, many of them hitherto uncharted and some verging on disappearing. For the first time, historian Shawn Hall identifies and locates the ghost towns and old mining camps of Elko County and recounts their colorful histories. Following a guidebook format, Hall divides the county into five easily accessible regions, then lists the historic sites within each region and provides directions to reach them. He offers a brief history of each site as well as a description of its extant structures and their present condition. The result is a lively compilation of local history and mining and ranching lore that records the dramatic past of Nevada’s northeast corner, its pioneers and prospectors, its towns and mines, its outlaws, ranchers, merchants, mining concerns, and civic leaders. The book offers never-before available information about the old heart of Nevada and the people who settled there. It will be of enduring value to tourists and weekend explorers, historic preservationists, and all those interested in the history and artifacts of this region.
Author : Elizabeth Petty Bentley
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN 13 : 9780806317960
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)
Download or read book Genealogist's Address Book. 6th Edition written by Elizabeth Petty Bentley and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the answer to the perennial question, "What's out there in the world of genealogy?" What organizations, institutions, special resources, and websites can help me? Where do I write or phone or send e-mail? Once again, Elizabeth Bentley's Address Book answers these questions and more. Now in its 6th edition, The Genealogist's Address Book gives you access to all the key sources of genealogical information, providing names, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, websites, names of contact persons, and other pertinent information for more than 27,000 organizations, including libraries, archives, societies, government agencies, vital records offices, professional bodies, publications, research centers, and special interest groups.
Author : James W. Hulse
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 087417466X
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (741 download)
Download or read book A Great Basin Mosaic written by James W. Hulse and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nevada of lesser-known cities, towns, and outposts deserve their separate chronicles, and here Hulse fills a wide gap. He contributes in a text rich with memories tramping through rural Nevada as a child, then as a journalist seeking news and gossip, then later as an academic historian and a parent trying to share the wonders of the high desert with his family. Nobody is more qualified to write about the cultural nuances of rural Nevada than Hulse, who retired after 35 years as a professor of history at University of Nevada, Reno. Robert Laxalt wrote an article in National Geographic in 1974 entitled “The Other Nevada” in which he referred to “the Nevada that has been eclipsed by the tinsel trimmings of Las Vegas, the round-the-clock casinos, the ski slopes of the Sierra. It is a Nevada that few tourists see.” With this book Hulse reflects on Laxalt’s insights and shows changes—often slow-moving and incremental—that have occurred since then. Much of the terrain of rural Nevada has not changed at all, while others have adapted to technological revolutions of recent times. Hulse states that there is no single “other” Nevada, but several subcultures with distinct features. He offers a tour of sorts to what John Muir called the “bewildering abundance” of the Nevada landscape.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Hearing on Forest Service Road Reconstruction Issues on the South Canyon Road written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ronald M. James
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874178061
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (741 download)
Download or read book Nevada's Historic Buildings written by Ronald M. James and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1991, Nevada’s Commission for Cultural Affairs was formed to oversee the preservation of the state’s historic buildings and the conversion of the best of them for use as cultural centers. This program has rehabilitated dozens of historic structures valued by their communities for the ways they represent the development of the state and its culture. Nevada’s Historic Buildings highlights ninety of these buildings, describing them in the context of the state’s history and the character of the people who created and used them. Here are reminders of mining boomtowns, historic ranches, transportation, the divorce and gaming industries, the New Deal, and the innovation of Las Vegas’s post-modern aesthetic. These buildings provide a cross-section of Nevada’s rich historic and cultural heritage and their survival offers everyone the experience of touching the past.
Author : Claudia Wines
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738558868
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (588 download)
Download or read book Elko County written by Claudia Wines and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elko County, located in the northeast corner of Nevada, is the fourth largest county in the continental United States. Miles and miles of sagebrush give way to scenic spots, such as Lamoille Canyon and the Ruby Mountains, and locals are proud of this ruggedly beautiful land. Although the county's area is vast, there are only 2.5 people per square mile, and almost 90 percent of the land is owned by the federal government. The major towns in Elko County were established in the late 1860s, when the railroad arrived and brought ranching and mining jobs to the area. In the 1930s, Elko County began attracting big-name entertainment and also became a destination for gaming, and those traditions continue today. With its rich heritage and unique, high-desert landscapes, Elko County is considered one of the last frontiers of the Old West.
Author : Alan Balboni
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874173752
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (741 download)
Download or read book Beyond The Mafia written by Alan Balboni and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Beyond the Mafia first appeared in 1996 it was hailed as a significant contribution to the history of Las Vegas and of ethnic minorities in America. Author Alan Balboni traces the history of Italians in Las Vegas from the founding of the city in 1905, recording their activities in the fledgling settlement. As Las Vegas grew, Italian Americans participated in every aspect of the city’s society and economy, including construction, retail establishments, hotels, and—after the statewide legalization of gambling in 1931—the casino industry. Basing his research on well over a hundred interviews, as well as the records of Italian American organizations, public agencies, and other sources, Balboni has produced a sparkling and thoroughly documented account of the history of one of Las Vegas’s most progressive and productive ethnic minorities. This new paperback edition includes an afterword by the author that brings the story of Las Vegas’s Italian Americans up to the present.
Author : Shawn Hall
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874175615
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (741 download)
Download or read book Connecting the West written by Shawn Hall and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2002-06-01 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shawn Hall's immensely popular guidebooks to Nevada ghost towns have become essential resources for backcountry explorers and scholars alike. Now Hall returns to Elko County to survey the county's railroad and stage stations, as well as other sites not included in his earlier survey of this colorful section of the state. As in his earlier volumes, Hall includes a history of each site he lists, along with period and contemporary photographs, directions for locating the sites, and an assessment of their present condition. His historical accounts, based on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, are both scholarly and engaging, rich in anecdotes and personalities, and in the fascinating minutia of history often ignored by more academic writers. Shawn Hall's dedication to documenting Nevada's thousands of historic sites has enriched our knowledge of the state's relatively brief but very eventful past. Connecting the West is a worthy addition to Hall's remarkable efforts to preserve the state's history.
Author : Elizabeth Gibson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762766271
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)
Download or read book It Happened In Nevada written by Elizabeth Gibson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a lively, easy-to-read style, this book features approximately 30 stories written for history buffs of all ages.
Author : George H. Junne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313065055
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Blacks in the American West and Beyond--America, Canada, and Mexico written by George H. Junne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-05-30 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost a century before their arrival in the English New World, Blacks appeared alongside the Spanish in what is now the American West. Through their families, communities, and institutions, these Western Blacks left behind a long history, which is just now beginning to receive systematic scholarly treatment. Comprehensively indexing a variety of research materials on Blacks in the North American West, Junne offers an invaluable navigational tool for students of American and African-American history. Entries are organized both geographically and topically, and cover a broad range of subjects including cross-cultural interaction, health, art, and law. Contains a complete compilation of African-American newspapers.
Author : Michael Hittman
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874179106
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (741 download)
Download or read book Great Basin Indians written by Michael Hittman and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2013-06-15 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Native American inhabitants of North America’s Great Basin have a long, eventful history and rich cultures. Great Basin Indians: An Encyclopedic History covers all aspects of their world. The book is organized in an encyclopedic format to allow full discussion of many diverse topics, including geography, religion, significant individuals, the impact of Euro-American settlement, wars, tribes and intertribal relations, reservations, federal policies regarding Native Americans, scholarly theories regarding their prehistory, and others. Author Michael Hittman employs a vast range of archival and secondary sources as well as interviews, and he addresses the fruits of such recent methodologies as DNA analysis and gender studies that offer new insights into the lives and history of these enduring inhabitants of one of North America’s most challenging environments. Great Basin Indians is an essential resource for any reader interested in the Native peoples of the American West and in western history in general.
Author : Sue Fawn Chung
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252097556
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Chinese in the Woods written by Sue Fawn Chung and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though recognized for their work in the mining and railroad industries, the Chinese also played a critical role in the nineteenth-century lumber trade. Sue Fawn Chung continues her acclaimed examination of the impact of Chinese immigrants on the American West by bringing to life the tensions, towns, and lumber camps of the Sierra Nevada during a boom period of economic expansion. Chinese workers labored as woodcutters and flume-herders, lumberjacks and loggers. Exploding the myth of the Chinese as a docile and cheap labor army, Chung shows Chinese laborers earned wages similar to those of non-Asians. Men working as camp cooks, among other jobs, could make even more. At the same time, she draws on archives and archaeology to reconstruct everyday existence, offering evocative portraits of camp living, small town life, personal and work relationships, and the production and technical aspects of a dangerous trade. Chung also explores how Chinese used the legal system to win property and wage rights and how economic and technological change ultimately diminished Chinese participation in the lumber industry. Eye-opening and meticulous, Chinese in the Woods rewrites an important chapter in the history of labor and the American West.
