Nevada Yesterdays

Author : Frank Wright
Publisher : Stephens Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781932173277
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nevada Yesterdays written by Frank Wright and published by Stephens Press, LLC. This book was released on 2005 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 18 years, Las Vegans have enjoyed small helpings of their own rich history, served up by public radio station KNPR. Hearing well-told tales of characters with names like "Whiskey Pete," and the comic-opera romance between a famous female evangelist and a boyfriend called "Whataman," many a listener has wished for a transcript. This book fulfills that wish, presenting more than 100 selected mostly by the program's original author, historian Frank Wright. Wright mined the pits and pockets of local lore for nuggets little-known to the public, misunderstood by most, or merely enough fun to be worth telling once more.

Author : Katherine Gehm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780910584821
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nevada's Yesterdays written by Katherine Gehm and published by . This book was released on 1970-01-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Don Ashbaugh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nevada's Turbulent Yesterday written by Don Ashbaugh and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Elmer D. McInnes
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476686319
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nevada Gunsmoke written by Elmer D. McInnes and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-01-27 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1860 to 1900, many towns in Nevada sprang up to serve the mining camps in the area. These towns provided the breeding ground for a unique character known as "the mining camp gunman." This book delves into the violent and gritty lives of various Nevada characters, including gunfighting miner Dick Prentice, lawman and politico Leslie Blackburn, peace officer William McKee, ruthless killer Hank Parrish, outlaw escape artist John Burke and other characters.

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Publisher : NV Bureau of Mines & Geology
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book R024: Bibliography of Nevada mining and geology, 1966-1970 written by and published by NV Bureau of Mines & Geology. This book was released on with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Don Ashbaugh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book NEVADAS TURBULENT YESTERDAY. written by Don Ashbaugh and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Linda Karen Miller
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0738596574
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Las Vegas written by Linda Karen Miller and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the departure of the early Mormon settlers in 1857, early Las Vegas continued to be a watering stop for overland travelers on the Mormon Road/Old Spanish Trail. The area was mainly ranches and mines until railroad rivals eyed the Las Vegas Valley. Sen. William Clark of Montana bought the land and water rights to the former Mormon settlement from ranching pioneer Helen J. Stewart. The foundation for modern Las Vegas was laid in 1905, as auctioneers gaveled out the plans for the future of Las Vegas at Clark's town site. Today, those sights and sounds are recalled as the community comes together to recreate the past in Mormon settlement days and for the Helldorado Parade, marking the city's birth.

Author : Larry Gragg
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700619038
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bright Light City written by Larry Gragg and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Elvis crooned "Bright light city . . . gonna set my soul on fire," he voiced and embraced the siren call of a glittering urban utopia that continues to mesmerize millions. Call it Sin City or Lost Wages, Las Vegas definitely deserves its rapturous "Viva!" Larry Gragg, however, invites readers to view Las Vegas in an entirely new way. While countless other authors have focused on its history or gaming industry or entertainment ties, Gragg considers how popular culture has depicted the city and its powerful allure over its first century. Drawing on hundreds of films, television programs, novels, and articles, Gragg identifies changing trends in the city's portraits. Until the 1940s, boosters promoted it as the "last frontier town," a place where prospectors and cowboys enjoyed liquor, women, and wide-open gambling. Then in the early 1950s commentators increasingly characterized Las Vegas as a sophisticated resort city in the desert, and ever since then journalists, filmmakers, and novelists have depicted a city largely built by organized crime and featuring non-stop entertainment, gambling, luxury, and, of course, beautiful-and available-women. In Gragg's narrative, these images form a kaleidoscope of lights, sounds, characters, and ultimately amazement about this neon oasis. In these pages, readers will meet gangsters like Bugsy Siegel, Tony Spilotro, and Lefty Rosenthal, as well as Las Vegas's most popular entertainers: Elvis Presley, Sinatra's Rat Pack, Liberace, and Wayne Newton, not to mention the Folies Bergere showgirls. And Gragg's skillful interweaving of fictional and journalistic accounts of organized crime shows just how mutually reinforcing they have become over the years. Vegas will always make people's eyes light up as bright as the Strip, witness the new TV show Vegas or the recent film The Hangover. For everyone entranced by its glitter and glamour, Bright Light City is a must read boasting color photos and bursting with insider details: an eclectic blend of stories, people, sights, and sounds that together make up this desert city's extraordinary appeal.

Author : Marilyn Starkey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sketches of Yesterday and Today in Nevada County written by Marilyn Starkey and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lynn Zook
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439623104
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Las Vegas written by Lynn Zook and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone thinks they know the story of Las Vegas: the showgirls, the gambling, the mob. But Las Vegas has always been much more. Families have lived here since its founding in 1905. After 1931, legalized gaming became the big tourist draw, and following World War II, the town began to market itself as "America's Playground." That is when the famed Las Vegas Strip came into its own and downtown was dubbed "Glitter Gulch." These vintage postcards show how Las Vegas evolved from a dusty railroad town into the "Entertainment Capital of the World," while remaining a city filled with families and pioneering souls.