Nevada's Virginia & Truckee Railroad

Author: Stephen E. Drew
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467131059
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
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.

Virginia & Truckee

Author: Lucius Beebe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Comstock Lode (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 72

Book Description

Virginia & Truckee

Author: Mallory Hope Ferrell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780945434696
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 300

Book Description

Early Reno

Author:
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738581859
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
By the early 1900s, Reno, known as the "Biggest Little City," was the state's financial and industrial center and was famous as a place where one could do things that were difficult to do anywhere else. Original.

Great Western Steam

Author:
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780750982535
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Ron Buckley's photographs show the changing scene throughout the GWR and its successor, the Western Region of BR, from the mid-1930s until the end of main line steam in the 1960s.

Haunted Nevada

Author: Janice Oberding
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811712389
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
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

Haunted Carson City

Author: Janet Jones
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614236801
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 125

Book Description
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

A History of the Comstock Silver Lode & Mines, Nevada and the Great Basin Region

Author: Dan De Quille
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Comstock Lode (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
"The central idea in the preparation of this little book has been to give, as concisely as possible, such information in regard to the silver mines of the Comstock as the visiting tourist is likely to require." -- introductory.

Lost Legacy of Carson Valley

Author: Conrad Buedel
Publisher: Tahoeconrad.com
ISBN: 9780982779507
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
The first comprehensive book about the history of Henry Fred Dangberg and his family details the exhilarating rise and the devastating fall of one of Nevada's most prominent pioneers. The book contains hundreds of personal family photographs along with rare documents and letters never seen before.

History of the Big Bonanza

Author: William Wright
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016168595
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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