It Happened in Nevada,9781560449447

It Happened in Nevada

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ISBN13: 9781560449447
ISBN10: 1560449446
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-03-01
Publisher(s): TwoDot
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Summary

Written in a lively, easy-to-read style, this book features approximately 30 stories written for history buffs of all ages.

Table of Contents

The Lost City---300 B.C.
1(4)
Joseph Walker Encounters Indians---1833
5(4)
Banished from the Donner Party---1846
9(4)
The Pyramid Lake War---1860
13(4)
The Fastest Ride---1860
17(4)
The Battle of Egan Canyon---1860
21(3)
A Famous Sack of Flour---1864
24(3)
Mark Twain Finds Trouble in Virginia City---1864
27(4)
Fire Consumes the Yellow Jacket Mine---1869
31(4)
Train Robbed Twice in the Same Day---1870
35(4)
Raymond and Ely Thwart Claim Jumpers---1870
39(3)
The Sazerac Lying Club---1877
42(4)
Absalom Lehman Discovers Cave---1885
46(3)
Bank Robbery at Winnemucca---1900
49(4)
Labor Troubles at Ely---1903
53(3)
Prize Fight at Goldfield---1906
56(4)
Gold Discovered at Battle Mountain---1909
60(4)
Humboldt County Earthquake---1915
64(3)
Stage Robbed at Jarbidge---1916
67(4)
The Winning of Barbara Worth---1926
71(4)
Giant Diversion Tunnels Dug for Hoover Dam---1932
75(4)
The Kidnapping of Roy Frisch---1934
79(4)
Henderson Supports War Effort---1943
83(4)
Bugsy Builds the Flamingo---1946
87(4)
Operation Ranger---1951
91(4)
Ichthyosaur Fossils Excavated at Berlin Ghost Town---1954
95(4)
U-2 Tested at Area 51---1955
99(4)
The Strange Wedding of Elvis Presley---1967
103(4)
Challenging the Landspeed Record---1997
107(4)
The Las Vegas Flood---1999
111(4)
A Potpourri of Nevada Facts 115(7)
Bibliography 122(8)
Index 130(8)
About the Author 138

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