Author : C. Elizabeth Raymond
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 18,86 MB
Release : 2013-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0874174511
Banker, hotel owner, and political powerhouse George Wingfield was a significant figure in Nevada history. He was influential in developing Reno's gambling-and-divorce-related tourism. Raymond's biography depicts the man and his times, from his birth in Arkansas in 1876 until his death in Reno in 1959. Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in History and Humanities.
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Page : 710 pages
File Size : 36,82 MB
Release : 1879
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
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Author : Jack Harpster
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,31 MB
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0874170044
Over 157 years ago—before there was a Reno, Nevada; before there was a state of Nevada; and even before there was a Nevada Territory—there was a bridge over the Truckee River at a narrow, deeply rutted cattle and wagon trail that would one day become Virginia Street. There was also a small rustic inn and tavern occupying a plot of ground at the southern end of the log-and-timber bridge, catering to thirsty cowboys, drovers, and miners. The inn and the bridge were the first two structures in what would one day be a bustling metropolitan area, and to this day they still form the nucleus of the city. The Genesis of Reno traces their history up to the present day. The 111 year-old concrete bridge that was replaced in 2016 by a magnificent new structure was honored for its longevity and unique character with placement on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Author : C. Elizabeth Raymond
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,68 MB
Release : 2013-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780874179293
Banker, hotel owner, and political powerhouse George Wingfield (1876-1959) was one of the most significant figures in Nevada’s history. He was the prime force behind the start-up of its tourism and gambling industries. Raymond’s biography details every step of his remarkable climb to power, his staggering fall into bankruptcy, and a phoenix-like rise with a second fortune in gold mining.
Author : George Edward Durell Foundation
Publisher : Univ Publ Assn
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 35,7 MB
Release : 1995-03-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1461723728
Today, interest in monetary history has been revived. Economists are examing the "structure" of money and banking: what is money and what are banks? With new technologies, overwhelming market forces, and changes in law and regulation, the answers that had been taken for granted have been revealed to be inadequate. Money and Banking spans the period from the founding of the country to the present. The unifying theme is the consideration of the legal and economic underpinnings of money and banking during the several monetary regimes found in the history of the United States. Contributors: Clifford F. Thies, Kevin Dowd, Richard H. Timberlake, J. Huston McCulloch, Gregory B. Christainsen, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, Eugene N. White, James A. Dorn, Gary M. Pecquet, Tyler Cowen, George A. Selgin and Lawrence H. White, Richard Sylla, Robert L. Greenfield and Hugh Rockoff, Joesph T. Salerno, Anna J. Schwartz, Charles W. Calomiris, Ronald W. Batchelder and David Glasner, Michael D. Bordo, Mark Toma, Larry Schweikart, Dwight R. Lee.
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Page : 272 pages
File Size : 20,53 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Durham (England : County)
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Author : Edward Walford
Publisher : Dalcassian Publishing Company
Page : 1592 pages
File Size : 23,71 MB
Release : 1860-01-01
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Author : Janice Oberding
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 31,81 MB
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 1626199450
Echoes of prospectors, forlorn widows and politicians linger in the streets and historic remnants of Nevada's former boomtowns. In the throes of early financial disaster, the Silver State had little to entice newcomers or discourage residents from leaving. Jim Butler's silver discovery at Tonopah changed everything. With a subsequent gold discovery near Goldfield, the rush was on, and from these burgeoning mines, Nevada's early leaders amassed their wealth and power. Paranormal historian Janice Oberding shares firsthand accounts of ghostly encounters in the Goldfield and Mizpah Hotels and uncovers the history behind the mysterious cowboy ghost, the haggard hitchhiker and other eerie local tales.
Author : Francis Buller
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Page : 398 pages
File Size : 20,53 MB
Release : 1785
Category : Actions and defenses
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Author : Bernard Burke
Publisher :
Page : 934 pages
File Size : 46,6 MB
Release : 1879
Category : Gentry
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