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1) Little known tales in Nevada history

Author

Pryor, Alton

Publisher

Stagecoach Pub

Pub. Date

[2003]

Language

English

2) The infamous king of the Comstock: William Sharon and the Gilded Age in the West

Author

Makley, Michael J

Series

William S. Shepperson series in Nevada history

Publisher

University of Nevada Press

Pub. Date

c2006

Language

English

3) Reno, Las Vegas, and the Strip: a tale of three cities

Author

Moehring, Eugene P

Series

Wilbur S. Shepperson series in Nevada history

Publisher

University of Nevada Press

Pub. Date

[2014]

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

Description

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Eugene P. Moehring analyzes the development of Reno and Las Vegas since 1945 with special emphasis on the years after 1970. Major factors that shaped the development of both cities were the growth of corporate gaming and megaresorts and increased personal leisure and affluence. Moehring provides an engaging, informative, and readable history of the divergent paths that Reno and Las Vegas took over the past forty years. Reno, the nations gambling mecca...

4) Las Vegas: a centennial history

Author

Moehring, Eugene P

Series

Wilbur S. Shepperson series in Nevada history

Publisher

University of Nevada Press

Pub. Date

c2005

Language

English

5) Landing in Las Vegas: commercial aviation and the making of a tourist city

Author

Bubb, Daniel K

Series

Wilbur S. Shepperson series in Nevada history

Publisher

University of Nevada Press

Pub. Date

2012

Language

English

6) Neon Nevada

Author

Swan, Sheila/ Laufer, Peter

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

Description

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Neon Nevada is at once a stirring ode to a fading tradition and a celebration of a unique modern art, one whose pages will bring back memories while, perhaps, also conjuring up dreams of the future.

7) Nevada towns & tales: Volume I,North

Publisher

Nevada Publications

Pub. Date

1981-1982.

Language

English

8) The complete Nevada traveler: the affectionate and intimately detailed guidebook to the most interesting state in America

Author

Toll, David W

Language

English

9) Nevada ghost towns & desert atlas

Author

Paher, Stanley W

Publisher

Nevada Publications

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

10) The journals of Alfred Doten, 1849-1903

Author

Doten, Alfred

Publisher

University of Nevada Press

Pub. Date

1973.

Language

English

Appears on list

Nevada Writers Hall of Fame & Silver Pen

11) Outlaw tales of Nevada: true stories of the Silver State's most infamous crooks, culprits, and cutthroats

Author

Convis, Charles L

Publisher

TwoDot

Pub. Date

[2012]

Language

English

12) Nevadans and Nevada

Author

Moore, Boyd

Pub. Date

c1950]

Language

English

13) Nevada magazine

Publisher

State of Nevada, Commission of Tourism

Pub. Date

1977

Language

English

Formats

New Periodicals, Periodicals

14) Outlaw tales of Nevada: true stories of Nevada's most famous robbers, rustlers, and bandits

Author

Convis, Charles L

Series

Outlaw tales

Publisher

TwoDot

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

15) Nevada: a Bicentennial history

Author

Laxalt, Robert

Series

States and the nation

Language

English

Description

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The words of native Navadans and a picture essay on Nevada as it is today accent a narrative review of the state's historical development and the diverse facets of its makeup