Vol. 9, No. 7
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February 1, 2012
Nevada's Online State News Journal -- Serving Informed Nevadans Since 2003
Links Of Interest==================================Income Tax Day "Americans are split on their overall opinion of the country's tax system: 49 percent say it's fair and 50 percent say it's unfair, according to the poll." Poll: Most Americans say tax dollars are wasted (CNN) Six in 10 Americans Expect Their Taxes to Increase (Gallup) Americans Split on Whether Their Income Taxes Are Too High (Gallup) _____ Latest Polls Government Ethics and Corruption Edges Economy as Most Important Issue (Rasmussen Reports) Deficit Concerns Rise, But Solutions Are Elusive (Pew Research) 34% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction (Rasmussen Reports) Election 2012: Barack Obama 42%, Ron Paul 41% (Rasmussen Reports) Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 45%, Democrats 36% (Rasmussen Reports) Tea Party Activists Unveil 'Contract from America' (ABC) Going Negative in November -- Can it Win for the GOP? (Pew Research) AP-GfK Poll: Resistance to health care bill strong (Associated Press) 39% Say Supreme Court Too Liberal, 25% Too Conservative (Rasmussen Reports) Gun Control Splits America (Pew Research) Broad Public Support For Legalizing Medical Marijuana (Pew Research) U.S. Birth Rate Decline Linked to Recession (Pew Research) ================================== April 1, 2010 All Fools' Day To scientists, laughter is no joke — it's serious (Associated Press) _____ Area 51 vets break silence: Sorry, but no space aliens or UFOs (Seattle Times) The National Economy Why a $14/hour employee costs $20 (CNN) America's Most Underwater Housing Markets (US News & World Report) "Just as bank executives got bonuses despite taking on dangerous amounts of risk, regulators got taxpayer-funded bonuses despite missing or ignoring signs that the system was on the verge of a meltdown." AP IMPACT: Gov't bank auditors got big bonuses (Associated Press) Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program--March 2010 (Congressional Budget Office) Preliminary Analysis of the President's Budget (Congressional Budget Office) The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases (Congressional Research Service) Economic Growth and Employment in the Short Term (Congressional Budget Office) Fiscal Policy Choices (Congressional Budget Office) The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2010 to 2020 (Congressional Budget Office) "A fundamental objective of congressional oversight is to hold executive officials accountable for the implementation of delegated authority. This objective is especially important given the huge expansion of executive influence in the modern era. If the Founding Fathers returned to observe their handiwork, they would likely be surprised by such developments as the creation of a "presidential branch" of government (the Office of Management and Budget, the National Security Council, and the like) and the establishment of so many federal departments and agencies." Congressional Oversight: An Overview (Congressional Research Service) Our Nation's Armed Forces "Al Qaeda (AQ) has evolved into a significantly different terrorist organization than the one that perpetrated the September 11, 2001, attacks." Al Qaeda and Affiliates: Historical Perspective, Global Presence, and Implications for U.S. Policy (Congressional Research Service) Hamid Karzai’s brother to stay in power despite heroin trade claims (London Times) Nato will fail unless you end corruption, US commander tells Karzai (London Times) Afghanistan Drug Control: Strategy Evolving and Progress Reported, but Interim Performance Targets and Evaluation of Justice Reform Efforts Needed (Government Accountability Office) A Strategic Perspective on Taliban Warfare (Small Wars Journal) Economics: The Better Bullet for Grey War (Small Wars Journal) Warfighter Support: Continued Actions Needed by DOD to Improve and Institutionalize Contractor Support in Contingency Operations (Government Accountability Office) Freedom And Authority Poll: Most Americans would trim liberties to be safer (McClatchy) Meet Mikey, 8: U.S. Has Him on Watch List (New York Times) Lawmakers Eyeing National ID Card (Wired) Court OKs Repeated Tasering of Pregnant Woman (Wired) Court Says Bush Illegally Wiretapped Two Americans (Wired) Secret Police: Can Personal Privacy Survive the Digital Revolution? (American Conservative) How Privacy Vanishes Online (New York Times) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance: Overarching Guidance Is Needed to Advance Information Sharing (Government Accountability Office) Airport full-body scanners ‘break laws on privacy’ (London Times) Aviation Security: TSA Is Increasing Procurement and Deployment of the Advanced Imaging Technology, but Challenges to This Effort and Other Areas of Aviation Security Remain (Government Accountability Office) Homeland Security: Ongoing Challenges Impact the Federal Protective Service's Ability to Protect Federal Facilities (Government Accountability Office) ================================== March 17, 2010 St. Patrick's Day 20% Will Drink To Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (Rasmussen Reports) 61% - St. Patrick's Day Drinking? (Pew Research) _____ The Latest Polls 27% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction (Rasmussen Reports) Only 21% Say U.S. Government Has Consent of the Governed (Rasmussen Reports) Voters Say Economy, Government Ethics Are Most Important Issues (Rasmussen Reports) Deficit Concerns Rise, But Solutions Are Elusive (Pew Research) Restoring America's Reputation in the World (Pew Research) Obama Not Meeting Americans' Lofty Expectations on Issues (Gallup) Negatives for Pelosi, Reid, Boehner Hit Record Highs (Rasmussen Reports) 38% Give Supreme Court Positive Ratings (Rasmussen Reports) Race for Control of Congress Remains Close (Gallup) Three-Way Ballot: Democrats 34%, GOP 27%, Tea Party 21% (Rasmussen Reports) Favorability Ratings of Labor Unions Fall Sharply (Pew Research) 43% Favor Health Care Plan, 53% Oppose (Rasmussen Reports) The New News Landscape: Rise of the Internet (Pew Research) 81% Say People Learn More Outside The Classroom Than Inside (Rasmussen Reports) Voters Take Global Warming Less Seriously (Rasmussen Reports) In U.S., Many Environmental Issues at 20-Year-Low Concern (Gallup) 49% Say Israel Should Stop Building Settlements As Part of Peace Deal (Rasmussen Reports) Only 15% Think War in Iraq Is Over (Rasmussen Reports) The Right To Know What You're Paying For Sunshine and Shadows: The Clear Obama Message for Freedom of Information Meets Mixed Results (National Security Archive) ================================== February 26, 2010 ------- The National Mood "Fifty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday say they think the federal government's become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens." CNN Poll: Majority says government a threat to citizens' rights (CNN) "Eighty-six percent of people questioned say that the system of government is broken, with 14 percent saying no." Survey: Most Americans believe government broken (CNN) ================================== January 18, 2010 _____ TNO is having more technical difficulties, which we hope to straighten out soon. It never rains but it pours. ================================== January 1, 2010 _____ Happy New Year to all of TNO's readers! Our new issue is up and ready for reading -- see the center column for our features. ================================== December 15, 2009 _____ Back From The Dead !!! TNO is finally up and running again. Check the center column for our latest features! ================================== December 5, 2009 ----- Aaaaaargh !!! To our readers -- TNO's server hard drive failed on November 22, 2009, causing a loss of all programs and files. We're trying to reconstruct, and we apologize for the inconvenience. ================================== November 10, 2009 ----- USMC Birthday
James Montgomery Flagg poster (c. 1918), First in the Fight - Always Faithful - Be A U. S. Marine! [click on image to enlarge] ================================== November 8, 2009 _____ Our Nation's Economy What recovery? Unemployment shoots past 10 percent (Associated Press) Jobless: 10 percent is tougher than it used to be (Associated Press) Broader Measure of U.S. Unemployment Stands at 17.5% (New York Times) "The truth is that long-term unemployment remains at its highest rate since we began measuring it in 1948." Obama Signs Homebuyer, Jobless Aid Bill (Time) Gallup Economic Monthly: Job Market Best in South, East (Gallup Polls) Why won't Obama give you a job? The White House thinks the stimulus is working, and it doesn't want you on its payroll (Washington Post) The Latest Polls What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls (Rasmussen Reports) Economic Issues 34% Say U.S. Is Heading In The Right Direction (Rasmussen Reports) 52% Say America’s Best Days Are In the Past, Highest Level in Two Years (Rasmussen Reports) Only 10% of Consumers Rate Economy as Good or Excellent (Rasmussen Reports) 59% Favor Extension of Unemployment Benefits (Rasmussen Reports) Americans Favor Home Buyer Tax Credit Until They Hear How Much It Costs (Rasmussen Reports) 33% Say Stimulus Helped Economy, 31% Say It Hurt (Rasmussen Reports) 81% Still Concerned About Inflation (Rasmussen Reports) 38% Say Deficit Reduction Top Priority, 23% Say Health Care Reform (Rasmussen Reports) Americans Favor Limits on Executive Pay For Bailed Out Firms (Rasmussen Reports) Tax Reduction: For All or For Some? (Zogby Polls) Health Care Reform CNN Poll: Public wants Congress to keep working on health care (CNN) 42% Support Health Care Reform After Release of Pelosi's Version (Rasmussen Reports) 83% Say Proof of Citizenship Should Be Required to Get Government Health Aid (Rasmussen Reports) 48% Want Abortion Coverage Banned in Health Care Plan (Rasmussen Reports) 72% Say Health Plan Likely to Shift Employees from Private Insurance to Government Plan (Rasmussen Reports) 44% Say Health Care Plan Likely To Force Them To Change Insurance Coverage (Rasmussen Reports) In U.S., Half See Own Costs Worsening Under Healthcare Bill (Gallup Polls) 57% Say Health Care Plan Will Increase Costs, 53% Say It Will Reduce Quality of Care, 45% Favor Passage (Rasmussen Reports) In U.S., 39% Say View on Healthcare “Depends” on Details: Undecided group generally favors a “public option” component (Gallup Polls) 49% Say No Health Care Reform Better Than Current Plan (Rasmussen Reports) Competition Wanted: 65% Favor Removing Anti-Trust Exemption for Health Insurance Companies (Rasmussen Reports) Most Voters Say They Know Health Care Bill Much Better Than Congress (Rasmussen Reports) Healthcare Reforms Important to Most, Yet Concerns Persist (Zogby Polls) 26% Say A Family Member Lost Health Coverage in Past Year (Zogby Polls) Exercise and Well-Being: A Little Goes a Long Way (Gallup Polls) 63% Say Doctor-Prescribed Pot Is Okay (Rasmussen Reports) Politics In U.S., Majority Now Say Obama’s Policies "Mostly Liberal": Fewer than half believe he has kept his election promises (Gallup Polls) Obama Quarterly Approval Average Slips Nine Points to 53%: Largest second- to third-quarter drop for an elected president (Gallup Polls) Voters Divided On Whether Passing Good Legislation More Important Than Killing Bad Bills (Rasmussen Reports) 55% Expect Washington Politics to Grow More Partisan (Rasmussen Reports) 62% Say Congress More Responsive To Media Than To Voters (Rasmussen Reports) 30% Favor One Party Running the White House and Congress (Rasmussen Reports) Democrats Inch Up in Partisan ID during October, GOP Slips (Rasmussen Reports) Conservatives Maintain Edge as Top Ideological Group (Gallup Polls) Voters Trust Republicans More On 10 Top Issues (Rasmussen Reports) 68% Oppose Cities That Give ‘Sanctuary’ To Illegal Immigrants (Rasmussen Reports) 56% Say U.S. Government Policies Encourage Illegal Immigration (Rasmussen Reports) National Security Matters Confidence in U.S. War on Terror Tumbles To Lowest Level In Nearly Three Years (Rasmussen Reports) Public Divided Over Afghan Troop Requests, But Still Sees Rationale for War (Pew Research) 42% See No Victory in Afghanistan If Pakistan Remains Unstable (Rasmussen Reports) Most Say They Lack Background to Follow Afghan News (Pew Research) 45% Say U.S. Can Win War in Afghanistan, 29% Disagree (Rasmussen Reports) 60% Say Law Should Protect Those in National Guard From Any Job Losses (Rasmussen Reports) Americans Mostly Favorable on Defense Secretary Gates: Democrats view him more positively than Republicans (Gallup Polls) Our American Society Partisanship and Cable News Audiences (Pew Research) Social Isolation and New Technology: How the Internet and Mobile Phones Impact Americans' Social Networks (Pew Research) More Americans Tweeting: 19% of Internet Users on Twitter (Pew Research) But What Do the Polls Show? How public opinion surveys came to play a major role in policymaking and politics (Pew Research) ================================== October 31, 2009 Happy Nevada Day ! The Nevada Observer Turns Seven !!!
The Day of the Dead, by Diego Rivera [click on image to enlarge]. ================================== October 10, 2009 _____ Our Troubled Republic Just 31% Believe U.S. Heading in Right Direction (Rasmussen Reports) The Nation's Economy Gallup Economic Monthly: Confidence Up but Wallets Shut -- Consumer spending across income groups is down 30% from year-ago levels (Gallup Polls) 67% Frown On National Sales Tax (Rasmussen Reports) Small U.S. firms face credit squeeze as crisis drags (Reuters) Health Care Reform 54% Favor Middle-Class Tax Cuts Over New Spending on Health Care (Rasmussen Reports) At 16.6%, Number of Uninsured American Adults Ties High: Average percentage uninsured in 2009 significantly higher than in 2008 (Gallup Polls) 55% Oppose Penalty for Not Buying Health Insurance (Rasmussen Reports) To Pay for Health Care Plan, 59% Say No New Taxes on Those Earning Under $250,000 (Rasmussen Reports) "The disconnect between support for specific elements of health care legislation and overall opposition to the proposals in Congress appears to be driven by a lack of understanding about what is being proposed, the complexity of the topic, and declining trust in Congress." Mixed Views of Economic Policies and Health Care Reform Persist: Support for Health Care Principles, Opposition to Package (Pew Research) Falling Public Support For Healthcare Reform Can Be Turned Around (Zogby) Decision Day For Democrats: Poll Shows Path to Healthcare Reform (Zogby) Social Issues 60% View American Society As Fair and Decent (Rasmussen Reports) 49% Say U.S. Kids Need More Time in School (Rasmussen Reports) In U.S., Record-Low Support for Stricter Gun Laws: Forty-four percent favor stricter laws on firearm sales (Gallup Polls) Majority Continues to Support Civil Unions: Most Still Oppose Same-Sex Marriage (Pew Research) Foreign Affairs 43% Give Obama Positive Marks on National Security (Rasmussen Reports) 48% Say American Muslims Should Speak Out Against Terrorist Attacks (Rasmussen Reports) 35% Expect Worse Relations With Muslim World (Rasmussen Reports) Americans Divided on Sending More Troops to Afghanistan: Most believe generals should not make their preferred course of action public (Gallup Polls) Most Would Use Force to Stop Iranian Nukes: Support for Talks and Sanctions, Skepticism They Will Work (Pew Research) Our Nation's Armed Forces In 2008 Afghanistan firefight, US weapons failed (Associated Press) Waste And Corruption "As the Bush administration came to an end, the federal government was not functioning as it should. Just how bad was this government dysfunction? In an effort to answer that question, the Center for Public Integrity embarked on Broken Government, an examination of the worst systematic failures of the executive branch over the past eight years." Broken Government: An Assessment of Executive Branch Failures Since 2000 (Center For Public Integrity) The Murtha Method: Computer Analysis Shows 12 of 16 House Defense Subcommittee Members in Controversial Circles of Lobbyists, Earmarks, and Campaign Cash (Center For Public Integrity) MONEY & POLITICS: Ex-GOP Whip Blunt Gave Earmarks and Got Campaign Cash Through the ‘Murtha Method’ (Center For Public Integrity) "America’s transportation policy is dysfunctional. It’s also nearly bankrupt. Now, as debate reaches a crescendo over a new $500 billion transportation bill, can the national interest trump hundreds of special interests?" The Transportation Lobby (Center For Public Integrity) "The illicit trafficking of tobacco is a multibillion-dollar business today, fueling organized crime and corruption, robbing governments of needed tax money, and spurring addiction to a deadly product. Drawn by profits rivaling those of narcotics, smugglers move cigarettes by the billion, making tobacco the world's most widely smuggled legal substance." Tobacco Underground: The Booming Global Trade in Smuggled Cigarettes (Center For Public Integrity) In The Land Of Silver And Sage
U.S. SENATE SEAT: Two could beat Reid, poll finds -- Lowden, Tarkanian tied atop GOP challengers (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Extramarital affair, illegal lobbying allegations hurting Ensign: Poll shows 22 percent would re-elect him (Las Vegas Review-Journal) GOVERNOR'S RACE: Goodman has good numbers in poll -- Reid would beat Gibbons, but not Sandoval (Las Vegas Review-Journal) "Following up on our two previous analyses in 1999 and 2006, the Center for Public Integrity’s latest financial disclosure rankings for state legislators found that 20 out of the 50 states received a failing grade and three of those states have no disclosure requirements at all." States of Disclosure: The Center's 50-State Ranking of Standards for Legislators (Center For Public Integrity) ================================= October 5, 2009 _____ Latest Polls State Of The Nation 33% Say Country Heading in Right Direction (Rasmussen Reports) 62% Say Today’s Children Will Not Be Better Off Than Their Parents (Rasmussen Reports) Government Ethics Edges Out Economy As Top Issue Among Voters (Rasmussen Reports) Modest Increase in U.S. Investor Optimism: Investors are more optimistic about their portfolios; views of economy’s direction unchanged (Gallup Polls) Americans Less Sure About Long-Term Strength of Economy (Rasmussen Reports) 63% Say Housing Market Will Improve Only When Economy Does (Rasmussen Reports) 55% Still Blame Bush for Economic Problems (Rasmussen Reports) The Administration U.S. Jews Lead Other Religious Groups in Support of Obama: Dip in approval among Jews similar to that among general public (Gallup Polls) More Independents Lean GOP; Party Gap Smallest Since '05: Democratic advantage on leaned party ID is 48% to 42% (Gallup Polls) Congress Only 16% Like The Job Congress Is Doing (Rasmussen Reports) 83% Say Congress Should Post Bills Online For All To Read Before Voting On Them (Rasmussen Reports) 50% Oppose Stricter Gun Control Laws (Rasmussen Reports) Only 22% Say Most in Congress Will Understand Health Care Plan Before They Vote (Rasmussen Reports) Domestic Programs In U.S., Opposition to Healthcare Legislation Drops Modestly: Support holds steady at 51%, while percentage unsure rises (Gallup Polls) Support for Health Care Reform Plan Up to 46% (Rasmussen Reports) 54% Say Major Changes Needed in Health Care System, 45% Disagree (Rasmussen Reports) Fear of Losing Private Health Insurance Trumps 'Public Option' (Rasmussen Reports) Foreign Affairs Just 30% Say U.S. Will Be Most Powerful Nation At End of Century (Rasmussen Reports) 60% Favor Less International Economic Oversight, Not More (Rasmussen Reports) 43% Say U.S. And Allies Winning War on Terror (Rasmussen Reports) Public Support for Afghan Mission Slips: But Most See Possible Taliban Takeover as Major Threat (Pew Research) 32% Say Iran Is Top Threat to U.S. (Rasmussen Reports) Miscellaneous Matters Strong Support For Watchdog Role, Despite Public Criticism Of News Media (Pew Research) Support For Abortion Slips: Issue Ranks Lower on the Agenda (Pew Research) 75% Say Americans Are Getting Ruder (Rasmussen Reports) Americans Least Happy in Their 50s and Late 80s: Differences by age and gender fit no simple pattern (Gallup Polls) ================================== September 21, 2009 _____ Gloomy Reviews Of The War Against The Taliban Gen. McChrystal's Afghanistan Assessment (US Defense Department) Pakistani Capabilities for a Counterinsurgency Campaign: A Net Assessment (New America Foundation) |
================================================================= In This Issue
Mortgage Forger, by Woodrow Barlettani [click on image to enlarge;
click here to see more.] __________ New In TNO's Reading Room
Nevada History:
Early Correspondence from the Comstock - January-March 1860
Interesting News from the Land of Silver, Marysville Democrat
article reprinted in the Alta California, January 18, 1860
"Itiniter,"
Carson Valley Correspondence, Sacramento Union, January 18,
1860
"Mountaineer"
(Richard N. Allen),
Letter from Carson Valley, Sacramento Union, January 24, 1860
Letter from Carson Valley, Marysville Express article
reprinted in the Alta California, February 1, 1860
"Itiniter,"
Carson Valley Correspondence, Sacramento Union February 3,
1860
Letter from Steamboat Springs, Territorial Enterprise article
reprinted in the Alta California, February 4, 1860
Sale
of Genoa, Sacramento Union, February 4, 1860
"A. A. H.,"
Indian Troubles at Honey Lake, Plumas Standard article
reprinted in the Sacramento Union, February 6, 1860
Letter from Carson City, Alta California, February 10, 1860
"Pioneer,"
Our Washoe Correspondence, Alta California, February 19, 1860
"G. M.,"
Letter from Carson Valley, Sacramento Union, February 20,
1860
"F.,"
A Word About Washoe, Sacramento Union, March 1, 1860
"Pioneer,"
Our Carson Valley Correspondence, Alta California, March 3,
1860
"Pioneer,"
Our Washoe Correspondence, Alta California, March 3, 1860
Letter from Virginia City, Alta California, March 4, 1860
"Silver Pen,"
Letter from Washoe, Alta California, March 7, 1860
"N.,"
A Trip to Washoe No. 1, Sacramento Union, March 12, 1860
"N.,"
Trip to Washoe No. 2, Sacramento Union, March 13, 1860
The Washoe Silver Mines, San Francisco Herald, March 13, 1860
"Pioneer,"
Our Washoe Correspondence, Alta California, March 14, 1860
A Returned Washoeite's Narrative, Alta California, March 16,
1860
The Washoe Silver Mines, San Francisco Herald, March 16, 1860
"Pecksniff,"
Pecksniff Papers — No. 1: On Washoe, Alta California, March
17, 1860
"G." (Charles L.
Goodrich),
The Washoe Silver Mines, San Francisco Herald, March 22, 1860
"Pioneer,"
Our Washoe Correspondence, Alta California, March 23, 1860
"Washa,"
The Washoe Silver Mines, San Francisco Herald, March 26, 1860
The Washoe Silver Mines, San Francisco Herald, April 2, 1860
"N.,"
Letter from Washoe, Sacramento Union, April 9, 1860 __________
Nevada Literature:
Idah Meacham Strobridge,
In the Days of Hank Monk, from The Land of Purple Shadows (1909)
Idah Meacham Strobridge,
Subduing a Little Savage, from The Land of Purple Shadows (1909)
Idah Meacham Strobridge,
The Transformation of Camp McGary, from The Land of Purple Shadows
(1909)
Idah Meacham Strobridge,
Old
Campfire Days, from The Land of Purple Shadows (1909) __________ Seasonal Reading From John Brand's Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating The Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies and Superstitions, [Arranged, revised and greatly enlarged by Sir Henry Ellis], George Bell and Sons, London: 1908, (Original ed. 1813). __________ ================================================================= Recent Additions To TNO's Reading Room ================================================================= Nevada History: Early Correspondence from the Comstock - 1859 "A Miner," Letter from Gold Cañon, Placerville Mountain Democrat, May 14, 1859 Horace Greeley, Carson Valley and the Sierra Nevadas, New York Tribune article reprinted in the Sacramento Union, October 19, 1859 "E. C. S.," Carson Valley Correspondence, Sacramento Union, August 16, 1859 Letter from Carson City, Marysville Democrat article reprinted in the Alta California, August 28, 1859 Dr. Vrooman, Washoe Diggings, Butte Record article reprinted in the Sacramento Union, September 13, 1859 Carson Valley Silver Mines, San Francisco Bulletin article reprinted in the Sacramento Union, October 18, 1859 The Washoe Country, La Porte Mountain Messenger and North San Juan Press articles reprinted in the Sacramento Union, October 25, 1859 "H. D." (Henry DeGroot), Letter from the Washoe Mines, Sacramento Union, October 28, 1859 H. T. P. Comstock, Washoe Diggings, letter to the San Francisco Bulletin, reprinted in the Sacramento Union, October 31, 1859 Carson City, Sacramento Union, November 2, 1859 "K.," The Carson Valley Discoveries, Sacramento Union, November 5, 1859 Late from Carson Valley, Sacramento Union, November 9, 1859 From Sacramento to Carson Valley, Sacramento Union, November 15, 1859 From Carson to the Silver Mines, Sacramento Union, November 11, 1859 Washoe Valley, San Juan Press article reprinted in the Alta California, December 4, 1859 "G. H. B.," Truckee Valley and Vicinity, Marysville Democrat article reprinted in the Alta California, December 19, 1859 Genoa and Carson City, Petaluma Journal article reprinted in the Alta California, December 20, 1859 The Washoe Mines, Sacramento Union, December 27, 1859 Letter from Virginia City, Marysville Express article reprinted in the Alta California, December 28, 1859 The Best Road to Washoe, Marysville Express article reprinted in the Alta California, December 28, 1859 Letter from Carson City, Alta California, December 29, 1859 Narrative of a Winter Trip to Washoe, Alta California, December 30, 1859 __________ Nevada Literature: Thomas Detter, The Octoroon Slave of Cuba, from Nellie Brown, or, The jealous wife with other sketches (1871) __________ Dan De Quille, Die Gruene Ganse No. 2, Salt Lake Tribune, April 12, 1885 __________ Idah Meacham Strobridge, Hawks, from The Land of Purple Shadows (1909) Idah Meacham Strobridge, The Quail's Cañon, from The Land of Purple Shadows (1909) Idah Meacham Strobridge, The Wonder of Sui Seen Fah, from The Land of Purple Shadows (1909) __________ Nevada History: The Utah Troubles Judge Perry E. Brocchus, Letter of Judge Brocchus, of Alabama, to the public, upon the difficulties in the Territory of Utah (1852) Official Correspondence of the Peace Commissioners and Gen. Johnston, Alta California, August 21, 1858 Cessation of difficulties in Utah, message from the President of the United States, House Executive Document No. 138, 35th Congress, 1st Session (1858) Letter of Judge Black to Judges Sinclair and Cradlebaugh, Alta California, July 1, 1859 __________ Owens River Indian Wars W. A. Chalfant, The Owns River Indian Wars, from The Story of Inyo (1922) Part 1; Part 2 __________ Anecdotes of Nevada's Bench and Bar William B. Daugherty, Metalliferous Murphy, Reno Evening Gazette, March 7, 1891 (previously published by TNO as part of Daugherty's Tales of the Nevada Frontier) William B. Daugherty, A Pioneer Justice, Reno Evening Gazette, March 25, 1891 (previously published by TNO as part of Daugherty's Tales of the Nevada Frontier) William B. Daugherty, Legal Lights at Pioche, Reno Evening Gazette, August 26, 1891 (previously published by TNO as part of Daugherty's Tales of the Nevada Frontier) Sam Davis, A Carson Calumny, Reno Evening Gazette, May 9, 1881 Police Court, Reno Evening Gazette, May 9, 1881 His First Charge, Eureka Sentinel article reprinted in the Reno Evening Gazette, July 3, 1889 __________ Nevada Literature: Dan De Quille, Die Gruene Ganse No. 1, Salt Lake Tribune, April 5, 1885 Dan De Quille, Mysterious Diablery, Salt Lake Tribune, August 24, 1890 William B. Daugherty, New Year's Musings, Reno Evening Gazette, December 31, 1890 __________ Nevada History: On the Overland Trail in 1850 The Immigrant Route, Sacramento Transcript, April 17, 1851 The Carson River Route, Sacramento Transcript, April 19, 1851 The Truckee River, Sacramento Transcript, April 18, 1851 The Carson Valley Route — Continued, Sacramento Transcript, April 22, 1851 __________ The Lander Wagon Road Expedition of 1860 (Series 2 of 2) City Intelligence - US Wagon Road Expedition, Sacramento Union, May 18, 1860 Frederick W. Lander, Lander's Explorations Upon the Great Plains, New York Times article reprinted in the Sacramento Union, May 26, 1860 "Voltigeur," The Lander Expedition, Alta California, July 27, 1860 Honey Lake Valley News, Marysville Appeal article reprinted in the Sacramento Union, August 9, 1860 Across the Plains, Shasta Courier article reprinted in the Sacramento Union, August 20, 1860 "Voltigeur," Letter from Lander's Expedition, Alta California, August 24, 1860 Colonel Lander's Expedition, Marysville Appeal article reprinted in the Sacramento Union, August 25, 1860 "Oro," Colonel Lander's Expedition, Sacramento Union, August 25, 1860 "Oro," Colonel Lander's Expedition, Sacramento Union, August 31, 1860 Treaty with the Indians, Marysville Express article reprinted in the Alta California, August 31, 1860 E. D. Knight, Letters from Lander's Expedition #1, Alta California, September 1, 1860 E. D. Knight, Letter from Lander's Expedition #2, Alta California, September 1, 1860 Lander's Outfit, Butte Record article reprinted in the Sacramento Union, September 3, 1860 Indian Interview — Col. Lander, etc., Alta California editorial, September 9, 1860 "Voltigeur," Letter from the Lander Expedition, Alta California, September 5, 1860 Col. Lander's Armistice, Sacramento Union, September 8, 1860 "Voltigeur," Letter from the Lander Expedition, Alta California, September 10, 1860 E. D. Knight, Col. Lander's Overland Expedition, Alta California, September 16, 1860 __________ Nevada Literature: Levell White, The Judge's Story, The Overland Monthly, November 1873 Bret Harte, The First Man, New York Sun article reprinted in the Reno Evening Gazette, June 4, 1877 Dan De Quille, A Day's Fishing in Nevada, New York Sun, November 1, 1885 Dan De Quille, Mrs. Brady's Christmas Conundrum, from "Comstock Christmas Croppers," New York Sun, January 24, 1886 John H. Dennis, The Witch Tree of Tuscarora, Reno Evening Gazette, July 6, 1892 Minnie S. Snell, The Desert Ghosts, Out West Magazine, April 1907 __________ Nevada History: Nevada's First Nugget, Alta California, May 17, 1880 First Gold in Nevada, Reno Weekly Gazette, February 12, 1880 __________ Carson Valley Directory, Placerville Mountain Democrat, August 12, 1854 __________ Sketches of the Washoe Country Henry DeGroot, Sketches of the Washoe Country, published as a 13-part series in the Alta California, February and March, 1860 : Part 1 (General Description); Part 2 (General Description continued); Part 3 (Mono Lake and Mines); Part 4 (Walker's River and Valley); Part 5 (Carson Valley); Part 6 (Eagle Valley); Part 7 (Washoe Valley); Part 8 (Pleasant and Steamboat Valleys); Part 9 (Truckee, Long, Honey Lake and Pyramid Lake Valleys); Part 10 (Farming Prospects and Land Claims); Part 11 (Mineral Resources of Western Utah); Part 12 (Obstacles and Routes); Part 13 (Conclusion) Henry DeGroot, Agricultural Resources of Western Utah (Lake and Hope Valleys), Sacramento Union, February 18, 1860 __________ The Lander Wagon Road Expedition of 1860 (Series 1 of 2) T. D. Jones, Who Is Colonel Lander?, Cincinnati Commercial article reprinted in the Sacramento Union, May 16, 1860 A Mountaineer's View of the Indian Trouble, Sacramento Union, May 16, 1860 The Lander's Wagon Road Expedition, Alta California, May 17, 1860 "Oro," Colonel Lander's Expedition, Sacramento Union, June 8, 1860 "Voltigeur," Correspondence from the Lander Expedition, Alta California, June 8, 1860 E. D. Knight, The Lander Wagon Road Expedition, Alta California, June 9, 1860 "Oro," F. W. Lander's Expedition, Sacramento Union, June 20, 1860 E. D. Knight, Colonel Lander's Wagon Road Expedition, Alta California, June 21, 1860 Col. F. W. Lander, Letter from Col. F. W. Lander, Alta California, July 1, 1860 "Oro," Colonel Lander's Expedition, Sacramento Union, July 9, 1860 Later from Carson Valley, Territorial Enterprise article reprinted in the Sacramento Union, July 11, 1860 Col. F. W. Lander, Letter from Col. Lander, Sacramento Union, July 12, 1860 "Oro," Colonel Lander's Expedition, Sacramento Union, July 14, 1860 "Voltigeur," Letter from the Lander Expedition, Alta California, July 15, 1860 E. D. Knight, Col. Lander's Wagon Road Expedition, Alta California, July 17, 1860 _________
Colonel Albert S. Evans Nevada History: Letters From White Pine (Series 3 of 3) Albert S. Evans, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, April 6, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, April 7, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, April 11, 1869] George B. Ellery, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, April 14, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, April 15, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, April 21, 1869] "Hamilton," Letter from White Pine [Alta California, April 24, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, April 28, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, May 6, 1869] G. W. C., Letter from Mineral City [Alta California, May 6, 1869] Albert S. Evans, A Flying Trip to White Pine [Alta California, May 30, 1869] "L'Argent," Letter from White Pine [Alta California, June 21, 1869] "Argent," Letter from White Pine [Alta California, July 24, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, August 3, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, August 7, 1869] "J. M.," Letter from White Pine [Alta California, August 11, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, August 14, 1869] Letter from White Pine, Alta California [September 7, 1869] "A Prospector," Letter from White Pine [Sacramento Union, June 30, 1870] How San Francisco's Trade is Destroyed [Sacramento Union, July 23, 1870] __________ Nevada Literature: Charles Allen Sumner, A trip to Pioche; being a sketch of recent frontier travel (1873) __________ William O. Stoddard, A Dead Town [Appleton's Journal, October 25, 1873] __________ Dan De Quille, Scenes In Nevada, New York Sun, June 7, 1885] __________ Percy F. Montgomery, The Dead Camp [Sunset, November 1905] __________ Nevada History: Letters From White Pine (Series 2 of 3) Albert S. Evans, White Pine [Alta California, February 18, 1869] White Pine [Sacramento Union, February 18, 1869] "S.," Letter from White Pine [Alta California, February 27, 1869] "Chloride," White Pine [Territorial Enterprise article reprinted in the Alta California, March 1, 1869] Albert S. Evans, White Pine Notes [Alta California, March 2, 1869] The Eberhardt Mine at White Pine [Territorial Enterprise article reprinted in the Sacramento Union, March 3, 1869] The Rush for White Pine [Reese River Reveille article reprinted in the Sacramento Union, March 3, 1869] "B.," Letter from White Pine [Alta California, March 4, 1869] Letter from White Pine [Territorial Enterprise article reprinted in the Sacramento Union, March 5, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, March 9, 1869] "Sage Brush," Letter from White Pine [Alta California, March 10, 1869] White Pine [Alta California, March 13, 1869] "W.," Letter from White Pine [Alta California, March 14, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letters from White Pine [Alta California, March 16, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, March 18, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, March 21, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, March 25, 1869] "J. W.," White Pine Items [Alta California, March 28, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letters from White Pine [Alta California, March 29, 1869] W. A. Hardin, The Perils of White Pine [Alta California, March 29, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, March 31, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, April 1, 1869] Letter from White Pine [Alta California, April 2, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, April 3, 1869] Albert S. Evans, Letter from White Pine [Alta California, April 4, 1869] __________ Nevada Literature: Dan De Quille, The Flute-Player of the Plains [Salt Lake Tribune, January 1, 1890] __________ Buried Bullion [Eureka Sentinel article reprinted in the Reno Evening Gazette, May 8, 1877] __________ Taming the Ruffian [San Francisco Chronicle article reprinted in the New York World, January 22, 1892] __________ Nevada History: Letters From White Pine (Series 1 of 3) Rich Mines in Eastern Nevada, Reese River Reveille article reprinted in the Sacramento Union, November 20, 1867 Matters at Reese River, Reese River Reveille article, reprinted in the Sacramento Union August 1, 1868 Letter from Nevada, Sacramento Union, August 8, 1868 Desperadoes at White Pine, Sacramento Union, September 2, 1868 Letter from White Pine, Nev., Sacramento Union, October 17, 1868 Albert S. Evans, Over the Mountains, Alta California, November 12, 1868 Albert S. Evans, Trip to White Pine, Alta California, November 19, 1868 Albert S. Evans, Trip to the White Pine Silver Mines, Alta California, November 25, 1868 Albert S. Evans, White Pine, Alta California, November 26, 1868 A White Pine Millionaire Moved, Territorial Enterprise article, reprinted in the Alta California, November 27, 1868 James Hitchens, Letter from White Pine, Grass Valley Union article reprinted in the Sacramento Union, December 2, 1868 "Singleline" (Dr. J. W. Gally), White Pine, Territorial Enterprise article, reprinted in Alta California, December 8, 1868 Joseph Tyson, White Pine, Alta California, December 25, 1868 "Keep At It," Letter from White Pine, Sacramento Union, January 5, 1869 Joseph Tyson, White Pine Projects, Alta California, January 6, 1869 "D.," Letter from White Pine, Sacramento Union, January 7, 1869 J. R. P., Letter from White Pine, Alta California, January 10, 1869 John White, A Warning Voice From White Pine, Territorial Enterprise article reprinted in the Sacramento Union, January 12, 1869 W. W. Bishop, Latest from White Pine, Territorial Enterprise article reprinted in the Alta California, January 19, 1869 Joseph Tyson, White Pine, Alta California, January 21, 1869 "X.," Letter from White Pine, Alta California, February 2, 1869 "Manhattan," White Pine Notes, Alta California, February 6, 1869 Albert S. Evans, White Pine, Alta California, February 8, 1869 George S. Evans, White Pine Weather, Alta California, February 9, 1869 "X.," Letter from White Pine, Alta California, February 12, 1869 __________ Nevada Literature: Dan De Quille, Moosic [from the Alta California, August 17, 1877] __________ Dan De Quille, Nevada Ideas of Divorce: How the "Mountain" Came to O'Hoolahan, Salt Lake Tribune, October 5, 1891] __________ Mark Twain, Early Days in Nevada [Buffalo Express article, reprinted in the Alta California, January 17, 1870] __________ Mark Twain, The Facts in the Great Land-Slide Case, Alta California, April 11, 1870] __________ Nevada History: Across Nevada on a Secret Mission Details of a Journey to Salt Lake, and Return Trip [from the Alta California, August 12, 1858] Travel on the Overland Stage in 1858 W. A. Wallace, Letter from Our Overland Correspondent – Mr. Wallace [from the Alta California (1858)] Part 1; Part 2 __________ From Ruby Valley S., Letter from Utah Territory [from the Sacramento Union, March 9, 1859] S. W., Our Letter from Ruby Valley [from the Alta California, April 1, 1863] W. S., Our Letter from Ruby Valley, N. T. [from the Alta California, April 5, 1863] "Togwash," Letter from Fort Ruby [from the Sacramento Union, May 22, 1863] Matters at Fort Ruby [from the San Francisco Bulletin, republished in the Sacramento Union, June 8, 1863] C., Letter from Fort Ruby [from the Sacramento Union, July 4, 1863] U. S., Our Letter from Ruby Valley, N. T. [from the Alta California, July 10, 1863] Letter from Fort Ruby [from the Sacramento Union, July 18, 1863] W., Our Letter from Ruby Valley [from the Alta California, July 25, 1863] L., Letter from Fort Ruby [from the Sacramento Union, August 13, 1863] "Uncle Sam," Our Letter from Ruby Valley [from the Alta California, September 15, 1863] S., Our Letter from Fort Ruby, N. T. [from the Alta California, September 30, 1863] W., Our Letter from Ruby Valley, N. T. [from the Alta California, October 26, 1863] J. W. Brown, Notes on Ruby Valley and Vicinity [from the Alta California, August 3, 1864] "Ruby," Letter from the State of Nevada [from the Alta California, June 22, 1865] __________ Nevada Literature: Dan De Quille, The Story of a Lost Child [from the Salt Lake Tribune, January 17, 1892] __________ Dan De Quille, Little Tum Tum of Barton's Bar [from the San Francisco Call, October 6, 1895] __________ "Winkle," A Cruise on a Mountain Sea [from the Sacramento Union (1866)] Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4 __________ Nevada History: 1858: From Placerville to Salt Lake on the First Overland Stagecoach E. Dyer, Letter from Salt Lake City [from the Alta California, September 16, 1858] __________ The Early Mines of Nye Letter from Nevada Territory [from the Sacramento Union, October 20, 1864] Letter from Nevada Territory [from the Sacramento Union, October 22, 1864] Letter from Nevada [from the Sacramento Union, August 22, 1865] Letter from Nye County, Nevada [from the Sacramento Union, September 8, 1865] Letter from Nye County, Nev. [from the Sacramento Union, September 12, 1865] Letter from Nye County (Nev.) [from the Sacramento Union, September 30, 1865] Letter from Nevada [from the Sacramento Union, October 12, 1865] A. H., Letter from Nye County, Nevada [from the Sacramento Union, February 5, 1866] __________ About Those Flash Flood Warnings Albert S. Evans, A Cloud-Burst on the Desert [fromThe Overland Monthly, August 1869] J. W. Gally, Dr. Gally on Cloudbursts [from the Pacific Rural Press, September 24, 1887] __________ Nevada Literature: Dan De Quille, The Green Dragon of the Plains [from The New York Sun, February 20, 1887] __________ Dan De Quille, Land of the Quetzal [from the Salt Lake Tribune, December 28, 1890] __________ Idah Meacham Strobridge, An Old Squaw [from The Loom of the Desert (1907)] __________ Nevada History: David Thompson (comp.), Indian Agency Reports pertaining to Nevada, 1850-51; 1852; 1853; [no local report made for 1854]; 1855; 1856; 1857; [no local report made for 1858]; 1859; 1861; 1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; 1866; 1867; 1868 [From the Annual Reports of the Superintendent of Indian Affairs] Related Reading David Thompson (comp.), Letters from Nevada Indian Agents 1849-1861 (1981): 1849; 1850; 1851; 1852; 1853; 1854; 1855; 1856; 1857; 1858; 1859; 1860; 1861 __________ Meeting Hank Monk "Traviata," A Chapter on Stage Travelling and Stage Drivers [from the Alta California, November 18, 1864] __________ The Dark Side Of Indian Warfare The Trial and Sentence of Captain Hill, Sixth Infantry, C. V. [from the Sacramento Union, November 13, 1865] __________ Criminal Bands The Fate of a Gang of California Ruffians [from the Alta California, April 15, 1871] __________ Touring Nevada By Automobile, 1919 Beatrice Larned Massey, The Nevada Desert [from It might have been worse; a motor trip from coast to coast (1920)] __________ Nevada Literature: Dan De Quille, Piute Astronomy [from the Salt Lake Tribune, October 18, 1885] __________ Dan De Quille, The "Old Prospector" [from the Salt Lake Tribune, December 27, 1885] __________ Edward P. Payne, Spectres on the Overland Trail [from The Overland Monthly, December 1889] __________ Idah Meacham Strobridge, Mesquite [from The Loom of the Desert (1907)] __________ Idah Meacham Strobridge, The Revolt of Martha Scott [from The Loom of the Desert (1907)] __________ Philip Verrill Mighels, For Sale: A Warrior [from Adventures With Indians (1908)] __________ Nevada History: A Honey Lake Pioneer's Narrow Escape William Naileigh, An Indian Attack on the Plains [from the Sacramento Transcript, February 1, 1851] __________ Trailblazers of the Central Route E. L. Barnard, Letter [from the Deseret News, April 30, 1853] Jackson Redding, Letter [from the Deseret News, December 1, 1853] O. B. and C. A. Huntington, New Route [from the Deseret News, December 7, 1854] News from the Short Route [from the Deseret News, June 20, 1855] Howard Egan, The Central Route to California [from (ed.) William M. Egan, Pioneering the West 1846 to 1878 (1917)] __________ From the Mines of El Dorado Cañon F. S. A., Our Letter from Arizona Territory [from the Alta California, April 25, 1865] F. S. A., Letter from Arizona Territory [from the Alta California, May 28, 1865] From Arizona [from the Alta California, October 23, 1865] Alling, Our Arizona Correspondence [from the Alta California, May 28, 1866] Related Reading J. H. R. [J. Henry Riley], Diary of Explorations in Search of the Colorado Mines [from the Daily Alta California, July 17-August 2, 1862] Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4 L. P. W., Letter from the New Colorado Mines [from the Daily Alta California, January 16, 1863] L. P. W., Letter from the New Colorado Mines [from the Daily Alta California, January 28, 1863] P. W. S., Letter from the Colorado Mines [Alta California, February 10, 1863] Knight, Letter from the Colorado Mines [Alta California, April 14, 1863] J. M. M., Letter from El Dorado Canyon Arizona [from the Alta California, October 9, 1863] J. B. Winters, Letter from the Colorado Mines [from the Alta California, December 19, 1863] M., Our Letter from the Colorado River Mines [from the Alta California, April 6, 1864] J. S. L., Our Letter from the Colorado River Mines [from the Alta California, May 10, 1864] Mignedowa, Letter from El Dorado Cañon [from the Alta California, June 6, 1864] J. M. Williams, Notes on the Mining Interests of Arizona [from the Alta California, August 2, 1864] El Dorado Cañon and its Resources [from the Alta California, November 29, 1864] __________ Nevada Literature: Dan De Quille, Growler and Jowler [from the Virginia City Enterprise, reprinted in the Daily Alta California, January 31, 1880] __________ Dan De Quille, The Scholarly Tramp [from the New York Sun, June 21, 1885] __________ Dan De Quille, The Musical Coffin [from the Salt Lake Tribune, April 4, 1886] __________ Nevada History: Panning for Gold on the Truckee, 1849 "A Pioneer Gold Humbug Victim," Origin of the Gold Lake Illusion [from the Alta California, March 10, 1860] __________ Early Days in Southern Nevada Ira Hatch (as told by to James A. Little), Mission to the Muddy in 1858 [from the Deseret News, June 8, 1870] __________ Early Days on the Comstock The Grosch Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Company, The Grosch Brothers in Washoe [from the Sacramento Union, August 17, 1863] __________ Gouging It Out The Blunders in Washoe Mining [from the Alta California, October 24, 1865] __________ The Death of Julia Bulette Brutal Murder of a Woman [Territorial Enterprise clip, reprinted in the Alta California, January 26, 1867] __________ Thomas Fitch, Recollections and Reflections [serialized in 27 issues of the Sunday San Francisco Call, 1903-1904] Part 1 (The Silver State); Part 2 (The Bonanza Kings Who Put a Girdle of Gold Around the World); Part 3 (Some Old Friends); Part 4 (Frontier Litigation); Part 5 (Stumping in California); Part 6 (The Golden Gate); Part 7 (The Civil War); Part 8 (Legislative Reminiscences); Part 9 (Washington Reminiscences); Part 10 (The Sun-Kissed Land); Part 11 (The Sun-Kissed Land No. 2); Part 12 (Sagebrush Sketches); Part 13 (Cactus Jurisprudence); Part 14 (Christmas); Part 15 (Clever Crooks); Part 16; Part 17; Part 18; Part 19 (Among the Players); Part 20 (Tara Boom De A); Part 21 (Stampeding a Convention); Part 22 (My War With Japan); Part 23 (Theodore Roosevelt); Part 24 (Territories and Chinese); Part 25 (Hawaii); Part 26 (Abraham Lincoln); Part 27 (John C. Frémont) __________ Nevada Literature: Mark Twain, The Judge's 'Spirited Woman' [from The Galaxy Magazine, June 1870] __________ Albert S. Evans, A Waif of the Pogonip [from The Overland Monthly, June 1871] __________ Mark Twain, The Genuine Mexican Plug [from Roughing It (1872)] __________ Dan De Quille, A Red Hair [from the Salt Lake Tribune, April 18, 1886] __________ Henry S. Brooks, The Metallurgist [from The Overland Monthly, February 1890] __________ Dan De Quille, The Big Nevada Nugget [from the Salt Lake Tribune, January 1, 1891] __________ Dan De Quille, Spooks of the High Trails [from the San Francisco Call, December 23, 1894] __________ John S. Draper ("Uncle Ben Morgan"), Two Nights in Nevada [from Shams; or, Uncle Ben's experience with hypocrites (1899)] __________ Nevada History: New-Found "Tennessee" Letters "Tennessee" (Richard N. Allen), Letter from Genoa [from the Alta California, March 14, 1860] "Tennessee" (Richard N. Allen) Our Genoa Correspondence [from the Alta California, April 11, 1861] "Tennessee" (Richard N. Allen), Our Genoa Correspondence [from the Alta California, May 13, 1861] "Tennessee" (Richard N. Allen), Letter from Genoa [from the Alta California, June 7, 1861] "Tennessee" (Richard N. Allen), Letter from Genoa [from the Alta California, June 17, 1861] "Tennessee" (Richard N. Allen), The Shooting of Sam Brown [from the Sacramento Union, July 11, 1861] Related Reading David Thompson (compiler), The Tennessee Letters: From Carson Valley 1857-1860 (1983)
__________ Nevada Journalism Jared B. Graham, The First Silver Boom, from Handset Reminiscences: Recollections of an Old-Time Printer and Journalist (1915)] Jared B. Graham, The Inspired Liar, from Handset Reminiscences: Recollections of an Old-Time Printer and Journalist (1915)] James W. E. Townsend, Pioneer Journalism in California, San Francisco Call, December 25, 1895] Sam Davis, Political Revolution in Nevada, San Francisco Call, November 3, 1895] __________ Nevada Literature: Dan De Quille, Lost in the Sierras: The Gold Hunter's Fate [from the Alta California, October 2, 1877] __________ Major Ben C. Truman, Divorced on the Desert [from Occidental Sketches (1881)] __________ Dan DeQuille, An American Miner in Mexico [from The Overland Monthly, January and February 1890] Part 1; Part 2 __________ M. Floyd, A Phantom of the High Sierra [from The Overland Monthly, April 1893] __________ Dan De Quille, Ben Kent of Kern [from the San Francisco Call, 25 November 1894] __________ Nevada History: Prospecting Nevada in 1850 Robert Wilson, Mr. Wilson's Correspondence [from the Alta California, September 29-October 20, 1850] __________ The Mines of Eldorado Cañon J. M. M., Letter from El Dorado Canyon Arizona [from the Alta California, October 9, 1863] J. B. Winters, Letter from the Colorado Mines [from the Alta California, December 19, 1863] M., Our Letter from the Colorado River Mines [from the Alta California, April 6, 1864] J. S. L., Our Letter from the Colorado River Mines [from the Alta California, May 10, 1864] Mignedowa, Letter from El Dorado Cañon [from the Alta California, June 6, 1864] J. M. Williams, Notes on the Mining Interests of Arizona [from the Alta California, August 2, 1864] El Dorado Cañon and its Resources [from the Alta California, November 29, 1864] __________ Curtis J. Hillyer, The Winning of Nevada for Woman Suffrage (1916 reprint of 1869 speech to the Nevada Legislature) __________ Nevada Literature: Anonymous, Geological Reminiscences: Senator Jones Tells How the Wolves of the Mining Lodes Played Rough Games [from the San Francisco Call, October 27, 1895] __________ C. W. Crocker, Bill Watson's Ride [from the Alta California, December 25, 1872] __________ Sam Davis (?), The Darwinian Devil [from the San Francisco Call, December 2, 1895] __________ Charles Carroll Goodwin, Sister Celeste [from The Comstock Club (1891)] __________ Philip Verrill Mighels, Bruvver Jim's Baby (1904) -- Part 1 [Title Page, TOC and Chapter 1 (A Mighty Little Hunter); Chapter 2 (Jim Makes Discoveries); Chapter 3 (The Way to Make a Doll); Chapter 4 (Planning a New Celebration); Chapter 5 (Visitors at the Cabin)]; Part 2 [Chapter 6 (The Bell for Church); Chapter 7 (The Sunday Happenings); Chapter 8 (Old Jim Distraught); Chapter 9 (The Guilty Miss Doc); Chapter 10 (Preparations for Christmas)]; Part 3 [Chapter 11 (Troubles and Discoveries); Chapter 12 (The Making of a Christmas-Tree); Chapter 13 (Their Christmas-Day); Chapter 14 ("If Only I Had the Resolution"); Chapter 15 (The Gold in Borealis); Chapter 16 (Arrivals in Camp)]; Part 4 [Chapter 17 (Skeezuks Gets A Name); Chapter 18 (When the Parson Departed); Chapter 19 (Old Jim's Resolution); Chapter 20 (In the Toils of the Blizzard); Chapter 21 (A Bed in the Snow); Chapter 22 (Cleaning Their Slate); Chapter 23 (A Day of Joy)] __________ Nevada History: The Mines of Mono "Indication," Notes of a Trip Through Western Utah, Alta California (1860) - Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6 __________ The Mines of Eldorado Cañon P. W. S., Letter from the Colorado Mines [Alta California, February 10, 1863] "Knight," Letter from the Colorado Mines [Alta California, April 14, 1863] __________ Stagecoach Travel Dan De Quille, Knights of the Whip [Daily Alta California, 12 April 1885] Dan De Quille, Staging in Early Days [Daily Alta California, 19 April 1885] __________ Nevada Literature: Rollin M. Daggett, Luke Reynold's Ghost [San Francisco Call, December 25, 1895] __________ Sam Davis, Converting a Skeptic [San Francisco Call, December 25, 1895] __________ Dan De Quille, An Indian Story of the Sierra Madre [from Cosmopolitan Magazine, June 1895] __________ J. H. Mathewson, The Strangling Arm [San Francisco Call, December 25, 1895] __________ Oliver Roberts, The Shrinking Rope [San Francisco Call, December 25, 1895] __________ Mary Hunter Austin, The Land of Little Rain (1903) -- Title page, TOC and The Land of Little Rain; Water Trails of the Ceriso; The Scavengers; The Pocket Hunter; Shoshone Land; Jimville – A Bret Harte Town; My Neighbor's Field; The Mesa Trail; The Basket Maker; The Streets of the Mountains; Water Borders; Other Water Borders; Nurslings of the Sky; The Little Town of the Grape Leaves __________ Nevada History: Good-Bye to Old Virginny Finney, the Discoverer of the Silver Mines of Washoe [from the Daily Alta California, July 22, 1861] __________ The Mines of Eldorado Cañon J. H. R., Diary of Explorations in Search of the Colorado Mines [from the Daily Alta California, July 17-August 2, 1862] Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4 L. P. W., Letter from the New Colorado Mines [from the Daily Alta California, January 16, 1863] L. P. W., Letter from the New Colorado Mines [from the Daily Alta California, January 28, 1863] __________ The Art of Milling Ore Author unknown (but reads like early Twain), The Method of Managing Silver Mills in Washoe, Territorial Enterprise article, reprinted in Daily Alta California, July 21, 1862] __________ The Territorial Judiciary
Pity the Sorrows of the Blind, Thomas Nast cartoon, (1871) [click on image to enlarge] A Personal Matter in Nevada Territory [Territorial Enterprise article, reprinted in the Sacramento Union, December 28, 1863] Rumored Corruption [Virginia City Daily Union article, reprinted in the Daily Alta California, May 14, 1864] Comments upon "Strange Story" in the Union [Carson City Pi-Ute article, reprinted in the Daily Alta California, May 15, 1864] Judge Locke of Nevada Territory [from the Sacramento Union, May 30, 1864] How the Grass Valley Mining Company has Spent its Money [Virginia City Daily Union article, reprinted in the Alta California, July 27, 1864] Important from Nevada Territory [from the Sacramento Union, August 23, 1864] The Judiciary in Nevada Territory [from the Sacramento Union, August 26, 1864] Judiciary Matters in Nevada Territory [from the Sacramento Union, August 27, 1864] A Suit for Damages [Territorial Enterprise article, reprinted in the Sacramento Union, December 13, 1864] The North-Stewart Imbroglio [Washoe City Times article, reprinted in the Sacramento Union, October 25, 1865] John Franklin Swift, The Washoe Bar [from Robert Greathouse; Story of the Nevada Silver Mines (1870)] __________ Nevada Literature: Mark Twain, Information for the Million [from The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Stories (1867)] __________ Mark Twain, Mr. Skae's Item [from The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Stories (1867)] __________ Henry Rust Mighels, Letters from Lake Bigler [from Sage Brush Leaves (1879)] __________ Sam P. Davis, Schools and Stocks [from Short Stories (1886)] __________ Sam P. Davis, The Lumber Herder [from Short Stories (1886)] __________ Dan De Quille, A Nevada Lawyer's Ruse [from the New York Sun, June 28, 1885] __________ Nevada History: Dan De Quille, Memories of Washoe [from the Daily Alta California, 2 February 1887] __________ Dan De Quille, Nevada Newspapers [from the Daily Alta California, 26 April 1885] __________ Nevada Literature: John Franklin Swift, Robert Greathouse: A Story of the Nevada Silver Mines (unexpurgated edition of 1870) -- Part 1 (Title Page; TOC; The Silver Mines; Edmond Graham, Wife, and Daughter; Bob Greathouse, the Murderer; The Cosmodental Hotel; The Colony of Castaways); Part 2 (Enoch Bloodstone "strikes" it in the Graham Mine; Dame Partlet's Revenge; What constitutes Manhood; High Life; The Bosh Silver-Mining Company); Part 3 (The great Chain-shot Ball; The Fairy Island; The Blackmail Suit; Going to the Mines; Woman's Rights); Part 4 (Strawberry Station; The Carson Grade; Snakeweed and Bittergin, Counsellors-at-Law; Education forms the Common Mind; Jack Gowdy buys Mining Shares); Part 5 (The two Mortgages; Mr. Napoleon B. Spelter; No. 16, American Eagle Hotel; The Washoe Bar; The Patriotism of the Washoe Bar); Part 6 (What the Washoe Bar thinks of itself; A Declaration of Love; An Engagement to Marry; Joy in No. 16, American Eagle Hotel; An old Lover is sent about his Business); Part 7 (The Wedding Day is fixed; More Trouble at the Mine; How Mines are managed in Washoe; Charley Hunter obtains Employment; The Mother and her Offspring); Part 8 (Mr. Graham visits the Fourth Level; Mr. Graham has gone upon a Journey; The Wedding is Postponed; Mrs. Graham goes upon a Journey; A Friend comes to see Helen); Part 9 (A Worthy member of the Washoe Bar; Helen Graham Consults a Lawyer; Conscience an Obstacle to Justice; The Obstacle Removed; The King's Writ runneth not in the Graham Mine); Part 10 (Miss Graham is in very great Trouble; Joseph Bowers, of Calumet Creek; Practice at the Washoe Bar; The Sky is more Overcast; The Clouds begin to lift); Part 11 (Jack Gowdy's Logic; A Private writ of Habeas Corpus; Six Hours ahead of Time; Ten Hours ahead of Time; Serving the writ of Habeas Corpus); Part 12 (The Washoe Bar airs its Eloquence; Napoleon B. Spelter on the War-Path; Home Again; Another engagement to Marry; Jack Gowdy hands in his checks; Exeunt Omnes) __________ Dan De Quille, A Dietetic Don Quixote [from the New York Sun, September 13, 1885] __________ Dan De Quille, Tongue-Oil Timothy Dead [from the New York Sun, December 5, 1886] __________ Sam P. Davis, An Oratorical Reminiscence [from Short Stories (1886)] __________ Sam P. Davis, Andy Munroe's Funeral [from Short Stories (1886)] __________ Sam P. Davis, Locomotion of Inanimate Things [from Short Stories (1886)] __________ Regional History: J. M. Scanland, Joaquin Murrieta, A Californian Fra Diavolo [from The Overland Monthly, November 1895] __________ Nevada History: Dan De Quille, Comstock Reminiscences [from the Daily Alta California, 29 March 1885:1] __________ Rollin M. Daggett, Brisk Days on the Comstock 1 [from the San Francisco Call, August 6, 1893] __________ Rollin M. Daggett, Brisk Days on the Comstock 2 [from the San Francisco Call, September 10, 1893] __________ Nevada Literature: Laura L. White, A Story of Donner Lake Pass [from The Overland Monthly, October 1884] __________ Dan De Quille, The Comstock Vein [from the Daily Alta California, 3 May 1885] __________ Sam P. Davis, The Quill Driver's Convention [from Short Stories (1886)] __________ Sam P. Davis, The Reporter's Revenge [from Short Stories (1886)] __________ Sam P. Davis, The Typographical Howitzer [from Short Stories (1886)] __________ Davis, The Verse Carpenters [from Short Stories (1886)] __________ Rollin M. Daggett, My French Friend [from The Overland Monthly, January 1895] __________ Dan De Quille, The Black Dog of the Bend [from the San Francisco Call, 19 May 1895] __________ Nevada History: Letter from Carson Valley [from the Sacramento Union February 20, 1860] __________ A Bill to Organize the Territory of Nevada, Passed, and Approved by the President [from the Sacramento Union, April 29, 1861] __________ Fannie Mayer Bangs, A Faithful Account of the Last Indian Uprising in Nevada [from Nevada Historical Society Papers 1913-1916 (1917)] __________ Oscar T. Shuck, David S. Terry [from Bench and Bar in California; History, Anecdotes, Reminiscences (1889)] __________ E. G. Waite, An Estimate of the Life and Character of David S. Terry [from The Overland Monthly, October 1889] __________ Nevada Literature: Dan De Quille, One of the Lost [from the New York Sun September 20, 1885] __________ Dan De Quille, Chief Geronimo [from the Daily Alta California, 21 September 1885] __________ Sam P. Davis, Miss Armstrong's Homicide [from Short Stories (1886)] __________ Sam P. Davis, The Candidate's Diary [from Short Stories (1886)] __________ Sam P. Davis, The Circus Advance Agent [from Short Stories (1886)] __________ James W. Gally, The Lazy Board [from the Pacific Rural Press, 7 January 1888] __________ Philip Verrill Mighels, A Nevada Samaritan [from The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, July 1905] __________ Philip Verrill Mighels, The Mystery at Zeke's [from Harper's Monthly Magazine, July 1906] __________ Philip Verrill Mighels, Barney Doon, Braggart [from (ed.) William Dean Howells and Henry Mills Alden, Life at High Tide. . . (1907)] __________ Nevada History: How Horace Greeley Entered California [from the Sacramento Union, October 10, 1859] __________ Carson City [from the Sacramento Union, November 2, 1859] __________ The New Silver Mines [from the Sacramento Union, November 9 and 10, 1859] __________ From Carson to the Silver Mines [from the Sacramento Union, November 18, 1859] __________ Adolph Sutro, A Trip to Washoe [from the San Francisco Daily Alta California, April 11 and 14, 1860] __________ Remarks on the Washoe Silver Mines [from Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazine, December 1859 and April 1860] __________ Washoe Brandy [from Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazine, August 1860] __________ Nevada Literature: Anonymous, Mark Twain and Dan De Quille [from the Virginia City (Nev.) Footlight; reprinted in the Sacramento Union August 18, 1877] __________ James W. Gally, Seeking Shadows [from The Californian Magazine, April 1881] __________ Sam P. Davis, A Day with Bill Nye [from Short Stories (1886)] __________ Sam P. Davis, A Stock Chapter [from Short Stories (1886)] __________ Sam P. Davis, Dramatic Recollections [from Short Stories (1886)] __________ Sam P. Davis, Mark Haverly [from Short Stories (1886)] __________ Dan De Quille, A Combat With Tigers [from the San Francisco Call, 16 May 1897] __________ Nevada History: Crossing the Sierras: Norwegian Snow Skates [from Hutching's Illustrated California Magazine, February 1857] __________ Notes and Sketches of the Washoe Country [from Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazine, April 1860] __________ Notes from the Washoe Silver Mines [a collection of articles from Mining magazine; devoted to mines, mining operations, metallurgy &c., 1859-1860] __________ Indian War in Western Utah [articles from Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazine, June and July 1860] __________ The Pony Express [from Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazine, July 1860] __________ Sand Clouds on the Desert [from Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazine, October 1860] __________ The Alligator in Pyramid Lake [from Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazine, November 1860] __________ Henry DeGroot, The Comstock Lode [from The Overland Monthly, June 1873] __________ George Graham Rice, My Adventures With Your Money (1911); Chapter I (Title Page, Table of Contents, The Rise & Fall of Maxim & Gay); Chapter II (Mining Finance at Goldfield); Chapter III (The Brewing of a Saturnalia of Speculation); Chapter IV (The Greenwater Fiasco); Chapter V (On the Eve of the Great Goldfield Smash); Chapter VI (Nipissing and Goldfield Con); Chapter VII (Rawhide); Chapter VIII (The Press Agent and the Public's Money); Chapter IX (The Wall Street Game); Chapter X (Enter, B. H. Scheftels and Company); Chapter XI (A Fight to the Death); Chapter XII (The Lesson of It All) __________ Nevada Literature: Dan De Quille, Old-Time Gold Delvers [from the Daily Alta California, 22 March 1885:1] __________ Sam P. Davis, The Pocket-Miner [from Short Stories (1886)] __________ James W. Gally, Ghosted [from The Overland Monthly, August 1886] __________ Sam P. Davis, Pine Nutmegs and Bass-wood Hams [from Short Stories (1886)] __________ Rollin M. Daggett, O'Doud's Diggin's [from The Overland Monthly, November 1894] __________ Dan De Quille, The Metalloscopists [from the San Francisco Call, 17 June 1894:11] __________ Sam P. Davis, The Mystery of the Savage Sump [from The Black Cat, December 1901] __________ Nevada History: Amasa Lyman, Report of Journey from San Bernardino to Great Salt Lake City [from Journal of Discourses, vol. 5 (1857)] __________ George A. Smith, Report of a Visit to the Southern Country [from Journal of Discourses vol. 5 (1857)] __________ Walter M. Leman, Playing the Comstock in 1863-1864 [from Memories of an Old Actor (1886)] __________ George E. Peckham, Reminiscences of An Active life [from Nevada Historical Society Papers, 1917-1920 (1920)] Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Part 3 __________ Nevada Literature: Idah Meacham Strobridge, In Miner's Mirage-Land (1904) - Part 1 (Foreword; Mirages of the Desert) ; Part 2 (The Myths of the Desert; The Secret Mine of the Brown Men) ; Part 3 (The Charm of the Desert; The Quest of Old Man Berry) ; Part 4 (The Lovers of the Desert; Forman's Find) ; Part 5 (The Lessons of the Desert; The Marvelous Hardin Silver) ; Part 6 (The Lure of the Desert; The Rise and Fall of Hardin City) ; Part 7 (The Men of the Desert; Three Little Lakes of Gold) ; Part 8 (The Beauty of the Desert; The Lost Blue Bucket Mines) ; Part 9 (A Memory of the Desert; A Desert Mystery) ; Part 10 (The Toll of the Desert; The Graves of the Desert) __________ Philip Verrill Mighels, When Mammon Makes a Camp [from Harper's Monthly Magazine, May 1905] __________ =================================================================
N.C. Wyeth, The Carpetbaggers (1912)
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