Drawing on county records, newspaper microfilm, personal interviews, and on-site investigation, Hall provides the reader with a history of 175 significant sites, rendering a treasury of interesting facts on every page. This book blends history and old photographs with an update on the present condition of each ghost town or landmark. The sites and towns are arranged alphabetically, county by county, for quick reference.

This text is a guide to the historic sites in the colourful northeast of Nevada. Divided into five easily accessible regions of Elko County, it lists the historic sites within each region, providing directions to reach them, and offers a brief history of each site.

Shawn Hall leads travelers and historians to 175 ghost towns and mining camps in Nye County, Nevada. Brief descriptions and clear directions are provided.

Shawn Hall's immensely popular guidebooks to Nevada ghost towns have become essential resources for backcountry explorers and scholars alike. Now Hall returns to Elko County to survey the county's railroad and stage stations, as well as other sites not included in his earlier survey of this vast and colorful section of the state. As in his earlier volumes, Hall includes a history of each site he lists, along with period and contemporary photographs, directions for locating the sites, and an assessment of their present condition. His historical accounts, based on a wide range of primary and...

As you read Providence you'll get to know Shawn and Joyce. This story is about these two people and their very unlikely love affair. Two people coming from two different worlds. Shawn, a young man with a mental illness, possibly due to the adversities, abuse, neglect along with a parental death during his young life, meets Joyce, a loving, caring older woman who loves her life but always felt something was missing. Their individual journeys, each on their own quest. One being freedom, safety, security and love. The other searching for an accepting, loving life partner. Each finding that...