Starting with a variety of nineteenth-century photographs, the authors have provided over fifty comparative photographs representing a visual document of the evolving landscape within the Tahoe basin. Lake Tahoe attracted tourists in droves in the late nineteenth century, but the logging industry wrought extensive damage to the land. Stopping Time confronts issues that have come to the fore in the late twentieth centuryhow we use the land, how we perceive the landscape, and what our perceptions mean for the future. The notion of an ideal landscape is explored in Elizabeth Raymonds informative...
Starting with a variety of nineteenth-century photographs, the authors have provided over fifty comparative photographs representing a visual document...
George Wingfield has been a major figure in Nevada history since 1912, when he turned down an appointment to the United States Senate. A political and economic titan, he made a fortune in the gold fields of central Nevada and promptly bought a chain of banks and several hotels. Wingfield was active in Republican party circles and influential among Democrats. In the 1920s he controlled both political parties. His power was legendary and prevailing, as demonstrated by the near collapse of the state when his chain of banks failed. For a number years Wingfield was described, without exaggeration,...
George Wingfield has been a major figure in Nevada history since 1912, when he turned down an appointment to the United States Senate. A political and...
This collection of essays by scholars from several disciplines examines the lives of the women, from all social classes and many ethnicities, who settled on the Comstock Lode and struggled to create a stable community in that transient boomtown setting.
This collection of essays by scholars from several disciplines examines the lives of the women, from all social classes and many ethnicities, who sett...
