Deep in the desolate Mojave Desert in Nevada’s extreme southern tip lies a small mining town called Searchlight. This meticulously researched book by Searchlight’s most distinguished native son recounts the colorful history of the town and the lives of the hardy people who built it and sustained a community in one of the least hospitable environments in the United States. Its story ...

Manufacturer: University of Nevada Press
Written By: Harry Reid

"This collection of Hal Rothman's wide-ranging, brash, and brilliant essays on Las Vegas offers up a treasury of insights on the follies and possibilities of the New West. Confident, passionate, learned and, yes, wise, Rothman is simply one of the most important voices writing on the region today. He is also a hell of a lot of fun to read."--Virginia Scharff, professor of history and Director, ...

Manufacturer: University of New Mexico Press
Written By: Hal K. Rothman

Fork handle—$.65 Mash for chickens—$7.15 One milk pail—$1.15 Horse collar and pad—$8.15 Gloves for Herm—$.52 "Chores started on the home farm when you were around four years old, depending on, as Pa would say, ‘how much meat you have on your bones.’. . . " So begins Jerry Apps’s "Every Farm Tells a Story," a collection of true tales inspired by entries in his ...

Manufacturer: Voyageur Press
Written By: Jerold Apps

Long America's capital for gambling and excess, Las Vegas has always stood outside the mainstream of American society since its beginnings as a mining town - until now. Neon Metropolis offers a panoramic and entertaining account of contemporary Las Vegas and its stunning transformation from a national pariah into a paradigm for the future of urban America. Acclaimed historian and Vegas ...

Manufacturer: Routledge
Written By: Hal Rothman

The thirty years since 1970 have been the most dramatic period in Las Vegas's history, according to renowned historian Eugene Moehring. In a new and expanded epilogue to Resort City in the Sunbelt, Moehring looks at the major events of the last three decades and their underpinnings. The population of this one-time Paiute oasis has exploded from 460,000 in 1970 to an astounding 1.2 ...

Manufacturer: University of Nevada Press
Written By: Eugene P. Moehring

Manufacturer: Quintin Publications
Written By: Doreen Robinson

Manufacturer: Quintin Publications
Written By: Doreen Robinson

Manufacturer: Genealogical Services
Written By: Ronald Vern Jackson

Host to more than 30 million visitors a year, Las Vegas reigns as the premier gaming Mecca. This historical account of the evolution of the city discusses its legends - Elvis, Liberace, the Rat Pack and the Mob. The authors also introduce the reader to the often-overlooked cultural side of Las Vegas and the entrepreneurs of the "satellites", Laughlin, Primm and Mesquite.

Manufacturer: University of Nevada Press
Written By: Barbara Land, Myrick Land

Ms. Greene has compiled an extraordinarily comprehensive guide to the genealogical resources of the state of Nevada, and it pulls together records from a number of sources, including courthouses, compiled lists, and Internet sites. The first chapter concerns general, or statewide, genealogical sources, including the Nevada holdings of the LDS Family History Library. Here the compiler provides an ...

Manufacturer: Clearfield Co
Written By: Diane E. Greene