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The new school branch of the presbyterian church is the one which took root in Nevada. As early as
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the spring of 1861 W. W. Brier, exploring agent of the assembly's committee of home missions, visiting Nevada, held a meeting at Carson in the stone school house, and organized a society. Subscriptions to the amount of $5,000 were obtained for a church edifice, and A. F. White of California removed to Carson the same year. The building was begun in 1862, and dedicated May 1864, Mr White officiating, assisted by Nims of the methodist church, and W. C. Pond of California. The presbyterian society of Virginia City was organized September 21, 1862, by Mr Brier, and in December D. H. Palmer of New York took charge of it. No church building was erected before 1867, when a neat edifice costing $4,700 was dedi- cated July 7. It was built with money obtained by a successful deal in mining stock purchased with the church funds, one of the few examples of stock gambling by a religious society, as such. The trustees purchased four lots on C street, and erected stores for rent on either side of the meeting house, the rental of which left but little to be supplied toward the support of a minister. This property escaped the fire of 1875. The membership at Virginia City is 105. The Gold Hill presbyterian society was organized Nov. 1, 1863, and W. W. Macomber was the minis- ter in charge, though the first sermon was preached by Frederic Buell. This society never erected a church. A presbyterian society was organized at Austin January 3, 1864, at the court house by L. P. Webber. No church was ever built, and the society was assigned to the Sacramento presbytery. On the 26th of March, 1870, John Brown, of Glasgow, Scot- land, organized a society at Elko with only seven members, and the Central Pacific company presenting it with four lots, money was raised to erect a small church, an organ being presented by Henry Ward Beecher. The presbyterians of Eureka organized with six members in August 1873, and W. C. Mc- Dougal was their first pastor, under whose charge a
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church was erected. J. P. Egbert organized the so- ciety of presbyterians at Pioche in January 1873, with twelve members. It never had a meeting house, and in 1879 it was taken off the roll of churches. The total membership of the presbyterian church in Nevada is less than 200, and the value of their church property $15,000.
The first congregational church of Reno was or- ganized February 19, 1871, by the society which was formed a month earlier. A. F. Hitchcock was elected pastor. A building was erected in which the society of odd fellows had their hall, and consecrated to re- ligious services.
The Cumberland presbyterians formed a church in 1878 at Winnemucca, but after two or three years dissolved the society. For two or three years also, 1874-5, the Welsh miners held services in their native language at Miners' Union hall in Virginia City. The Christian church also had its representa- tives at Virginia in 1873.
The baptists first organized at Virginia in 1863 with a membership chiefly of colored people, Satchell pastor. The church was dissolved in 1866. Another society called the tabernacle baptist church was formed in 1865, McLafferty pastor, which held its services in the court-house. In June 1873 C. L. Fisher of California preached in any public hall obtainable, until the middle of December, when the first baptist church of Virginia was organized. In April 1874 ground was purchased on C street, and a house of worship finished in July. In 1875 Fisher organized a church at Reno, in the opera-house. In the follow- ing January he built a modest meeting-house, which was first occupied on the 7th of May. This church was destroyed in the fire of 1879, and a larger one erected. The total value of baptist church property in Nevada in 1880 was $5,000. A bequest of $20,- 000 was received by the American Church Mission- ary Society, for Nevada, from Miss Sarah Burr of
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BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.
New York, who died March 1, 1882, to be applied to the support of struggling churches. The Bible society of California had an agent in Nevada until 1872, when the Storey County Bible society was formed, which was merged in the Nevada Bible society October 19, 1873, at its organization. The parent society in New York presented the Nevada offshoot with $2,000 worth of bibles in many different languages, and H. Richardson acted as agent in their distribution. At the west Shoshone reservation there was a school and some missionary work attempted, but without important results. The baptist church had control of the Indian missions in Nevada, though the catholics labored among the Washoes and Pah Utes off the reservations. .
Benevolent societies have always found ready sup- port in Nevada. In charitable work every religious denomination took part, and the world's people most of all, the money being chiefly contributed by the non-sectarian public. Among the first organized efforts at, benevolence was the formation of the St Vincent de Paul society in 1863 by the catholic citi- zens of Virginia City, which numbered 500 members, and was organized by Manogue. Its charities were extended to all, irrespective of religious prejudices. The Nevada orphan asylum, St Mary's hospital, St Mary's school for girls, and St Vincent's school for boys were charitable institutions under the care of the sisters of charity, and founded in 1864 by Manogue. The grounds for the hospital were a gift from Mrs John W. Mackay, who, with her husband, was fore- most in every good work for many years. The Jew- ish population were notably benevolent among their own race, and contributed liberally to many pu' lic charities. A society was organized by them at Reno, April 23, 1878, called the Chebra B'rith Sholom, for religious and benevolent work, but their property was burned in the fire of that year, and the society dis- solved. On the 10th of August, 1879, the Reno
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Hebrew Benevolent society was formed, with twenty- one members, for the same purposes. It owned a cemetery near the city. In February 1881 the Nevada Benevolent association filed papers of incor- poration, the object of which was to give public enter- tainments of a musical and scientific character, to sell tickets to such entertainments, and to purchase hold, and distribute among the ticket-holders certain prizes in real estate or other property, to raise a fund to be devoted to charitable purposes, particularly the care of the insane; and the legislature was induced to pass a special act in aid of the enterprise, permitting the association to give five entertainments. But the constitution of Nevada distinctly forbids lotteries, and the supreme court deciding the law to be con- stitutional the association abandoned its purposes.
The first lodge of free-masons was established by a dispensation of the grand lodge of California, Feb- ruary 3, 1862, and chartered May 15th of the same year. In January 1865 the grand lodge of Nevada was organized, and Carson City Lodge No. 154 be- came Carson Lodge No. 1 under the new jurisdiction. Washoe Lodge No. 2 also derived its authority to organize from the California Grand Lodge July 25, 1862, and chartered May 14, 1863. Virginia Lodge No. 3 received a dispensation January 15, 1863, and was chartered May 14th following, All these lodges
were prosperous and dispensed many thousands of dollars in charity. But in the great fire of 1875 Virginia Lodge No. 3 lost its temple, and thereupon it was resolved to hold a lodge upon the top of Mount Davidson, with all the pomp and ceremonies of the order, which unique intent was carried out in Sep- tember, when a large number of visitors were pres- ent. The jewels of the officers, made of Ophir bullion, had been recovered from the ashes of their former lodge, and though injured, were worn on this occasion. Soon the society was refurnished and redomiciliated.2
27 Amity Lodge No. 4 of Silver City; Silver Star Lodge No. 5 of Gold Hill; Esmeralda Lodge No. 6 of Aurora; Escurial Lodge No. 7 of Virginia
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LIBRARIES.
A state library was provided for by the first terri- torial legislature, which prescribed a fee of ten dol- lars from every person receiving a license to practice law, the money to go toward purchasing books for the territory. After the state was admitted an act was passed requiring each officer commissioned, except commissioners of deeds and notaries public, to pay
City; Lander Lodge No. 8 of Austin; and Valley Lodge No. 9 of Dayton, all received their dispensations and charters from California in 1863 and 1864. Austin Lodge No. 10 (1865) of Austin; Oasis Lodge No. 11 (1867) of Belmont; Douglas Lodge No. 12 (1868) of Genoa; Reno Lodge No. 13 (1869) of Reno; St Jolin's Lodge No. 13, colored, (1875) of Carson; White Pine Lodge No. 14 (1869) of Hamilton; Elko Lodge No. 15 (1871) of Elko; Eureka Lodge No. 16 (1872) of Eureka; Humboldt Lodge No. 17 (1871) of Unionville; St John Lodge Nc. 18 (1871) of Pioche; Winnemucca Lodge No. 19 (1874) of Winnemucca; Palisade Lodge No. 20 (1876) of Palisade; Tus- carora Lodge No. 2] (1878) of Tuscarora; and Hope Lodge U. D. (1880) of Mason valley, all derived their charters from the Nevada grand lodge, ex- cept No. 13, which is working under the jurisdiction of the sovereign grand. lodge of California. A masonic association was formed at Ward in 1876. which never asked for a dispensation. On the 16th of January, 1865, the grand lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Nevada was organized at Vir ginia City. On the 25th of January, 1866, some masons of Salt Lake City petitioned the Nevada grand lodge for authority to institute Mount Moriah Lodge in that place. Three chapters of the castern star order have been established in Nevada, to which women are admitted. There are several chapters of masons under different names, a general grand chapter, and several commanderics of knights templar in the state. The order has dis- pensed about $75,000 in charitics; owns $110,813 in property; and has lost by fircs $50,000.
Lodges of Odd Fellows were organized in the following order: Wildey Lodge No. 1, Gold Hill, April 1, 1862; Silver City Lodge No. 2, April 14. 1862; Mount Davidson Lodge No. 3, Virginia City, April 22, 1862; Carson Lodge No. 4, Carson City, April 25, 1862; Dayton Lodge No. 5, June 2, 1863; Esmeralda Lodge No. 6, Aurora, September 16, 1863; Nevada Lodge No. 7, Virginia City, January 15, 1864; Washoe Lodge No. 8, Washoe City, January 18, 1864; Austin Lodge No. 9, Austin, January 23, 1864; Virginia Lodge No. 10, Virginia, May 18, 1865; Alpha Lodge No. 11, Austin, March 14, 1867 (disincorporated); Olive Branch Lodge No. 12, Virginia, April 4, 1867; Parker Lodge, No. 13, Gold Hill, October 8, 1868; Truckee Lodge No. 14, Reno, October 28, 1868; Genoa Lodge No. 15, Genoa, December 25, 1868; Humboldt Lodge No. 16, Winnemucca, August 29, 1869; Hamilton Lodge No. 17, Hamilton, April 26, 1870; Elko Lodge No. 18, Elko, October 19, 1870; Reno Lodge No. 19, Reno, May 18, 1871; Capital Lodge No. 20, Car- son, July 28, 1871; Buena Vista Lodge No. 21, Unionville, October 26, 1871; Eureka Lodge No. 22, March 14, 1872; Pioche Lodge No. 23, September 10, 1872; Belmont Lodge No. 24, March 5, 1873; Paradise Lodge No. 25, Para- dise valley, October 17, 1873; Palisade Lodge No. 26, Palisade, April 13, 1874; Mountain Lodge No. 27, Eureka, May 11, 1875; Tybo Lodge No. 28, Tybo, April 17, 1877; Cornucopia Lodge No. 29, Cornucopia, May 31, 1877; Tuscarora Lodge No. 30, Tuscarora, June 7, 1878; Battle Mountain Lodge No. 31, Battle Mountain, March 19, 1879. At Grantsville and Cherry Crcek there arc odd fellows' associations for the relief of the order, which will be chartered in the future. The first ten lodges were formed under the jurisdiction of California, but on the 21st of January, 1867, the grand lodge
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five dollars to the library fund; and all fines and forfeitures for non-compliance with the law were devoted to the same purpose. The number of bound books in the state library in 1878 was 9,498; of unbound books, 663; and the number of newspapers on file, 15. A library was organized at Wadsworth in 1879 by the locomotive engineers. A circulating library was opened at Eureka in 1872. A literary and scientific society existed at Gold Hill as early as 1865, and encouragement was also given to the attain- ment of knowledge, especially of the sciences. The Nevada state medical society was formed in April, 1878, as a branch of the national American medical association. Twenty-four physicians were enrolled at the organization, the number increasing to 38 in1 880.
of Nevada was organized at Virginia City. There were in 1885 ten encamp- ments in the state, the first six deriving their organization from the grand encampment of California, the 7th from the sovereign grand lodge, and three from the grand lodge of Nevada, organized December 28, 1874, at Car- son. Two Rebekah degree lodges were instituted -- the Colfax Lodge at Vir- ginia City, and Esther Lodge of Austin.
The Knights of Pythias order had 12 lodges in 1885: Nevada Lodge No. 1, Virginia City, organized March 23, 1873, by authority of the supreme chancellor, H. C. Berry of Chicago; Damon Lodge No. 2, Carson City, July 18, 1873; Mystic Lodge No. 3, Gold Hill, Nov. 24, 1874; Carson Lodge No. 4, Carson City, December 20, 1873; Humboldt Lodge No. 5, Genoa, March 1, 1874; Lincoln Lodge No. 6, Virginia City, March 29, 1874; Beatific Lodge No. 7, Eureka, September 22, 1874; Amity Lodge No. 8, Reno, Jan- uary 31, 1875; Toiyabe Lodge No. 9, Austin, November 9, 1875; Argenta Lodge No. 10, Battle Mountain, July 20, 1876; Triumph Lodge No. 11, Vir- ginia City, October 20, 1879; Lyon Lodge No. 12, Dayton, October 15, 1880. A grand lodge was organized at Carson City March 31, 1874.
The ancient order of United Workmen, ancient order of Hibernians, in- dependent order of Red Men, independent order of Foresters, Caledonian club, Virginia Turnverein, and Grand Army of the Republic, all have their organizations.
The Miners' Union was organized at Virginia City June 6, 1863, with R. D. Ferguson president, W. C. Bateman vice-president, and B. J. Shay secre- tary. The Gold Hill branch was organized August 6, 1864, with William Woodburn president. Woodburn was afterward member of congress. The union has a library, established December 28, 1877. Its first board of di- rectors was composed of William H. Parker, B. Colgan, T. P. Roberts, Jo- seph Josephs, John F. McDonald. Secretary and librarian, B. Colgan. The library building was erected in 1876, and took the place of the miners' union hall, which was destroyed by the fire of 1875. There were set apart a chess- room and dancing-hall, and a public hall used by several societies, namely, the mechanics' union, ancient order of Hibernians, knights of the Red Branch, and Montgomery guards. The library contained in 1880, 2,200 books, worth $6,000, and the building and ground were worth $15,000 more. It was free to members of the union, but a fee of fifty cents a month was charged other persons using the books. Ruby Hill also had a miners' union.
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LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC.
The legislature in 1861 appropriated $500 for the purpose of collecting and sending specimens of ores from Nevada to the world's fair at London. A com- missioner was also authorized to be appointed by the governor to represent Nevada at the Paris exposition in 1867. The legislature of 1875 appropriated $20,- 000 to constitute a centennial fund, for the purpose of erecting a quartz-mill at the Philadelphia exposition in 1876, and to exhibit mineralogical specimens thereat. At the Paris exposition of 1878 there was displayed one of the largest and most interesting col- lections of minerals ever exhibited, the display hav- ing been made possible by the liberality of J. W. Mackay. As early as 1866 the legislature provided for the maintenance of a school of mining, and created the office of state mineralogist. The law was repealed in 1877, and it was made the duty of the superintendent of public instruction to be ex officio curator of the state museum of mineralogical, geological, and other speci- mens which had been collected during eleven years, and which, 2,000 in number. were kept at Carson.28
28 Nevada was not far behind the other Pacific states in her pioneer or- ganizations. The society of Pacific Coast Pioneers, formned at Virginia City June 22, 1872, admits 3 classes; those who were residents of the coast prior to January 1, 1851, their male descendants in the direct line, and honorary members. Their hall, cabinet of minerals, and library were consumed in the conflagration of 1875. The money loss was $20,000; but the value of what could not be replaced was incalculable. They had later a building costing $22,000, and were collecting another cabinet and library. The society of Reese River Pioneers was organized June 11, 1873, composed of males who resided in Reese river mining district prior to December 31, 1864, thie object being to collect and preserve the early history of the district, and per- petuate the memory of their dead comrades.
I have mentioned elsewhere some of the earlier newspapers of Nevada. The number of journals of all kinds published, for a greater or less time, shows great intellectual activity, and a liberal disposition on the part of the people. Without repeating the former list, I will give, so far as I am able, by counties, the newspaper history of the state. The politics is indicated, where known, by the letters r. and d .; daily and weekly by d. and w.
DOUGLAS COUNTY.
First Issued. Name. Name of Founder. Discontinued.
1865, Sept. 5. . Nevada Republican, w .. J. H. Hill, .. .. 1865, Oct. 1865, Oct. 7. . . Douglas Co. Banner, w .. Richard Wheeler, r .. 1866, Jan.
1875, Feb. 20 .. Carson Valley News, w. A. C. Pratt. r. ...... 1860, July 16. 1880, July 23 .. Genoa Wkly Courier, w. Boynton Carlisle, r.
1880, April ..... Genoa Journal, w ...... J. H. Cradlebaugh, d.1881, Jan. 1:
HIST. NEV. 20
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MATERIAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT.
ELKO COUNTY
1869, May. . ... Elko Independent, d ...
[E. D. Kelley and)
( G. G. Berry, d. S
1870, June 5. .. Elko Chronicle, s-w ....
T. I. Butler, r.
1875, Sept. 11 .. Elko Weekly Post. (E. A. Littlefield &
1877, March 10. Tuscarora Times, W. (Tuscarora Mining)
1877, May. Review, s-w. .C. C. S. Wright. ... 1878, Jan.1.
(Tuscarora Times-Re- j Dennis Fairchild)
1878, Jan. 1. . . [view (consolid'td), d .. . & Wright S
ESMERALDA COUNTY
1862, May 10. . Esmeralda Star, w ...... E. A. Sherman & Co. 1864, March. 1864, March 21.Esmeralda Daily Union.J. W. Avard, r ...... 1868, Oct.
1863, April. . .. Aurora Times, d. & w. . R. Glenn, d.
SR. E. Draper and) 1865, April.
1877, Oct. 13. . Esmeralda Herald, w. . Frank Kenyon, r.
IS73, Aug. . . . . Borax Miner, w.
Wm. W. Barnes, d. . IS77.
1877. Belleville Times
Mark W. Musgrove .. 1878, July.
1880, June 5. . ( Candelaria True}
Fissure, w. 5 J. M. Dormer.
1881, Sept. 1 ... Oasis (Hawthorne), w. . O. E. Jones.
EUREKA COUNTY
1870, July 16. . Eureka Sentinel, d ..... A. Skillman & Co., d. 1885, May.
IS78, Jan. 1. . Eureka Dy Republican. J. C. Ragsdale. ...... 1878, June 24.
F. E. Canfield & }
1878, June 25. . Eureka Daily Leader .. F. E. Fisk, r.
1880, April 26 ... S Ruby Hill W. Min- ing News.
James E. Anderson.
HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
1863, May 2.
Register, w. L. Perkins, ind.
1869, Oct. 30.
boldt Register, w. S. Bonnifield, d. §
1868. Winnemucca Argent ... Jno. &. Jo. Wasson, r. 1868, Nov.
1870, March.
Unionville Silver State, w. & d. H. A. Waldo, d.
1869, Aug. 18 .
Winnemucca, Hum- boldt National.
J. A. Booth, d .... 1869.
1879, May 10. Paradise Reporter H. Warren, d. ISSO, Nov.
LANDER COUNTY.
First Issued. Name. Name of Founder. Discontinued.
1863, May 16. . Reese River Reveille, s-w .. W. C. Phillips, r.
1873, Dec. 26 .. Battle Mtn Measure
for Measure. -
W. J. Forbes. . 1875, Oct.
1877, May 19. . Battle Mtn Messenger .. M. W. Musgrove, r.
1881, Aug ..... Battle Mtn Free Press. .
1881, Nov. 23. . Lewis Weekly Herald ..
LINCOLN COUNTY.
1870, Sept. 17. . Pioche Ely Record, s. w. W. H. Pitchford & Co.
1872. Sept. 17. . Pioche Daily Record. . . Pat. Holland, d.
1872, Sept .... Pioche Review, d. 1
F. Kenyon & W.
B. Taylor, r.
1872, Nov.
1874, Dec. 15. . Pioche Journal
S O. K. Westcott & Frank Wyatt. -
1876, May 3.
(W. B. Taylor and) 1870, Dec.
¿C. C. Powning, r. S .. E. A. Littlefield, r.
1881, April.
Unionville Humboldt (W. J. Forbes & C.) 1869, May.
Winnemucca Hum- E. D. Kelly, M. 1 1876, Dec.
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NEWSPAPERS.
LYON COUNTY.
1864, April 16. Como Sentinel, w ( H. L. Weston & T.)
W. Abraham, r. 1864, July.
1864, July 9. .. § Dayton Lyon County § Abraham, Cooper
Sentinel, w. & Paine. 1866.
1874, July .... Lyon Co. Times, t-w .... Frank Kenyon ..
1876, March 10. Silver City D. Mg Reptr. Reporter Company. . 1876.
A Sutro and T.
1875, July .... Sutro Independent S. Picott. 1880, Nov.
NYE COUNTY.
1864, June 25. . Ione Nye Co. News, w.
1864, Sept. .... Ione Advertiser, w ... John Booth, d .. 1864, Nov.
1867, March 30. Silver Bend Reporter, w
O. L. C. Fairchild & Co., ind. 1868, July.
1868, June 6. .. ₺ Belmont Mountain Champion, w.
W. F. Myres, r .... 1869.
1874, Feb. 11. . Belmont Courier, W
A. Cassamayou & J. Booth, ind.
ISS6, May.
... Tybo Sun, w.
J. C. Ragsdale.
1879, Nov.
1878, Dec. .. Grantsville Sun, w D. L. Sayer, ind . . 1879, June.
1880 Grantsville Bonanza.
§ A. Maute and S. Donald, ind.
ORMSBY COUNTY ( see ubi supra).
STOREY COUNTY ( see ubi supra).
1863, July 7. . . Virginia Evg Bulletin, d. H. P. Taylor & Co., r. 1864, May. 1863. Aug. 10. . Dy Democratic Standard E. O. Hatch and 1863, Oct.
J. F. Linthicum. S
1863 . The Occidental Thomas Fitch. 1863, May.
1863, Oct. 12. . Gold Hill Daily News .. § Philip Lynch and }
J. H. Mandall.
1864, March 31. Nevada Pioneer, s-w ... J. F. Hahnlen, d. 1864, Oct.
Virginia Constitution ..
1864, July 3. .. . Washoe D. Evg Herald H. C. Bennett, r. S ( Thos. Fitch and 1864, July 27. 1864, Oct. 28. . . Nev. Staats Zeitung, w. H. M. Bien, r. 1864.
STOREY COUNTY (continued).
First Issued. Name. Name of Founder. Discontinued.
1865, April 17. . Two O'Clock News John P. Morrison. 1865.
1866, Oct. 16. . . Deutsch Union. J. F. Hahlen. 1866.
1872, Oct. 8 ... Virginia Evg Chronicle. § E. F. Bean and
John G. Ginn, d
1876, Sept . .. Comstock D. Record .... W. Frank Stewart. .. 1876, Sept. 188 Virginia Footlight .. ....
WASHOE COUNTY.
1862, Oct. 18. .. Washoe Times, w. G. W. Derickson, r ... 1863, Dec. 12. 1863, Dec. 12. .. Old Pah Ute. John K. Lovejoy, r. . 1864, Apr 16.
1864, April 16. . Daily Old Piute Wilson & Gregory .. . . 1865, Jan. 8. 1865, Jan. 8. ... Washoe Weekly Times. . De Lashmutt & Co .. . . 1865, Nov.20. 1878, Aug. 5. .. Reno Daily Record. H. A. Waldo & Co ... 1878, Nov. 1.
1870, Nov. 23 .. nal, d. & w.
§ Nevada State Jour- J. G. Law & Co., r.
1876, March 28. Reno Evening Gazette .. J. F. Alexander, r. 1881, March ... The Plaindealer .. M, H. Hogan, ind.
J. E. Eckley & H.
De Groot, r. 1867, May.
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WHITE PINE COUNTY.
1868, Dec. 26. .
White Pine News
WV. H. Pitchford 1870, Jan.
& B. W. Simpson.
W. J. Forbes, r .. 1878, Nov.
1869, Feb
Inland Empire (Hamilton).
James J. Ayres, r. . . 1870, Nov.
1869, Dec
Evening Telegram (Hamilton).
Pat. Holland. r. .. 1870.
1869, March . . Shermantown Reporter. . McElwain & Allen. . . 1870, May.
1872, July .. Schell Creek Prospect. . . Forbes & Pitchford. . . 1873, Jan.
1876, Oct. . Ward Miner
Mark W. Musgrove. . 1877, April.
1877, April 19. . The Ward Reflex, w .... R. W. Simpson, ind.
1878, Jan. 1 ... . Cherry Crk Independent.B. M. Barney, ind .. . 1878, March. S Cherry Creek White 5 W. R. Forrest,
1881, Jan
Pine News. 3 W. L. Davis.
Spirit of the West (Ward).
Union (Ward). Watchman (Ward).
The histories of all these newspapers, which, by their itinerant habits, well illustrate the restless vitality of a mining population, as well as their varying fortunes, would be a history of the state from a political and finan- cial point of view, and would contain a great deal of the most interesting biography of the country; but it would form a volume of itself. I have in my collection files of all the more important journals; for several of which I am indebted to O. R. Leonard and James Crawford of Carson.
Reference has been made in this chapter to the following works: Ten Years in Nevada, 1870-80, by Mrs M. M. Mathews, which is a narrative of family life, and speaks of Nevada incidentally, but none the less truthfully for that. The Two Americas by Sir Rose Lambert Price, Bart, illustrated, 1877, is a book of travel in South and North America, superficial in observa- tion, and of trifling interest. The Mormons and the Silver Mines by J. Bon- wick, 1872, another hasty book by an English tourist, the most noticeable feature of which is the credulity of the author as to the fallibility of every- thing un-English. The chapter on Nevada silver mines is the best part of the book. The Woman in Battle. A Narrative of the Exploits, Adventures. and Travels of Madam Loretta Janetta Velasquez, otherwise known as Lieuten- ant Harry L. Buford of the confederate army, edited by C. J. Worthington, The title explains the nature of this book. It is only to be added that after her adventures as a spy the subject of the narrative married a miner in Aus- tin, Nevada, and offers some slight remarks upon life in that and other western towns. Resources and Prospects of America, Ascertained during a Visit to the United States in the Autumn of 1865, by Sir S. Morton Peto, Bart, 1866, is a book of nearly 400 pages, containing some facts and somne absurdities. What shall we say of a man supposed to be in his senses who visits Nevada and writes thus: 'This district is said to have been actually untraversed before 1859. In the spring of that year it was explored by Mr Horace Greeley, and in the month of September following by a party of young men from Illinois.' 'This party was probably the young man with his associates, to whom Horace said 'Go west.' Westward by Rail; the New Route to the East, by W. F. Rae, 1870, is another book by an English tourist, this time a very good-natured one. Thirty-three pages are devoted to sights and inci- dents along the line of the Central Pacific. All the Western States and Terri- tories from the Alleghanies to the Pacific, and from the Lakes to the Gulf, by John W. Barber and Henry Howe, 1867, is a history from their earliest times, with pioneer incidents, biographical sketches, and geographical description, illustrated. Twelve pages are devoted to Nevada, and the brief sketch is in general correct. Barber's work is worthily done where he deals with terri- tory within his reach, and is an excellent epitomized history, Exploration
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