Historic Photos of Reno
Turner Publishing Company
Published on 8. April 2008
204 pages
978-1-61858-673-5 (ISBN)
Description
Reno was first known as a mid-nineteenth century mining town, owing to Nevada's ample supply of silver and gold. Over the next hundred years, the city became an urban playground, notorious for a lax political environment that encouraged unconventional activities such as prizefighting, gambling, and uncontested divorce. Historic Photos of Reno tells the story of Reno's development through nearly 200 archival black-and-white photographs. Author Donneyln Curtis transports the reader through the city's history, illustrating how a sleepy mining community grew into the "biggest Little City in the World.”
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Hub of the Mining Booms (1868-1909)
- Emerging Playground (1910-1929)
- New Approaches to Economic Development (1930-1949)
- Growing and Thriving (1950-1979)
- Notes on the Photographs
