Searchlight
The Camp That Didn'T Fail
Published on 30. November 2007
288 pages
978-0-87417-422-9 (ISBN)
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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 encompasses both Nevada's early twentieth-century mining boom and the phenomenal growth of southern Nevada after World War II. Searchlight is a valuable contribution to the history of Nevada and a lively account of life in the forbidding depths of the Mojave Desert.
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Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1: The Beginning
- 2: Money from Massachusetts
- 3: The Camp That Didn't Fail
- 4: Why Searchlight?
- 5: The Big Strike
- 6: The Big Mine
- 7: The Coming of the Railroad
- 8: A Fashionable Town
- 9: Newspapers
- 10: Even a Bank
- 11: Boomed Out
- 12: Other Camps
- 13: Cattle and Crops
- 14: Commercial Competition
- 15: Politics
- 16: Schools
- 17: Crime and Punishment, or the Lack Thereof
- 18: Accidents
- 19: Weather
- 20: Academy Award Champion
- 21: How Big Was It?
- 22: Flying High and Flying Low
- 23: The Camp Wouldn't Fail
- 24: The Renegade Indian
- 25: Searchlight Survived the War
- 26: The Promoter
- 27: The World's Oldest Profession
- 28: Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Mineral Production of the Searchlight District, 1902-1962
- Appendix 2: Climatological Data
- 2.1: Total Precipitation (inches) for Searchlight, 1949-1993
- 2.2: Average Temperature (Fahrenheit) for Searchlight, 1949-1993
- 2.3: Searchlight Climatological Summary
- Appendix 3: Postmasters, Searchlight, Clark County, Nevada (since 1926)
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
