| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Nevada and her resources: A brief sketch of the advantages and possibilities of the state, and the opportunities and inducements offered to capitalists and homeseekers
| | | | Creator: | Nevada State Bureau of Immigration. | | | | | Taylor, Leon Henry, 1863- | | | | Publication: | State Printing Off, Carson City,1894. | | | | Notes: | "Comp. by L.H. Taylor, assisted by R.L. Fulton, E.C. McClellan and A. Charts." | | | | Call #: | P 2117 | | | | Extent: | [64] p. plates (1 fold.) 2 fold. maps (incl. front.) 22 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Nevada -- Description and travel
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Preliminary report concerning explorations and surveys, principally in Nevada and Arizona: Prosecuted in accordance with paragraph 2, special orders no. 109, War Department, March 18, 1871, and letter of instructions of March 23, 1871, from Brigadier General A.A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers. Conducted under the immediate direction of 1st Lieut. George M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers. 1871
| | | | Creator: | United States Army. Corps of Engineers. | | | | | Wheeler, George M. (George Montague), 1842-1905 | | | | Publication: | Govt. Print. Off, Washington,1872. | | | | Notes: | Cover title: Explorations in Nevada and Arizona. Explorations conducted and report prepared by G.M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers. | | | | Call #: | F62JC U58 1872 | | | | Extent: | 96 p. fold. map. 30 x 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Nevada -- Description and travel | Arizona -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Lewis Schaaf Diary
| | | | Creator: | Schaaf, Lewis | | | | Dates: | 1868-1872 | | | | Abstract: | Lewis Schaaf was a Brooklyn, Ohio, native who traveled to California and Nevada in 1868, working as a teamster and logcutter in the Sierra Nevada mountains before becoming disenchanted with life on the frontier and returning to Ohio three years later. The collection consists of an electrostatic copy of a diary chronicling Schaaf's experiences on the far Western frontier. The diary details Schaaf's journey west by ship via Panama and his life in a lumber camp in the Sierra Nevadas, describing the social life on the frontier, including his involvement in the local Odd Fellows lodge, the celebration at the completion of the transcontinental railroad, as well as train robberies and community destruction from fires. Included are everyday details of pioneering life such as recipes for tobacco substitutes and ways to clear mosquitoes from a room. | | | | Call #: | MS 4417 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Schaaf, Lewis, 1846-1889. | Union Pacific Railroad Company. | Central Pacific Railroad Company. | Frontier and pioneer life -- California. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Nevada. | Voyages to the Pacific coast. | California -- Description and travel. | Nevada -- Description and travel. | Sierra Nevada Mountains (Calif. and Nevada)
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | A journey to Great-Salt-Lake City
| | | | Alt. Title: | Voyage au pays des mormons. French
| | | | Creator: | Remy, Jules, 1826-1893 | | | | | Brenchley, Julius L. (Julius Lucius), 1816-1873 | | | | Publication: | W. Jeffs, London,1861. | | | | Notes: | "Introduction. On the religious movement in the United States": v. 1, p. [ix]-cxxxi. "Sketch of Mr. Brenchley's journey from the Missouri to the Pacific" [1850]: v. 2, p. [499]-512. "Mormon bibliography": v. 2, p. 561-569. | | | | Call #: | F61D R392 | | | | Extent: | 2 v. 5 pl., 3 port. (incl. fronts.) 2 facsim., fold. map 25 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Mormons and Mormonism | Overland journeys to the Pacific | Utah -- Description and travel | California -- Description and travel | Nevada -- Description and travel
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 6 | Title: | Voyage au pays des Mormons: relation--gâeographie--histoire naturelle--histoire--thâeologie--moeurs et ðcoutumes
| | | | Creator: | Remy, Jules, 1826-1893 | | | | | Brenchley, Julius L. (Julius Lucius), 1816-1873 | | | | Publication: | E. Dentu, Paris,1860. | | | | Notes: | "Introduction: Du mouvement religieux aux âEtats-Unis": v. 1, p. [ix]-lxxxviii. "Voyage de M. Brenchley áa travers l'Amâerique du Nord" [1850]: v. 2, p. [421]-433. "Bibliographie mormonne": v. 2, p. [499]-506. | | | | Call #: | F61D R391 | | | | Extent: | 2 v. 5 pl., 3 port. (incl. fronts.) 2 facsim., fold. map. 25 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Mormons and Mormonism | Overland journeys to the Pacific | Utah -- Description and travel | California -- Description and travel | Nevada -- Description and travel
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