An anthropologist explores the history, culture, development, sites, and attractions of a city visited by over thirty million people each year

Las Vegas: The Great American Playground

History

McCracken, Robert D.

Americas

University of Nevada Press

Niacin and human health disorders

Hygea Pub. Co

Directors' Choice: The Greatest Film Scenes of All Time and Why

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Marion Street Pub Co

Tracing the history of Las Vegas, from its first Native American occupants to its present status as a premier tourist and family destination, this book is the story of a group of colourful and enterprising individuals who made the desert bloom with undreamed-of possibilities.

Fort Collins, Colorado, ; Marion Street Publishing Company,; 1996

A history of Smoky Valley, Nevada

Central Nevada Historical Society

An illustrated history of Tonopah, Nevada. Tonopah and the mining communities that it spawned in southern Nevada represent the last flowering of the Old West in America. In the Old West, the discovery of precious metals and ranching combined with individualism and the lure of wealth and adventure to create communities immortalized in song and lore because they symbolize the core American values of personal freedom and opportunities for self-betterment. Perhaps more than almost any place in the country, much of the Old West still survives in the Tonopah region.

Tonopah: The Greatest, the Richest, & the Best Mining Camp in the World

Nye Country Press

Pahrump, Nevada, is located west of Las Vegas in a beautiful desert valley with vast land and water resources, clear air, and plenty of sunshine. For thousands of years, Pahrump's magnificent free-flowing springs have sustained a number and variety of cultures: prehistoric hunters and gatherers, the Southern Paiute, and finally white settlers who came in search of opportunity in the last half of the nineteenth century. The settlers' attempts to develop the valley included the raising of alfalfa and grain to feed livestock; growing fruits and vegetables for local consumption; and cultivating cotton, which became king during the golden agricultural period from the 1950s until 1970. But all of these attempts were only briefly successful. Today, however, Pahrump stands on the threshold of its destiny: to become a lovely city that offers its inhabitants a salubrious climate, plenty of open space, and clear air and water. This book, one of a series on the history of all major Nye County communities, is based on published sources as well as the recently collected oral histories of people who have an extensive and intimate knowledge of the history of Pahrump.

A History of Pahrump, Nevada

Nye Country Pr

An illustrated history of Tonopah, Nevada. The discovery of precious metals and ranching combined with individualism, the lure of wealth and adventure to create communities.

A History of Tonopah, Nevada

An illustrated history of Pahrump, Nevada. By the late 1800s, most of the western United States had been settled, ranches and farms developed, communities established, and roads and railroads constructed. But maps of the time show that a vast region of Nevada - including the beautiful Pahrump Valley in southern Nye County - remained largely unsettled, still very much a frontier. This is the story of a remarkable group of individuals - rich in the tradition of frontier enthusiasm for the future - whose hard work has created a vibrant community.

Pahrump: A Valley Waiting to Become a City

This volume traces the history of this frontier oasis community from the area's first known Native American inhabitants through Beatty's founding during the wild and raucous Rhyolite boom era. It follows the changes in the community as it struggled to survive following the collapse of Rhyolite and emerged as a small but important economic and social center for a vast desert area. The changing role of mining in Beatty is traced as is tourism's steadily increasing importance. The history of Beatty is a story of hardworking and enterprising people building a community on America's desert frontier.

A History of Beatty, Nevada

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Las Vegas: The Great American Playground

Niacin and human health disorders

Directors' Choice: The Greatest Film Scenes of All Time and Why

Las Vegas: The Great American Playground

A history of Smoky Valley, Nevada

Tonopah: The Greatest, the Richest, & the Best Mining Camp in the World

A History of Pahrump, Nevada

A History of Tonopah, Nevada

Pahrump: A Valley Waiting to Become a City

A History of Beatty, Nevada