Connecting the West: Historic Railroad Stops and Stage Stations in Elko County, Nevada
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Book Description
Shawn Hall's immensely popular guidebooks to Nevada ghost towns have become essential resources for backcountry explorers and scholars alike. Now Hall returns to Elko County to survey the county's railroad and stage stations, as well as other sites not included in his earlier survey of this vast and colorful section of the state.
As in his earlier volumes, Hall includes a history of each site he lists, along with period and contemporary photographs, directions for locating the sites, and an assessment of their present condition. His historical accounts, based on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, are both scholarly and engaging, rich in anecdotes and personalities, and in the fascinating minutia of history often ignored by more academic writers.
Shawn Hall's dedication to documenting Nevada's thousands of historic sites has enriched our knowledge of the state's relatively brief but very eventful past. Connecting the West is a worthy addition to Hall's remarkable efforts to preserve the state's history.
About the Author
Shawn Hall has devoted his career to exploring and recording historic sites, ghost towns, and abandoned mining camps in each of Nevada's seventeen counties. He is the author of Romancing Nevada's Past, Old Heart of Nevada, and Preserving the Glory Days. Hall is director of the Tonopah Historic Mining Park in Nye County, Nevada.
Connecting the West: Historic Railroad Stops and Stage Stations in Elko County, Nevada,Shawn Hall,University of Nevada Press,0874174996,Elko County,Guidebooks,Historic sites,Nevada,Railroad stations,Railroads - History,Stagecoach stations,Transportation,United States - State & Local - General,United States - West - Pacific (General),American history,Local history,Transport industries,Travel & holiday guides
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