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Recollections of Virginia City from May 1860

Collection

Identifier: 91-30

Abstract

Gracey's speech before the Reno Twentieth Century Club describes his arrival in Nevada to fight the Paiutes; lists many of the "firsts" in Virginia City, and mentions executions, explosions, fires, amusements, benevolent societies, processions, and people of note.

Dates: 1911

Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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Repository: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department X
Subject: Virginia City (Nev.) X
Names: Gracey, Robert X

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