Lamoille (Nev.)

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Home means Nevada: the autobiography of Edna B. Patterson and the history of the Patterson family and their life in Nevada

 Collection
Identifier: 94-09
Abstract Edna Burke Patterson was a member of the State Central Republican Committee and the Nevada State Board of Education, on which she served as the first woman president. In this manuscript of her book by the same title, Patterson recounts her childhood days; married life with her rancher husband, John Malcolm Patterson, in the Lamoille, Nevada, area; descriptions of Elko, Nevada; her work as an historian and author; and the establishment of the Northeastern Nevada Historical Society. Dated...
Dates: 1992
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Home means Nevada: the autobiography of Edna B. Patterson and the history of the Patterson family and their life in Nevada

In This Land: A History of the Lamoille Area of Elko County, Nevada, 1865-1965

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Identifier: NC357
Abstract

Edna Patterson was a Nevada rancher, historian, and author. The collection includes a study of what was originally Lamoille Precinct of Lander County, Nevada including Lamoille, Pleasant Valley, Fort Halleck, and Halleck Station. The author discusses the development of the Lamoille region, including the areas of business, medicine, mining, ranching, water problems on the Humboldt River, and fraternal and other organizations.

Dates: 1965
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / In This Land: A History of the Lamoille Area of Elko County, Nevada, 1865-1965

Edna B. Patterson Research Papers and Interviews

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Identifier: 95-87
Abstract

Edna Burke Patterson was a member of the State Central Republican Committee and the Nevada State Board of Education, on which she served as the first woman president.Research notes and articles about the history of northeastern Nevada: Elko, physicians, cattle and cattle ranching, women, Ruby Valley, Lamoille, Mountain City, Jarbidge, early settlers, and native Americans. Other authors include Lulu Bowman and Charles B. Russell (1915-1994).

Dates: 1915-1994
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Edna B. Patterson Research Papers and Interviews