Women pioneers -- Nevada

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Anecdotal history, partially from recollection, accompanied by a slightly variant sketch. The collection contains material from 1910 created Fannie Gore Hazlett.

Abstract William Emminger was a miner and a native of Kansas who moved to Tonopah, Nevada in 1910; later a resident of Rochester, Tungsten, and Mina, Nevada. He was appointed to fill an unexpired State Senate term for Pershing County in 1955 and was a member of the Nevada Industrial Commission from 1957-1961. The collection contains a history of Rochester, Nevada; a city directory of Rochester compiled by Emminger, stories about such Nevada residents as Libby Molan, the little old lady of the...

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List of expenses for an overland journey from the east (Millwood) to Denver City, in 1858, and a deed of sale for hay from the Carbell Ranch to Joseph Jones (1894).

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The Slavin-Reed Family papers include genealogical notes, oral histories, and other documents about the 19th and 20th century history of the Slavin and Reed families and those families connected by marriage. The bulk of the collection appears to have passed through the hands of Lucille Slavin Clark, and builds on the recorded memories of her grandmother, Maude Rose Hanley Reed Bruno (1882-1965).

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Radio script by Charle Varble, "Passage Through To California: Drama From Diaries and Letters of Pioneer Women Who Passed Through Nevada Between 1849 and 1853", and related material. Created in 1986.