Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

Eilley Orrum: Queen of the Comstock by Swift Paine. Eilley Orrum was one of the most colorful people of the Comstock. Dubbed “The Queen of the Comstoc

Past All Dishonor by James M. Cain- 1947 book on the west and the silver boom. (James M. Cain, best known as the author of The Postman Always Rings Tw

Silver on the Washoe, 1961 by Irene Stone velvet paperback. City: Virginia City State: Nevada, Date: 1961 FHWAC#: 49627

By Sam Davis, 11pg paperback, Rare. Sam Davis writes about two investors in the Comstock Lode who played the San Francisco stock market in the 1870&...

The Saga of the Comstock Lode: Boom Days in Virginia City by George D. Lyman 1937 – A book on the classic history of the Comstock Lode in Virginia Cit

Comstock Mining and Miners: Monographs of the United States Geological Survey Volume IV by Elliot Lord and the United States Department of the Interio

If these booklets are hard to find, the Historical Society is harder! 1) Fall, 1978: Jewish history in Nevada, Matt Parrott gunsmith, history of Orr D

1) "The Wedge of Gold" was written by C. C. Goodwin, a long time editor of the Territorial Enterprise. First edition, 1893 novel. 2) "...

Prepared under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, 86th Congress, 1st Session. Hardcover, 73 pages with photographs. Published by the U.

Descriptive Geology of Nevada South of the Fortieth Parallel and Adjacent Portions of California, 1903 by Josiah Edward Spurr and the Unites States Ge

By R. G. Withers. Good condition. 301 pages. United Stated of America vs. Orr Water Ditch Co. Defendant claims. Includes cited cases and text books.

First edition. This is the story of the Massacre at High Rock Canyon, the posse that pursued the Indians, and how frozen grass lead to the capture of

By Honorable George W. Malone, United States Senator from Nevada. Hardcover, indexed, 126 pages. The Long House, Inc., 1958. When elected to the Senat

By Wilbur S. Shepperson. University of Nevada Press. Paher 1785. Dust jacket in intact condition. Excellent. City: State: Nevada, D

By William P. Bennett. Additionally described as, “A Full Account of the Scenes and Adventures During the Pioneer Days of ’49.”  Author Bennett...

The Young Engineers in Nevada, 1912 by H. Irving Hancock & The Young Engineers in Nevada, 1913 by H. Irving Hancock. Each is a hardcover copy an...

1954 (May), 1956 (1,2), 1957 (1,2), 1958 (1,2,3), 1959 (2), 1960 (1,2), 1961 (1), 1962 (2), and 1963 (1). Explore Dayton, the Pony Express, Las Vegas,

Volumes 1-6 and volume 13, the Millennial Edition. Soda Lake, Oats park, Stillwater, Growing up in Fallon, crossing Nevada in an auto in 1914, Freight

1879 Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly, 9th Session. Great condition City: State: Nevada, Date: FHWAC#:

1879 Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly, 9th Session. Great condition City: State: Nevada, Date: FHWAC#: