Western Trails & Treasures Auction (February 2022)

"Established December, 1858." This famous Comstock business is the newspaper office Samuel Clemens worked at while on the Comstock and whe...

Lot of 2. 1) Ultra rare ticket for the Anniversary Ball of the IOOF at Miners' Union Hall in Silver City, Nevada, April 26th, 1877. Blue cardsto...

Lot of 11. Includes very rare Silver City draft, 1881, from the Amity Lodge FAM; 1864 Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co. ore receipt; four Savage M...

Lot of 3 checks issued in the 1870s from banks in Virginia (Virginia City), NV and signed by two of the famous Comstock Lode Silver Kings. (1) John M

Lot of of 45+. 1) 11 post-1900 stock certificates incl. Alta, Con. Virginia, Yellow Jacket, Gould & Curry, Hale & Norcross (uniss.), Cholla...

Lot of 7. 1) Three checks: Imperial Silver Mining, Gold Hill, 1866, w/ revenue stamp, rare but in poor condition; Woodworth Mill revenue check (RN-D)

Lot of 3. 1) Rare panorama view of Virginia City in the 1880s (printed in 1939). 7 x 14", creases, rip in upper right corner. 2) Virginia City ...

1) The Daily Independent (Supplement), Virginia City, October 31, 1874 - Devoted entirely to Adolph Sutro's Lecture on Mines & Mining at Pip...

Three booklets regarding a court case in San Francisco related to the Virginia City Fire of 1875, Thomas H. Williams vs the Hartford Insurance Company

Six Volumes. 1) Legends of the Comstock Lode by Beebe and Clegg. Signed by both. 1950, Hard cover. Dust jacket in very nice condition. 2) Bonanza Inn

Fourteen Volumes. Silver Theatre by Watson 1964. Comstock Commotion; Territorial Enterprise by Beebe 1954. An Editor on the Comstock Lode by Drury 193

Lot of 34 items. Collection includes: (a) 18 penny post cards, all white border RPCs, of the Boulder Dam & Lake Mead. Each card 4 1/2" x ...

Lot of five rodeo pieces: 1) Virginia City rodeo, 1996 (11 x 17 inches); 2) Tonopah Rodeo (14 x 22 inches); 3) Lakeside rodeo 1997 (14 x 22 inches); 4

In a shield. Black on white 18h x 30"L Enamel on tin. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City: Provenance:

Lot of 1. Antique map of NV on one side, UT on other. Attractive red borders. By George F. Cram, engraver and publisher, Chicago. c. 1880 - 1885.

1890. 828 pages. Fair to Good Condition. Special binding and unusual page opposite of the title page leads us to believe this wasn't one of a se...

1) William Morris Stewart; Gold and Silver Colossus. By Hermann. Stewart was the lawyer for the big Comstock mines in teh1860's He would make a ...

Lot of three items. 1) Program of the Baer - Uzcudun fight presented by Jack Dempsey. July 4, 1931 in Reno. Known as the Battle of the Sagebrush, this

1) Records of Carson County. Utah & Nevada Territories by Ellison. This was a 10 year project of the Carson Valley Historical Society. All the r...

These are often seen as the two key historical references on the history of Nevada. 1) Thompson & West. Key Nevada reference and resource book f...

Volumes I and II, edited by Sam P. Davis. 1913. In the preface, Davis writes: "I am not unmindful of the fact that two others have been

"Not only is this book one of the best and most accurate histories of Nevada ever published, it is a valuable contribution to the history of th...

Oft overlooked, but a history of exceptional importance. Expansive history of Nevada, covering its Indian origins, early emigrants, geography and more

Eight Volumes. 1) Seven Toughs hardback. 2) Rawhide. 3) Goldfield. 4) Weepah. 5) Fairview, Chalk Mountain. 6) Wonder. 7) Candelaria, Columbus, Metalli

In publisher's box, a 3-volume hardcover set, a total of 2,381 pages. Each volume has vintage photos. Paper here is exceptional, heavy, substant...

Certified by Orion Clemens (Mark Twain's brother). 1864. Many interesting laws in here. Incorporating the Virginia Carson & Truckee RR, inco...

Six Volumes (many signed) about the law and lawmen in Nevada. 1)The Earp's Last Frontier by Kintop & Rocha. Signed by both. The Earp's i...

Lot of four volumes. 1) Investigation as to the Presence of Commercial Quantities of Mercury & Gold in the Dry Lakes of Nevada by Carpenter. U o...

Lot of four. 1) I want to Quit Winners by Harold S. Smith Sr. (Harold's Club). 1961. Harold's Club or Bust. 2) Reclaiming he Arid West. The ...

Lot of five. 1) Nevada's Metal and Mineral Production by Couch & Carpenter. The authority on which mines actually made money! 2) Outline of ...

Information on banks in Nevada can be hard to find. But here are three resources that might help. 1) Nevada Sixteen National Banks and their Mining Ca

1) Reviewing Nevada's Legacy, by E. W. Shorty Darrah, Published by Sagebrush Press, 1964 - Contains alphabetical List of 154 century old settlem...

Eight volumes that look at Nevada's history from a different perspective. 1) Golden Fleece in Nevada by Georgetta. An in depth (560 pages) of sh...

If you are interested in Nevada history and do not have these volumes, then this lot is for you. Edited by Eric Moody, it is full of interesting artic

Lot of ten books. 1) Ghosts Towns of Nevada by Miller. 1979. 2) Nevada Historical Sites by Mordy and McCaughey. A 1968 place names volume 3) Sovereign

Lot of 15. Includes six Humboldt Historians (1981-1983) Nevada Central Railroad, schools, Pacific Railroad, etc. Also Eureka and its Resources by Moli

10) Volumes. 1) Mark Twain: His Adventures at Aurora and Mono Lake by Williams. Signed. 2) Aurora, Nevada by Shaw. The ultimate Aurora reference. 3) U

Here is a must have reference library for Mineral County and early Esmeralda County (which was part of Mineral County). Witten by Sue Silver. She has

Thirty-five pieces. Key pieces are Treasures at Tempiute by Koyen 1967 and Cleveland Ranch History (Geyser, Negro Creek, Roberts and Hiko Ranches). Ha

Includes the classic and must have volumes of White Pine Lang Syne by Read and Nevada's Northwest Frontier by Patterson et al. GREAT resources f...

Twenty-four volumes. Perhaps the most interesting is Pioneers of the Ponderosa. A must have for Washoe Valley research. 2) Signed by the authors inclu

Lot of five oversized books. 1) This is a marvelous work. Nevada by Beatty. 15x12î. 191 pages chalk full of photographs with descriptions. 2)

Rare and Early. 1879. The greatest, by far, amount of pages are about mining, mines, districts, etc. There is also some discussion about cities, railr

Originally designed as a Gift from the State of Nevada to the relatives of those noble Nevada Heroes who died in the World War. But today, it is a way

Nevada Historical Society - eight volumes (seven hard cover). 1) 1923 (Major Ormsby's death). 2) 1909 (Fremont's Expedition of Nevada). 3) 1...

Lot of six. 1) An Authentic Wagon Train Journal of 1853. 2) A Guide to Nobles Trail by Brock & Black. Relive the route. 3) A Guide to the Califo...

James G. Scrugham. First Edition. Compromising the Story of Her People from the Dawn of History to the Present Time. (3 Volumes) Chicago and New York

Lot of seven varied histories of Nevada. DIFFERENT points of view. DIFFERENT focus points. 1) Nevada: The Land of Silver by Powell. 2) Nevadans: The S

Lot of five. 1) Statue of Patrick Anthony McCarran. Carinal Spellman, Senator Bible and Governor Sawyer talked. 2) Nominating a president. Ronald Reag

The hard winter of 1911 found Shoshone Mike and his family settled down in Little High Rock Canyon in northern Washoe County, Nevada, until warmer we