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African Americans on the Comstock

African Americans came to the western Great Basin in the 1850s. Read more about this history.

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Reno

Reno has always been a town of contrasts. Find out more about its natural beauty, darkness and cosmopolitan edge.

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    • Golconda
      Although some mining existed in the Golconda area as early as 1866, its most important years came between 1898 and 1910 when it...
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    • Germans and Las Vegas
      Germans have been at the center of Las Vegas's development since the city's founding in 1905. Whether German-born,...
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    • German and Austrian Immigrants
      Generalizing about German immigrants living in nineteenth-century Nevada is difficult for several reasons. Before 1870, various...
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    • George Springmeyer and the Nevada Progressive Party
      The Nevada Progressives emerged in the wake of a profound reconfiguration of the state's political parties. Following a...
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    • George Malone
      Although not highly regarded during his lifetime, Nevada politician George Malone has endured as a champion of conservative...
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    • George Hearst
      George Hearst, born on a Missouri farm in 1820, was a shrewd investor who turned a small investment in the Comstock Lode into...
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