Nevada K Jones

Reno's Big Gamble

• Author(s): Alicia Barber

• Categories: History

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2023-05-19
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• Publisher: University Press of Kansas

When Pittsburgh socialite Laura Corey rolled into Reno, Nevada, in 1905 for a six-month stay, her goal was a divorce from the president of U.S. Steel. Her visit also provided a provocative glimpse into the city's future. With its rugged landscape and rough-edged culture, Reno had little to offer early twentieth-century visitors besides the gambling and prostitution that had remained unregulated since Nevada's silver-mining heyday. But the possibility of easy divorce attracted national media attention, East Coast notables, and Hollywood stars, and soon the "Reno Cure" was all the rage. Almost overnight, Reno was on the map. Alicia Barber traces the transformation of Reno's reputation from bac...

Apex Project, Nevada Land Transfer

• Author(s): United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands

• Categories: Aluminum perchlorate

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1990
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Coyote Springs Investment Planned Development Project

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2008
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Federal Advisory Committees

• Author(s): United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Reports, Accounting, and Management

• Categories: Executive advisory bodies

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1977
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Monetary Speeches

• Author(s): Michael Daniel Harter

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1893
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• Publisher: Unknown

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