Description
RAILROADS OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA, Volume Two: South, by David F. Myrick. 496 pages, heavily illustrated (includes index which also covers Volume One), Color dust jacket. Here is a comprehensive record of sixty railroads and a faithful regional and economic history as well, with dozens of maps and 350 antique photos of engines and rolling stock, as well as the towns and mines. There is much on Las Vegas and its railroads and the construction of Hoover Dam. There are also extensive sections devoted to railroads in Pioche and Lincoln County, Nevada, as well as San Bernardino County, California and extensive detail on the railroads and mines of Death Valley. The principal mines and mills and their production are detailed, along with the personalities who inspired them. Here is an accurate, reliable history which can serve as a guide for explorers of railroad routes of yesteryear. In print at $75.00.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.