BUY THE BOOK A Chronicle of Nevada’s Great Basin is an interesting and informative read for everyone from Native Nevadans to new residents or travelers just passing through the Silver State. The book will provide the reader with an overview of America’s largest desert. Through straightforward text accented by over one hundred photographs, the book delivers an understanding of Nevada and the area of the Great Basin that lies within its boundaries. Represented are the rivers, reservoirs and vanishing lakes as well as the progression of transportation vehicles used by the hardiest of people who contributed so much to the history of the region.
The book’s timeline begins with prehistoric man and moves onward to the early explorers that dared to challenge this harsh and uncharted area. |
The reader travels forward to the wagon train era for a look at the hardships faced by these early pioneers as they confronted the unforgiving rigors this barren land presented. It follows the tracks of the many railroads that once crisscrossed the basin. Journey along with those that first ventured into this vast, road-less part of the west following a quest to become the first too conquer the basin via motorized vehicles. Gaze at the sagebrush and playas through the goggles of the early aviators as they ventured forth in their flying machines. Through the book a reader will travel from trails of the past to interstates of modern day to realize the importance of Nevada and this area called the Great Basin and the part it has played in times of peace and war.
Buy the book at these locations:
Sundance Books - Reno
Nevada Historical Society - Reno
Nevada State Museum - Carson City
Nevada Railroad Museum - Carson City
Sparks Heritage Museum - Sparks
The Flag Store - Sparks
Churchill Museum - Fallon
Humboldt Museum - Winnemucca
Cookhouse Museum - Battle Mountain
Northeastern Nevada Museum - Elko
Peppermill Casino Gift Shop - Wendover
Central Nevada Museum - Tonopah
Beatty Museum & Historical Society - Beatty
Nevada Historical Society - Reno
Nevada State Museum - Carson City
Nevada Railroad Museum - Carson City
Sparks Heritage Museum - Sparks
The Flag Store - Sparks
Churchill Museum - Fallon
Humboldt Museum - Winnemucca
Cookhouse Museum - Battle Mountain
Northeastern Nevada Museum - Elko
Peppermill Casino Gift Shop - Wendover
Central Nevada Museum - Tonopah
Beatty Museum & Historical Society - Beatty
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