Nevada, the Great Rotten Borough, 1859-1964Knopf, 1966 - 247 páginas Surveys the state's history and describes its early economic control by California speculators and its later use of state sovereignty to foster political and legal mischief. |
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A State of Nature | 3 |
The Bank Crowd and the Bonanza Firm | 40 |
Working on the Railroad | 75 |
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Adolph Sutro amendment American appears associated Bancroft Bank Crowd became bill Bonanza Firm California campaign career casinos cent Central Pacific chairman claims Comstock Lode Comstock Mining Congress Constitution continued Crocker defeat Democratic divorce dollars economic election federal fight followed free silver gambling gold and silver Gold Hill Goldfield governor House Huntington Ibid interests Jones Key Pittman Lake Tahoe Las Vegas later lawyers legislation Mackay biography McCarran ment million miners mining companies Mining District Nevada legislature Nevada politics Newlands Nixon Oddie operations Ophir organized Papers Pat McCarran period population Populist Potosi profits purchase railroad Ralston Reno Republican rich Roosevelt San Francisco senatorial Sharon Silver Party Smith Southern Pacific Stewart Sutro territorial tion Tonopah Truckee tunnel Union United States Senate vada Vegas Virginia City vote Washoe William William Sharon Wingfield wrote Yerington