Boasts over 600 sites with photos.
Anno Atomi documents the atmospheric atomic bomb tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site during 1957. Compiled using government press releases, and images, with comments by soldiers and citizens these detonations are known as Operation Plumbbob.
This is a short history of Pvt. Bill Bires' military duty with the 231st Engineer Combat Battalion from Ft. Lewis, Washington. Co. He was assigned temporary duty at the Atomic Test Series in the Nevada desert in the fall of 1951.
Trails West is a nonprofit group of volunteers who identify and mark the mid-1800's emigrant trail into California.
A non-profit organization dedicated to educating the local community and the general public about the history of the Emigrant (or California) Trail through Nevada.
Historical markers throughout the state.
Fine art photography by Glen Sheehan from the ghost towns and mining camps of Nevada.
Online documentation of a Nevada cattle-ranching community, with a focus on the family-run Ninety-Six Ranch, by the Paradise Valley Folklife Project (1978-1982). Articles, plus audio and video files.
Contains reports on access to ghost towns with descriptions, GPS coordinates, and photos.
Pioneer plant collector and writer in Western America around the late 1900s. Site describes findings, writings and travels, many of which were in Nevada.
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