Nevada city, Maria E. Brower
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Nevada city, Maria E. Brower
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Nevada city
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Responsibility statement
Maria E. Brower
Series statement
Images of America
Summary
Vibrant and captivating Nevada City began as a gold-mining camp called Deer Creek Dry Diggins. The large gravel deposits alongside this creek reportedly delivered a pound of pay dirt a day by the fall of 1849, when A. B. Caldwell's general store opened to supply this haphazard collection of tents. By March 1850, somewhere between 6,000 and 16,000 boisterous souls called it home, and the new town was christened "Nevada," meaning "snow covered" in Spanish. After 1861, townsfolk took to adding "City" to the name, to avoid confusion with the new state whose Comstock silver strike drained off many Nevada City residents.Seven fires burned early Nevada City to the ground,sparking a fashion for brick architecture that is evident in many of the 93 downtown structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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adult
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- Gold mines and mining -- California -- Nevada County -- History
- Nevada City (Calif.) -- History -- Pictorial works
- Electronic books
- Nevada City (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc -- Pictorial works
- Miners -- California -- History -- Pictorial works
- Historic buildings -- California -- Nevada City -- Pictorial works
- Architecture -- California -- Nevada City -- History
- Nevada County (Calif.) -- History, Local
- Nevada County (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- History -- Pictorial works
- Pioneers -- California -- Biography
- Cities and towns -- California -- Nevada County -- History
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- Gold mines and mining -- California -- Nevada County -- History
- Nevada City (Calif.) -- History -- Pictorial works
- Electronic books
- Nevada City (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc -- Pictorial works
- Miners -- California -- History -- Pictorial works
- Historic buildings -- California -- Nevada City -- Pictorial works
- Architecture -- California -- Nevada City -- History
- Nevada County (Calif.) -- History, Local
- Nevada County (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- History -- Pictorial works
- Pioneers -- California -- Biography
- Cities and towns -- California -- Nevada County -- History
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