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Geology Underfoot in Central Nevada: cutting a wide swath that straddles U.S. 50; this book by Richard L. Orndorff, Robert W. Wieder, and Harry F. Filkorn; explores 21 diverse walking and driving tours from Lake Tahoe and Reno east to Great Basin National Park. Learn more at www.mtnpress.com. |
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Central
Nevada Recreation Guide, a guide of regional recreational
opportunities compiled by the Central Nevada Recreation Partnership;
a consortium of local chamber of commerces, convention authorities,
community organizations, local and county governments, federal land
management agencies, and federal community development agencies.
Funded by a grant from the Nevada Commission on Tourism. |
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NEVADA
Magazine, is a very thorough guide to the Silver State
providing information on events and destinations. The bimonthly
Nevada Magazine is produced under the auspices of the Nevada Commission
on Tourism. Nevada
Magazine.com is an electronic version of the publication:
www.nevadamagazine.com. |
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WPA
Guide to 1930s Nevada, Nevada writer's project of the Work
Projects Administration; foreword to the new edition by Russell
R. Elliott, originally published in 1940. This book remains one
of Nevada's premiere tour and travel volumes. It includes material
on the state geography and geology, plant and animal life, and presents
an excellent image of Nevada in the early part of the twentieth
century. Learn more at www.nevada.edu/press
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Nevada
Trivia Book by Rich Moreno. A Nevada writer and
journalist, Moreno tests trivia buffs about their knowledge of the
state in this revised edition. Be sure to pack this guide on your
next Nevada road trip. |
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Traveling
America's Loneliest Road, a Geologic and Natural History Tour through
Nevada along U.S. Highway 50 by Joseph V. Tingley and Kris
Ann Pizarro. A tour guide for U.S. Highway 50 from the California
state line to the Utah state line. |
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Backyard
Travels in Northern Nevada by Rich Moreno. The seasoned
Nevada journalist compiled the best of his more than a decade of
travel journalism for this collection of Nevada-based adventures.
Published by the the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada, all the
proceeds from the book benefit the museum. |
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Roadside
History of Nevada by Richard Moreno divides Nevada into
six geographical-historical areas, exploring the uniqueness and
history of each. Survey the boom and bust of the mining industry,
trace the desperate plight of the Donner party trapped in Sierra
snow, and observe the growth of gambling from low-profile to a neon-castle
industry. |
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Excerpts
from "Rebecca's Walk Through Time," tour handbook
for Rhyolite, Nevada text written by Suzy McCoy, author of "Travel
with riley Series" and Bureau of Land Management volunteer,
with contributions by Ellen Boehringer, winter caretaker of the
Rhyolite townsite. Printing paid in part by a grant from the Nevada
Department of Tourism and Nevada Betta Mu (BEO). |
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