(rshsdepot) New Book

[Jim Dent <jdent1_@_optonline.net>]

A new book listed on Amazon.com - I haven't seen a copy yet.

From Amazon.com

Connecting the West: Historic Railroad Stops and Stage Stations in Elko
County, Nevada
by Shawn Hall

Book Description
Shawn Hall's immensely popular guidebooks to Nevada ghost towns have become
essential resources for backcountry explorers and scholars alike. Now Hall
returns to Elko County to survey the county's railroad and stage stations,
as well as other sites not included in his earlier survey of this vast and
colorful section of the state.

As in his earlier volumes, Hall includes a history of each site he lists,
along with period and contemporary photographs, directions for locating the
sites, and an assessment of their present condition. His historical
accounts, based on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, are both
scholarly and engaging, rich in anecdotes and personalities, and in the
fascinating minutia of history often ignored by more academic writers.

Shawn Hall's dedication to documenting Nevada's thousands of historic sites
has enriched our knowledge of the state's relatively brief but very eventful
past. Connecting the West is a worthy addition to Hall's remarkable efforts
to preserve the state's history.

About the Author
Shawn Hall has devoted his career to exploring and recording historic sites,
ghost towns, and abandoned mining camps in each of Nevada's seventeen
counties. He is the author of Romancing Nevada's Past, Old Heart of Nevada,
and Preserving the Glory Days. Hall is director of the Tonopah Historic
Mining Park in Nye County, Nevada.






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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org

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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org