From the mystery of a U.S. Senator's death (was he kept on ice until after the election?) to a haunting of the Governor's mansion, this selection of fourteen stories from Nevada's past explores some of the Silver State's most compelling mysteries and debunks some of its most famous myths.
From the mystery of a U.S. Senator's death (was he kept on ice until after the election?) to a haunting of the governor's mansion, Mysteries and Legends of Nevada makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the state's most ...
The definitive collection of Nevada's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for Nevada residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.
In these texts Coyote is the central character. He is first seen in the company of Earth-Maker, giving him advice about how to build the world. The 18 stories in this volume are: Creation Myth. Part I, Creation Myth.
This is the eighth book of the United States of America Urban Legend series.
There is no socially determined time or place for relating the myths or tales except in the case of pascola stories, which are told at fiestas. Nor are there special persons who are supposed to tell the myths or tales.
Sheridan, Thomas E. Arizona: A History. Revised edition. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2012. State of Arizona. Accessed November 7, 2021. https://az.gov/. Trimble, Marshall. Arizona Oddities: Land of Anomalies and Tamales.
Banishing demons is only slightly more daunting than raising a pre-teen.
Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1986. ... Collected by Nevada Indian Rodeo Association under a grant by the Nevada Bicentennial Commission. ... Wilds, Leah J. Water Politics in Northern Nevada: A Century of Struggle.
Bat Masterson added fuel to the Doc Holliday legend when he gave an interview to the Arizona Weekly Citizen on August 14, 1886. He named Doc Holliday as the man who killed Mike Gordon in Holliday's saloon. Masterson was known to spin a ...
This engaging, myth-busting series seeks new explanations for the ghost stories, outlaw tales, haunted places, and unsolved mysteries that shaped a state's identity.