Searchlight

Recounts Nevada's colorful history and the lives of the hardy people who built it and sustained a community in one of the least hospitable environments in the United States. This book tells a story that encompasses both Nevada's early twentieth-century mining boom and the phenomenal growth of southern Nevada after World War II.

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This meticulously researched book by Searchlight's most distinguished native son recounts the colorful history of the town and the lives of the hardy people who built it and sustained a community in one of the least hospitable environments in the United States. Its story encompasses both Nevada's early twentieth-century mining boom and the phenomenal growth of southern Nevada after World War II.