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ronald m. james is Nevada’s State Historic Preservation Officer and author of The Roar and the Silence: A History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode, and Temples of Justice: County Courthouses of Nevada (both from University of Nevada Press), among others. elizabeth safford harvey teaches history at Merced College. She has worked on Nevada listings for the National Register of Historic Places, conducted interviews for the Comstock Oral History Project, and served as a research consultant for the Nevada Historic Preservation Office. cover illustrations: Front Panel: Top: Front facade of Piper’s Opera House; bottom: Las Vegas High School. Back Panel: Left: Thunderbird Lodge, Lake Tahoe, Nevada; middle: Tonopah Fire Department; right: Las Vegas Federal Courthouse and Post Office. Photographs by Thomas Perkins cover design: Kathleen Szawiola ...

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