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- St. Thomas, Nevada: A History Uncovered
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: University of Nevada Press
- Series: Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in Nevada History
summary
The history of St. Thomas, Nevada, the remains of which today lay under the high water mark of Lake Mead, begins in 1865 with Mormon missionaries sent by Brigham Young to the Moapa Valley to grow cotton. In 1871 the boundary of Utah territory was shifted east by one degree longitude, and the town became part of Nevada. New settlers moved in, miners and farmers, interacting with the Mormons and native Paiutes. The building of Hoover Dam doomed the small settlement, yet a striking number of people still have connections to a town that ceased to exist three-quarters of a century ago. Today, the ruins of this ghost town, just sixty miles east of Las Vegas, are visible when the waters of Lake Mead are low. Located in a national recreation area, the National Park Service today preserves and interprets the remains of St. Thomas as a significant historical site. Touching as it does upon on early explorers, Mormons, criminals, railroad and auto transportation, mining, water, state and federal relations, and more, St. Thomas, Nevada offers much to Mormon and regional historians, as well as general readers of western history.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 1-4
- Table of Contents
- pp. 5-6
- Illustrations
- pp. vii-viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-5
- Establishing an Outpost of Zion
- pp. 21-49
- Now That We Are Here, Where Are We?
- pp. 50-59
- Not a Town of the Past . . .”
- pp. 60-76
- Photo Insert
- pp. 93-102
- Not with a Bang, but a Whimper
- pp. 96-113
- Coup de Grace?
- pp. 114-119
- Sodden Phoenix
- pp. 120-124
- Bibliography
- pp. 143-148
Additional Information
ISBN
9780874179200
Related ISBN(s)
9780874179194
MARC Record
OCLC
867741189
Pages
182
Launched on MUSE
2013-10-30
Language
English
Open Access
No