Twenty Miles From A Match: Homesteading In Western Nevada

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TwentyMiles From a Match .-. acific flail road western P Constantia Post Office I Dogskin Peak 1\ . w Z 0 5 miles 1\ Tule Peak ~,~ TwentyMiles FromaMatch Honaesteadinll in Western Nevada .~. Foreword b~ Leslie Zurfluh UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas The descendants of Sarah Olds would like to thank Louis Beaupre, Don Prusso, John Raker, and Kenneth Carpenterfor their help in bringing the present memoir to the attention ofthe University ofNevada Press. University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 1978 by University of Nevada Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Book design by Dave Comstock Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Olds, Sarah E., 1875-1963 Twenty miles from a match. 1. Olds, Sarah E. 1875-1963.2. Washoe Co., Nev.-Biography. 3· Pioneers-Nevada-Washoe Co.-Biography. 4· Frontier and pioneer life-Nevada-Washoe Co. I. Title. F847·W3047 979.3'55'030924 [B] 78-13766 ISBN 0-87417-052-4 The paper used in this book is a recycled stock made from 30 percent post-consumer waste materials, certified by FSC, and meets the requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z3948-1992 (R2002). Binding materials were selected for strength and durability. 13 12 11 10 09 12 11 10 9 8 ISBN-13: 978-0-87417-052-8 (pbk.: alk. paper) ...