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The Virginia & Truckee (V&T, ) was once the richest and most famous short line railroad in America. Created in 1869 to provide transportation for the Comstock Lode, the V&T, transported gold and silver ore to the quartz reduction mills. On the return trip, it brought back cordwood for fuel, timbers for mining, lumber for building communities, and all the goods needed by the area's nearly 40, 000 inhabitants. The V&T, also supported passenger t...

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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The negro will not be alarmed at the unjust talk against him, as is often uttered by Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina. He will not be sent to the island of the sea to please Mr. Graves, of Georgia. The negro is here to stay, to work, to learn, to obey, to pray and to accumulate property and to become a responsible factor in his own country and nation."--Dr. John Jefferson Smallwood September 25, 1903"John J. Smallwood is the most eloquent negro ...

Lake Tahoe is the majestic mountain lake that spans the boundary line of California and Nevada. The lake's clarity and scenic beauty are legendary. In the 1870s, the Nevada Comstock Lode created an insatiable appetite for Lake Tahoe's virgin pine forests. The timbers would shore up underground mining and build communities approaching 40, 000 inhabitants. Railroads on three shores delivered the logs lakeside, where they were towed by steam-powe...

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Lake Tahoe is the majestic mountain lake that spans the boundary line of California and Nevada. The lake s clarity and scenic beauty are legendary. In the 1870s, the Nevada Comstock Lode created an insatiable appetite for Lake Tahoe s virgin pine forests. The timbers would shore up underground mining and build communities approaching 40, 000 inhabitants. Railroads on three shores delivered the logs lakeside, where they were towed by steam-powe...

One study after another shows American students ranking behind their international counterparts in the STEM fields - science, technology, engineering, and math. What can be done to reverse this poor performance and to unleash America's wasted talent? The author provides the tools America needs to keep competitive.

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One study after another shows American students ranking behind their international counterparts in the STEM fields - science, technology, engineering, and math. Businesspeople and cultural critics such as Bill Gates warn that this alarming situation puts the United States at a serious disadvantage in the high-tech global marketplace of the twenty-first century, and President Obama places improvement in these areas at the center of his educatio...

The Virginia & Truckee is the most famous short line railroad in American history. Brainchild of William Sharon and the Bank of California, the V&T, hauled the silver and gold ore, the cordwood, and the mining timbers that made the 1870s "Big Bonanza" a reality. From the state capital at Carson City, V&T, rails stretched 66 miles to Virginia City, Reno, and Minden, Nevada. Serving the transportation needs of the Comstock's nearly 40, 000 inhab...

Originally published in 1932. A wonderful and varied collection of twenty-one stories about cats by a number of well known authors such as Alden, Compton Mackenzie, Mark Twain, Emile Zola, Cicely Hamilton etc. All lovers of cats will enjoy this literature, which observes and creates the portraits of their favourites. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly ex...

Originally published in 1932. A wonderful and varied collection of twenty-one stories about cats by a number of well known authors such as Alden, Compton Mackenzie, Mark Twain, Emile Zola, Cicely Hamilton etc. All lovers of cats will enjoy this literature, which observes and creates the portraits of their favourites. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly ex...