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Ghost stories are essentials for late night campfire circles or youngsters' slumber parties. The stories within these pages, however, aren't just tales to thrill or to frighten. They are real encounters of people who have had strange experiences or puzzling occurrences with the paranormal. The contributors' involvement in, understanding of, or bafflement about mysterious incidents have provided this collection with a wealth of ghostly anecdote...

Silver City, part of the Comstock Lode, was replete with innovative ideas which were put into action and practice in this new mining community. The Comstock Lode made a worldwide impact in the mid 1800's. The mines produced thousands of tons of ore each day keeping over 263 mills quite busy with the process of milling and crushing the ore, recovering gold and silver. Known as the richest place on earth, the Comstock produced over $700, 000, 0...

The Mackay Mansion is a true Nevada icon, once being the Virginia City office of the Gould & Curry Mining Company from 1860 to 1903.

Joseph A. Conboie was a noted and well known Comstock Undertaker. Along with his undertaking commerce, Conboie was a philanthropist to his community, played a part in California and Nevada politics, was an inventor, and was also a historian and archivist for the state's northern region.

Enjoy A Historic Tour Of Nevada's oldest hotel. Join author and paranormal investigator Sandie La Nae as she takes you through the many years of this enduring and endearing 1861 historic Hostel. Discover its owners and those who leased the business. Be thrilled to the many paranormal experiences that Thin Veil Investigators, a ghost hunting team Sandie La Nae is a member of, encountered as well as other accounts from those who braved staying i...

Join expert psychic, sensitive and ghost hunter, Sandie La Nae and the Thin Veil Investigators as they explore and document 27 notable hauntings. Based in Carson City, Nevada USA, the Thin Veil team has investigated numerous historical locations noted for supernatural phenomena, but they have found surprising evidence of spirit activity in the most mundane appearing places, too. From the hauntings at the historic Dake House in Genoa, to a hau...

I term my books "Historic-Paranormal." There is extensive research involved for the history sections, and the paranormal segment information are from the findings Paranormal team I am part of - Thin Veil Investigators - discovered. Nevada Historical Society's Docent and Special Works/Projects Historian, and I are creating particular "Weird" volumes. "Weird 'Haunted' Virginia City" is NOT a cute ghost-story-telling book. This volume recites f...

Do you ever explore haunted buildings and cemeteries? If so, would you write a book of poems for those places? Sandie has and she did. Join Psychic Sandie La Nae (who has an ability to see the deceased, thus seeking them out), in her many page tribute to the haunted dwellings and graveyards she has visited and investigated.

In 1862, a four-story building was erected in the Comstock town of Virginia, Nevada. Through the years, it has held fast through damage and destruction, lived over a century rich in history, and became this city's famous icon. Virginia City's Washoe Club is a fascinating structure and the authors have brought forth the true facts around this once elegant and stately west coast hotel and saloon.

Join Author Sandie La Nae and Docent Arline La Ferry as they take you on a WEIRD journey around this northern Nevada town - VIRGINIA CITY Read about curiosities researched from numerous media sources from the mid-1800s to the early 21st Century! Let the mysterious thrill and chill you! Get the scoop on notable residents! Laugh at amusing anecdotes! This book is packed full of WEIRD and interesting tidbits from VIRGINIA CITY'S past and...

The Comstock Lode of the mid-1800s brought forth fast revenue, many riches, disappointment, and failure. The Bowers, Lemuel (Sandy) and Allison, were among those in the beginning of this era, with "Eilley" Orrum-Bowers experiencing the end.

The 1904 the new-founded city of Sparks grew from the "division point" by the Southern Pacific Railroad, that originally sat in Wadsworth, thirty miles east. The region quickly grew into the beautiful metropolitan it is today by innovation, success and achievements by its townsfolk.Enjoy the city's rich history in this text and photo journey.

Spiritualists were a very important part of the Silver Terrace community during the mid 1800s to early 1900s. They were welcomed, and their abilities embraced. How did fortunes turn out? Who had the answers? Spiritualists.

Sandie La Nae and Arline La Ferry chronicle the impressive history of an 1860's Gothic-style home. Built in Washoe City in 1863 and moved to Carson City in 1874 this building holds the memoirs of early life and its inhabitants, in northern Nevada.