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» Anno Atomi: Growing Up with the Atom    Anno Atomi documents the atmospheric atomic bomb tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site during 1957. Compiled using government press releases, and images, with comments by soldiers and citizens these detonations are known as Operation Plumbbob.    http://www.aracnet.com/~histgaz/atomi/

» Buckaroos in Paradise    Online documentation of a Nevada cattle-ranching community, with a focus on the family-run Ninety-Six Ranch, by the Paradise Valley Folklife Project (1978-1982). Articles, plus audio and video files.    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ncrhtml/crhome.html

» Carl Albert Purpus    Pioneer plant collector and writer in Western America around the late 1900s. Site describes findings, writings and travels, many of which were in Nevada.    http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/Purpus/

» Central Nevada Emmigrant Trail Association    A non-profit organization dedicated to educating the local community and the general public about the history of the Emigrant (or California) Trail through Nevada.    http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/trailofthe49ers/

» Ghost Towns of Nevada    Contains reports on access to ghost towns with descriptions, GPS coordinates, and photos.    http://www.cmdrmark.com/ghosttowns.html

» Map Index for Nevada's Historical Markers    Historical markers throughout the state.    http://dcnr.nv.gov/markers/hist_map.htm

» Nevada Ghost Towns    Boasts over 600 sites with photos.    http://www.cal-neva.com/ghosts/ghosts.htm

» Nevada Heritage    Dedicated to collecting, compiling and presenting Nevada historical information and materials on the Internet. Contributors are offered free web pages.    http://www.nevadaheritage.com/

» Nevada Historical Societies    A listing of addresses, with web site links, of many of the state's county historical societies.    http://www.daddezio.com/society/hill/SH-NE-NDX.html

» The Atomic Duty of Bill Bires    This is a short history of Pvt. Bill Bires' military duty with the 231st Engineer Combat Battalion from Ft. Lewis, Washington. Co. He was assigned temporary duty at the Atomic Test Series in the Nevada desert in the fall of 1951.    http://www.aracnet.com/~histgaz/atomi/bires/

» The Nevada Civil War Volunteers    A non-profit, educational, Civil War reenactment organization based in Reno, Nevada.    http://www.ncwv.org/

» Trails West, Inc.    Trails West is a nonprofit group of volunteers who identify and mark the mid-1800's emigrant trail into California.    http://www.emigranttrailswest.org

» Vanishing Nevada    Fine art photography by Glen Sheehan from the ghost towns and mining camps of Nevada.    http://redsam.com/vanishing_nevada/