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  Anno Atomi: Growing Up with the Atom http://www.aracnet.com/~histgaz/atomi/
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.
  Nevada Historical Societies http://www.daddezio.com/society/hill/SH-NE-NDX.html
A listing of addresses, with web site links, of many of the state's county historical societies.
  Carl Albert Purpus http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/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.
  The Atomic Duty of Bill Bires http://www.aracnet.com/~histgaz/atomi/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.
  Trails West, Inc. http://www.emigranttrailswest.org
Trails West is a nonprofit group of volunteers who identify and mark the mid-1800's emigrant trail into California.
  Nevada Ghost Towns http://www.cal-neva.com/ghosts/ghosts.htm
Boasts over 600 sites with photos.
  Ghost Towns of Nevada http://www.cmdrmark.com/ghosttowns.html
Contains reports on access to ghost towns with descriptions, GPS coordinates, and photos.
  Nevada Heritage http://www.nevadaheritage.com/
Dedicated to collecting, compiling and presenting Nevada historical information and materials on the Internet. Contributors are offered free web pages.
  Buckaroos in Paradise http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ncrhtml/crhome.html
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.
  Vanishing Nevada http://redsam.com/vanishing_nevada/
Fine art photography by Glen Sheehan from the ghost towns and mining camps of Nevada.

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