Excerpt from The History of Nevada, Vol. 1: Illustrated In the preparation and compilation of this work I am not unmindful of the fact that two others of a similar character have been published in this State in past years. But the progressive and changing character of Nevada during the past twenty years, and more especially during the last decade, renders another chronicle of its growth, and importance imperative. Beginning as a mining center, with a productiveness of the precious metals that finds no parallel in history, it is gradually becoming known as an agricultural State with an astonishing variety of soil-products such as a quarter of a century ago was not dreamed of. Irrigation has made a garden of its deserts, and dry-farming is fast obtaining a foothold within its borders, bringing wealth to sections which had heretofore been regarded as arid wastes. The important events which have taken place in this Commonwealth since its settlement and the stirring and changing nature of its life, can not be fully recorded even in three works. Anything like a comprehensive picture of its past must be taken from different angles of observation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.