When the City of Reno decided at the beginning of this century to create a trench to lower the railroad tracks that ran through its center, archaeologists associated with the ReTRAC (Reno Transportation Rail Access Corridor) project had a unique opportunity to explore the evidence of thousands of years of human history locked beneath downtown's busy streets. The River and the Railroad traces the people and events that shaped the city, incorporating archaeological findings to add a more tangible physical dimension to the ...
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When the City of Reno decided at the beginning of this century to create a trench to lower the railroad tracks that ran through its center, archaeologists associated with the ReTRAC (Reno Transportation Rail Access Corridor) project had a unique opportunity to explore the evidence of thousands of years of human history locked beneath downtown's busy streets. The River and the Railroad traces the people and events that shaped the city, incorporating archaeological findings to add a more tangible physical dimension to the known history. It offers fascinating insights into the lives of many different people from Reno's past and helps to correct some common misperceptions about the history of the American West.
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NF in NF jacket. Octavo. Indigo colored cloth covered boards and spine with shiny silver foil lettering on the spine. This book has no discernable flaws. Decorative cream colored endpapers. binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 189 pages. Dust Jacket-has a very faint wrinkle at each of the two rear corners of the spine and a faint trace of rubbing at the extreme tips of the two upper outside corners-jacket is otherwise clean, bright, and sharp. A lovely copy! Not terribly common.
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Add this copy of The River and the Railroad: an Archaeological History to cart. $63.87, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by University of Nevada Press.
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