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The Great Western Steam Up - Nevada Business Magazine

The Great Western Steam Up - Nevada Business Magazine
nevadabusiness.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nevadabusiness.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.

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Women in Rail Spotlight: Hydie McAlister, Sharon Beach

Women in Rail Spotlight: Hydie McAlister, Sharon Beach
railwayage.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from railwayage.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.

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Riding the Rails into History - True West Magazine

A new history of railroad women and new biographies of John Wesley Hardin, Texas Jack, military wives in Arizona, plus an introspective look at the tragedy of Indian massacres.

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New book tells story of women who helped build the railroad

A new book telling the stories of the women who helped build the first transcontinental railroad is a fascinating insight into the lives of 19th-century American women.

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History remembered

By Rebecca O Neil | Staff Writer A bronze plaque placed at 330 Alexander St. in Nevada City commemorates the homesite of Preston Alexander, who along with his family were some of the first African American settlers in Nevada City in the mid-1850s. The plaque was unveiled earlier this week. Photo: Elias Funez Ten people gathered this week to unveil a plaque of one of Nevada City’s first Black settlers, Preston Alexander. Born in Virginia, Alexander settled with his wife Louisa Alexander in 1854 in Nevada City. Bernard Zimmerman, of the Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission, said this plaque is just one opportunity to highlight the region’s historic “ethnic” communities.

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