C. J. Prescott, was the proprietor of one of the first lumber companies on the Comstock. Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Co. They had major contracts to provide lumber to the mines for structural support and was always trying to get a contract with the railroad for struts. He was eventually bought out by the […]
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Jerry Thomas
A gentleman and perfectionist, from Connecticut, the Head Bartender at the Delta Saloon in 1863 was Prof. Jerry Thomas, most celebrated barman in American history. Coming to Virginia City, according to the Territorial Enterprise of that year, from the Occidental in San Francisco, he did much to elevate the tastes and drinking habits of the […]
Chinese Racism
1868 Central Pacific runs rail through Palisade. Chinese laborers settled along the stops after the last spike in 1869. After the Chinese Massacre of 1871 in Los Angeles, many more Chinese immigrants fled California. The Chinese massacre of 1871 was a racially motivated riot on October 24, 1871, when a mob of over 500 white […]