James William Emery (“Lying Jim”) Townsend (1838-1900) learned the printing trade in his home stand of new Hampshire and began his journalism career on the San Francisco Golden Era in 1859, working alongside Joseph Goodman, Bret Harte, and Denis McCarthy. He worked as a printer on the Territorial Enterprise from the fall of 1862 until […]
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Miner Union Battle
In Sept. 1864, while Atlanta smoldered, the first use of military force to allay labor unrest in the West occurred when Governor J. W. Nye ordered 2 companies of Calvary from Fort Churchill to end a strike by The Story County Minerโs League. The Unions of the Comstock believed they were essential components in a […]
John Pearson
A proper Victorian gentleman. A Grand Warden of the Masonic Lodge. John Pearson was a foreman at a mine. John Pearson, Born Franklin, Vermont, October 9th, 1838. died Virginia City, Nevada, October 31st, 1892. Married Jennie Thomas December 10th, 1865. Jennie Thomas was born in Iowa on January 28, 1846. John Pearson was engaged in […]