In his days in the Nevada Territory, Twainunderstood the lobbying process. In hisAutobiography, he describes how as a legislativecorrespondent for the Virginia City Enterprise, he was ableto help his brother, Orion: Orion was…very popular with the members of the legislature…He easily held the belt for honesty in that country but it didn’t do him any […]
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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 […]