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 […]
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Joking Justified
Nov 15, 1863 — Sam wrote “Lives of the Liars: Or Joking Justified” In middle November, under “Still Harping,” Twain copied items of censure from Nevada and California papers and made “gruff remarks about ‘picayune papers.’ “Also, he bolstered his defense by compiling “Lives of the Liars or Joking Justified.” By quoting the results of […]
The Big Four
The Comstock Lode in Nevada was and is still the richest mineral discovery in the history of the world. It brought a rare assortment of people to Nevada in the 1860s. Virginia City was the at the heart of the strike. The Big FourThey came to be known as The Big Four Bonanza Kings. John […]