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Author Harpster, Jack, 1937- author.

Title The genesis of Reno : the history of the Riverside Hotel and the Virginia Street Bridge / Jack Harpster
Published Reno, NV : University of Nevada Press, [2016]

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Contents The genesis -- The birth of the "biggest little city" -- The wooden bridge goes public -- Bridging two centuries -- Betwixt heaven and the hot place -- A modern caravansary -- The Delmonico of Reno -- Death and rebirth -- The Great Depression -- Top hats and 10-gallon sombreros -- It was the best of times: the 1950s -- It was the worst of times: the 1960s -- The white knight -- A decade of reckoning -- Resurrection -- One of the worst bridges in the country -- "Let's get this bridge built."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Riverside Hotel (Reno, Nev.) -- History
SUBJECT Riverside Hotel (Reno, Nev.) fast
Subject Hotels -- Nevada -- Reno
Bridges -- Nevada -- Reno
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
Bridges
Buildings
Hotels
SUBJECT Reno (Nev.) -- History
Reno (Nev.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Subject Nevada -- Reno
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016009717
ISBN 9780874170047
0874170044
Other Titles History of the Riverside Hotel and the Virginia Street Bridge