Historic Nevada Waters

Four Rivers, Three Lakes, Past and Present

Hunt Janin, Ursula Carlson (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7261-8 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

The histories of four of the Western rivers of the Great Basin - the Walker, the Truckee, the Carson and the Humboldt - are explored in this book, along with three of the western lakes of the Great Basin: Lake Tahoe, Pyramid Lake, and Walker Lake.

The Great Basin is a hydrographic region that includes most of Nevada and parts of five other Western states. The histories of four of the Western rivers of the Great Basin--the Walker, the Truckee, the Carson and the Humboldt--are explored in this book, along with three of the western lakes of the Great Basin: Lake Tahoe, Pyramid Lake, and Walker Lake. Drawing on a range of sources, the coauthors address both the natural and the human aspects of the history and likely futures of Great Basin waterways.

Hunt Janin is an American writer living in southwestern France. He has written numerous nonfiction and scholarly books on a range of subjects, including medieval history and cross-cultural studies. Ursula Carlson is a professor emerita at Western Nevada College, Carson City, Nevada.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. The Rivers

2. The Indians Before and After Contact with the Whites

3. Highlights of Exploration, Emigration, Communications and Transportation

4. Rivers Encourage the Development of Agriculture, Towns and Cities

5. The Rise and Fall of the Comstock Lode and Its Rivals

6. Railroads Depend on the Rivers and Forests

7. The Chinese Find Gold and Build Railroads

8. An Introduction to Nevada’s Water Laws and Water Rights

9. Basque Sheepherders in the High Desert Ranges

10. The Newlands Project

11. The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Challenges Derby Dam

12. The Alpine Decree

13. Lake Tahoe and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA)

14. The Truckee River Operating Agreement (TROA)

15. Walker Lake

16. Nevada Floods

17. Notable Men and Women Living Near the Waterways

18. Environmental Degradation

19. Climate Change and Population Growth

20. Looking Toward the Future

Conclusion

Chronology

Appendix 1: Dan De Quille on How the Sinks Came Into Being

Appendix 2: Floodplain Protection for the Carson River

Appendix 3: Denial of Global Warming

Appendix 4: A Note on the Effects of Humidity on Snowpack

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.04.2019
Zusatzinfo	appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	290 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	1-4766-7261-X / 147667261X
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7261-8 / 9781476672618
Zustand	Neuware