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This folded map is a full color and easy to read street map of Yuba City Marysville Grass Valley and Nevada City California. Also included are Sutter County, Nevada County West, Alta Sierra, Lake of the Pines, Lake Wildwood, Linda, Live Oak and adjoining communities. Plus vicinity map. Produced with the latest computer mapping technology, this map is accurate and current.Includes an easy to use index listing all streets and selected features which contains schools, parks, shopping centers, golf courses, city boundaries and other useful information. ... Read more

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Las Vegas, Nevada: Guide to the American City is a high quality information guide which includes the history, facts, geography, demographics, and other key information related to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Read more

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The Boulder Canyon Project Act, authorized by Congress in 1928, designated funds for the construction of the Hoover Dam. This monumental undertaking affected the interests of seven states and is considered by many to be the most significant American public works project of the 20th century.A project of this scope required thousands of workers, and to meet their needs, the Bureau of Reclamation planned the town of Boulder City, Nevada. Today, the planning of Boulder City is recognized as a significant influence on modern city planning. To a country shaken to its roots by the tumultuous effects of the Great Depression, the Hoover Dam project provided two essentials that were in short supply: work and housing. With the planned community of Boulder City, there was yet another benefit--an oasis in the desert, a city with character and charm. From the hot, barren, cactus-covered land rose green lawns and gardens, workers and their families created a new sense of community, culled from their hard work and the massive dam that was rising before their eyes. ... Read more

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a beautiful overview
"Boulder City, Nevada" succinctly and graphically tells the story of the town that built the Hoover Dam. The first twelve pages feature text that describes the origins of the town. Boulder City, as it turns out, is unique for quite a few reasons. First, while most Western towns existed as a rest stop, mining area or trading center before being developed into their current form, Boulder City was truly created by the Federal Government. Second, it was the first master-planned community. Third, the town was the Fed's only reservation that wasn't affiliated with the military or Indians. The current ban on gambling can be traced back to the restrictions that were initially put on the reservation. Much of the rest of the introduction describes how the town was physically laid out and developed. For twelve pages, author Mimi Garat Rodden succinctly explains everything that a casual student of history would want to know about the place. The remaining 116 pages illustrate the town's history with black and white photographs. Images show the city grid, agricultural areas, schools, advertisements, social organizations and the like. Featuring useful captions, the photos are illuminating. If there's anything surprising about the title, it's that it doesn't show a single image of the Hoover Dam. While the town's story is part and parcel with the dam, the dam is only mentioned to the extent that it sheds light onto the community of Boulder City. Those seeking additional information on the town will want to read "Around Boulder City," also published through the Images of America series. "Boulder City, Nevada" is very well done with respect to the excellence of writing, selection of the photographs and the quality of the image reproductions. The only potential problem with this title is that with some of these books, the glue on the binding disintegrates. All in all, "Boulder City, Nevada" is a beautiful introduction to the town that built the Hoover Dam. ... Read more

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Reno, Nevada: Guide to the American City is a high quality information guide which includes the history, facts, geography, demographics, and other key information related to the city of Reno, Nevada. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Boulder City, Nevada, Miami Shores, Florida, Arbuthnot, Saskatchewan, Latina, Italy, Karkkila, Pikalyovo, Berezniki, Villa La Angostura, Patsville, Nevada, Sievierodonetsk, Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnoperekopsk, Afikim, Ramat Hakovesh, Ramat Yohanan, Hyden, Western Australia, Avihayil, Neta'im, Even Yehuda, Jarrahwood, Western Australia, Bonnie Rock, Western Australia, Kfar Azar, Kfar Yabetz, Ein Hahoresh, Givat Haim, Izberbash, Kfar Bilu, Ganei Am, Yarkona. Excerpt:Afikim For the bus company, see Afikim (company) Afikim (Hebrew : ) is an Israeli kibbutz affiliated with the Kibbutz Movement located in the Jordan Valley within three kilometers of the Sea of Galilee , and within the jurisdiction of the Emek HaYarden Regional Council . In 2006 it had a population of 976. Etymology The name Afikim means riverbeds and refers to the Jordan River and its tributary, the Yarmuk . History Russian Jews affiliated with the Hashomer Hatzair movement organised in 1924 and settled in the area of Wazia in the Upper Galilee . In 1932 the group moved to its current location on a tract of land belonging to Degania Bet , where it continued to absorb groups of Zionist-Social-Democratic ideology oriented European Jews. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War the kibbutz was a stronghold of Palmach activity, and was afterwards a center for training Nahal soldier-farmers. During the split of the Kibbutz Meuhad movement, Afikim, unlike many other kibbutzim, did not split up into two villages. Rather it joined the Mapai -affiliated faction which went on to found the Ihud Kibbutzim . In 1977, Afikim hosted 66 refugees from Vietnam . Economy Afikim owns some 6,000 dunam of land. The kibbutz grows bananas , date palms , subtropical flora and cereals . It also engages in aquaculture and dairy farming . It o... ... Read more

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Chapters: Denver, Carson City, Nevada, Arvada, Colorado, Ada Township, Michigan, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Hood River, Oregon, Mukilteo, Washington, Lower Lake, California, Toquerville, Utah, Pleasanton, Texas, Plain City, Utah, Farr West, Utah, Mapleton, Pennsylvania, Dunlap, Tennessee, Charleston, Utah, Carrolltown, Pennsylvania, Chest Springs, Pennsylvania, Rockhampton, Queensland, Discovery Bay, Washington, Limbe, Cameroon, Corowa, New South Wales, Shedd, Oregon, Fray Bentos, Ikaalinen, Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng, Mulwala, New South Wales, Castle Cove, New South Wales, Middle Cove, New South Wales, Auraria, Denver, Calpella, California, Ashton, South Australia, Perote, Alabama, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Harrogate, South Australia, Lavers' Crossing, California, Hermitage, California, Stokes Landing, California. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 208. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Denver -Former Kansas Territorial Governor James W. Denver visited his namesake city in 1875 and in 1882.Denver City was founded in November 1858 as a mining town during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush in western Kansas Territory. That summer, a group of gold prospectors from Lawrence, Kansas, arrived and established Montana City on the banks of the South Platte River. This was the first settlement in what was later to become the city of Denver. The site faded quickly, however, and was abandoned in favor of Auraria (named after the gold-mining town of Auraria, Georgia) and founded by William Russell and St. Charles City by the summer of 1859. The Montana City site is now Grant-Frontier Park and includes mining equipment and a log cabin replica. On November 22, 1858, General William Larimer, a land speculator from eastern Kansas, placed cottonwood logs to stake a claim on the hill overlooking the confluence...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=8522 ... Read more

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Chapters: Lake Tahoe, Nevada Department of Corrections, Nevada State Route 28, Nevada Appeal, Carson High School (Carson City, Nevada), Stewart Indian School, Western Nevada College, Nevada Department of Public Safety, Lake Tahoe - Nevada State Park, Ormsby County, Nevada, Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs, Nevada Department of Education, Empire and the Carson River Mills, Nevada State Treasurer, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 75. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lake Tahoe -Rocky terrain is highlighted by a recent snow on US Highway 50 southwest of South Lake Tahoe.Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S., with a maximum depth of 1,645 feet (501 m), trailing only Oregon's Crater Lake at 1,949 ft (594 m). Tahoe is also the 16th deepest lake in the world, and the fifth deepest in average depth. It is about 22 mi (35 km) long and 12 mi (19 km) wide and has 72 mi (116 km) of shoreline and a surface area of 191 square miles (490 km). Washoe Indians used the lake. Approximately 2/3 of the shoreline is in California. The south shore is dominated by the lake's largest city, South Lake Tahoe, California, which adjoins the town of Stateline, Nevada, while Tahoe City, California is located on the lake's northwest shore. Although highways run within sight of the lake shore for much of Tahoe's perimeter, many important parts of the shoreline now lie within state parks or are protected by the United States Forest Service. The lake situates in parts of two counties in California and three in Nevada. According the Census Bureau, it has a surface area of 496.210 km² (191.588 sq mi) distributed among these five counties in the given percentages: Lake Tahoe from spaceThe Lake Tahoe Basin was form...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=140899 ... Read more

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Chapters: Nevada Solar One, Boulder Dam Hotel, Boulder City Municipal Airport, Boulder City Historic District, Boulder City Airport. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Nevada Solar One is the third largest concentrated solar power plant in the world, with a nominal capacity of 64 MW and maximum capacity of 75 MW, as of June 2007. The project required an investment of $266 million USD and electricity production is estimated to be 134 million kilowatt hours per year. It is the second solar thermal power plant built in the United States in more than 16 years and the largest STE plant built in the world since 1991. It is on the southeast fringes of Boulder City, Nevada and was built in that city's Energy Resource Zone which requires renewable generation as part of plant development permits; Nevada Solar One was approved as part of Duke Energy's larger El Dorado Energy project that built 1 GW of electrical generation capacity. The solar trough generation was built by Acciona Solar Power, a partially owned subsidiary of Spanish conglomerate Acciona Energy. Lauren Engineers ... Read more

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Chapters: Jon Porter, Paul C. Fisher, Bruce L. Woodbury, G. Murray Snow. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jonathan Christopher "Jon" Porter (born May 16, 1955), an American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, the first representative elected from the new 3rd Congressional District of Nevada. He won re-election in the 2006 midterm election against Tessa Hafen by a 48%-47% margin. On November 4, 2008, after three consecutive terms, he was defeated by Nevada State Senator Dina Titus, a Democrat and professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Porter was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and graduated from Humboldt High School in Humboldt, Iowa. He attended Briar Cliff College and worked in his family business for several years before moving to Boulder City, Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas, where he lives today. He began his political career in 1983 when he was elected to the Boulder City Council. That year he also became an agent for Farmers Insurance. Porter was elected mayor of Boulder City in 1987 and served in that capacity until 1991. He served in the Nevada Senate from 1994 until 2002. In 2000, Porter lost the race for U.S. Congress in Nevada's 1st congressional district against Democratic incumbent Shelley Berkley. However, this immediately made him the frontrunner for the Republican nomination in the newly created 3rd District. The district had been created due to a population explosion in the Las Vegas area. Porter easily won the Republican nomination and faced Clark County Commissioner Dario Herrera. The race was considered one of the hottest in the nation, in part because the district had been created as a "fair fight" district. However, Herrera's campaign foundered due to ethical problems, most ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=414583 ... Read more