The Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) of 1934 has been generally acknowledged as the most important statute affecting Native Americans after the General Allotment Act of 1887, and it is probably the most important single statute affecting Native Americans during the two-thirds of a century since its passage.... more

John Charles Frémont was one of the great heroes of America’s age of Manifest Destiny. The expeditions he led through its largely uncharted western territories introduced the nation to the diversity and potential of its vast trans-Mississippi holdings.... more

A compilation of outstanding historical features from the past six decades of Nevada Magazine, this collection includes stories on Nevada's first woman sheriff, the great train robbery, and a cattle rustler who covered his tracks by wearing shoes made from cattle hooves.... more

Hispanics were among the first people of European descent to venture into the territory that became Nevada, and they have participated in every stage of the state’s history and development since then--its mines, railroads, and ranches, the growth of its cities, and its modern industries.... more