Description
Preface by Robert Laxalt. Molly Knudtsen, a long-time resident of central Nevada, brings her years of experience as a rancher and writer together in this personal portrait of Grass Valley in central Nevada. This is a story of the ranches in the valley—big and small, past and present, The author writes of the complexities, hazards, and heartbreak involved in the ranching business. She touches on the natural beauty of the region, its geology, and its archeology. But most of all, the book is a story of the people who have lived in this remote area.

Reviews
“Here Is Our Valley is the story of the ranches. . . . Ranches, one learns, are like cattle. They have bloodlines. In Grass Valley, their ancestry can be traced back over various families and stockholders to the early mines that brought the first hungry settlers into the valley and gave rise to its agriculture. . . . Overall, the book draws a sharp picture of the complexities, the hazards and the heartbreak involved in a business that looks simple at first glance, but isn’t. In tracing the ancestry of the ranches, the author develops strong characters who’d fit nicely into a rip-roaring Luke Short western. There are strong-willed empire-builders, rustlers, gunmen, Indians, old cowpokes straight out of