Harpster, Jack, 1937-

The genesis of Reno the history of the Riverside Hotel and the Virginia Street Bridge / [electronic resource] : Jack Harpster. - Reno, NV : University of Nevada Press, [2016] - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.".

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Riverside Hotel (Reno, Nev.)--History.


Bridges--Nevada--Reno.
Hotels--Nevada--Reno.


Reno (Nev.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Reno (Nev.)--History.


Electronic books.

F849.R4 / H37 2016

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