Requa, M. L. (Mark Lawrence), 1865-1937
Variant namesVirginia City, Nevada is the location of the Comstock Lode which yielded $400,000,000 in gold and silver between 1859 and 1880. Gold Hill was about a mile south of Virginia City. The author's father, Isaac L. Requa, was a mill superintendent in this area for many years in the 1860s and 1870s.
From the description of Recollections of early days in Virginia City and Gold Hill : and a recount of the "Big Cravasse" : typescript, [undated]. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122385351
Assistant to the United States Food Administrator, 1917-1918; director, Oil Division, United States Fuel Administration, 1918-1919.
From the description of Mark Lawrence Requa memoirs, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870706
Biographical/Historical Note
Assistant to the United States Food Administrator, 1917-1918; director, Oil Division, United States Fuel Administration, 1918-1919.
From the guide to the Mark Lawrence Requa memoirs, undated, (Hoover Institution Archives)
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| Relation | Name | |
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| associatedWith | Galloway, John Debo, 1869-1943. | person |
| associatedWith | Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. | person |
| associatedWith | Keesling, Francis Valentine, b. 1877. | person |
| associatedWith | Requa, Isaac. | person |
| associatedWith | Requa, Isaac Lawrence, 1828-1905. | person |
| associatedWith | Sinclair, Harry F., 1876-1956. | person |
| associatedWith | Tax Association of Alameda County (Calif.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | United States Food Administration. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | United States. Fuel Administration. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Wingfield, George, 1876-1959. | person |
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| Gold Hill (Nev.) | |||
| Nevada | |||
| Virginia City (Nev.) |
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| Gold mines and mining |
| Mines and mineral resources |
| Silver mines and mining |
| Taxation |
| Taxation Alameda County (Calif.) |
| World War, 1914-1918 |
| World War, 1914-1918 |
| World War, 1914-1918 |
| World War, 1914-1918 |
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Person
Birth 1865
Death 1937-03-06
English
