Data concerning M.D. Howell : typescript, 1887.

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Data concerning M.D. Howell : typescript, 1887.

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Matthias D. Howell (1830-1915) came around the Horn in 1849; miner in Plumas County and legislator; from 1863 merchant at Virginia City, Nevada; early settler of Reno. Eugene Howell, a metallurgist, from 1878 prominent in Lincoln County, Nevada, mining and politics, describes his legislative efforts to develop Colorado River steamboat navigation; also comments on the early history of the Pahranagat and Virgin valleys, with their Mormon settlers, and on the Las Vegas area. Added note concerns John Howell (no relation), superintendent of the Reno Reduction Works.

Originals : 14 leaves ; 33 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (8 exposures) : negative (Rich. 112:15) and positive.

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