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Pyramid Lake is one of the largest lakes in the Great Basin, the terminus of the Truckee River flowing from Lake Tahoe into northern Nevada. This desert oasis, with a surface area of nearly two hundred square miles, is a unique geological feature and was home to the Paiute for thousands of years bef...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mergen, Bernard (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2014]
Subjects:	HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Pyramid Lake (Nev.) > History. Pyramid Lake Region (Nev.) > History. Pyramid Lake Region (Nev.) > Social life and customs. Pyramid Lake (Nev.) > Environmental conditions. Pyramid Lake Region (Nev.) > Environmental conditions.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Survival of the Numa and Pyramid Lake
Chapter 2. The Fate of the Lake
Chapter 3. The Lake and Its Totem
Chapter 4. Railroads, Ranches, and Dudes
Chapter 5. Squatters and Sportsmen
Chapter 6. Pyramid Lake Observed
Chapter 7. Pyramid Lake, Mustangers, and "The Misfits"
Chapter 8. Pyramid Lake Proclaimed
Chapter 9. Seekers in the Desert
Chapter 10. Pyramid Lake as Theater
Epilogue.