Workers from all over the world flooded Eureka, Nevada, in the 1870s. They came together in the unique way a mining town formed, with representation from a broad spectrum of trades and professions. There were miners and coal burners, woodchoppers, rag pickers, saloon owners, brewers, two newspaper editors, one printer’s devil, professional gamblers, physicians aplenty, an undertaker, a Catholic priest, a Protestant minister, and a multitude...
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