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James E. Hickey lived nearly all his life in Carson Valley, Nevada, where he was born in the famous hard winter of 1890. The memoir recorded by James E. Hickey includes information on his Irish immigrant parents and their early life in Carson Valley; descriptions of the area's little villages; character sketches of local figures; information about local politics and his own activities as justice of the peace; material about the Indians of Carson Valley; and the results of his research on the Carson River mills.
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University of Nevada Oral History Program · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Mottsville School · Justice of the Peace · Gardnerville · Nevada · Carson River mills · Comstock · Irish immigrants