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Phyllis J. Walsh: From Lorgnettes to Lariats: In Loving Recollection of the S Bar S Ranch, Where Hard Work Hardened Our Hands While Visitors Lightened Our Hearts

Phyllis J. Walsh, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was born in 1897. In the 1930s she arrived in Nevada to assist in managing a ranch. In Nevada, Phyllis Walsh became a civic leader, with responsible positions in numerous patriotic organizations. Phyllis Walsh's years in Nevada form the major part of her memoir. With Helen Marye Thomas, member of a pioneer Comstock era family, Miss Walsh managed and worked the S Bar S ranch on the Truckee River within the boundaries of the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation. With the advent of World War II, their activities, especially Miss Walsh's, expanded further to include numerous service organizations: the American Women's Voluntary Services (AWVS), the USO, the Red Cross, and others.

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