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An Interview with Hugh James Gallagher: A Contribution to a Survey of Life and Structures on the Comstock

Hugh James Gallagher was born in Virginia City in 1920, the grandson of an Irish immigrant who died in an 1880 shaft accident at the Yellow Jacket mine. Following graduation from the Fourth Ward School, Mr. Gallagher attended the University of Nevada in 1942. Upon returning from military service after World War II, he accepted a teaching appointment with the Storey County schools, becoming principal the following year. In 1955, Mr. Gallagher became superintendent of the Storey County School District, a position he held until his retirement in 1979. In this oral history, Mr. Gallagher makes a valuable contribution to the record of life on the Comstock. Other topics include vignettes illustrative of community and neighborhood history, an account of changes in the nature of education in Virginia City, and some observations on the shifting economic fortunes of the Comstock over the last five decades

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