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  Humboldt River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The river is highly variable in flow, generally decreasing in volume downstream to the west, in part due to the removal of water from the river for irrigation.
The region of the river in northern Nevada was sparsely inhabited by the Paiute and Shoshone at the time of the arrival of European settlers.
In 1869 the river was used as part of the route of the Central Pacific segment of the Transcontinental Railroad.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Humboldt_River   (749 words)

  
 Isaac Reese
Jacob Reese, the second son of William Reese, was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a member of Franklin Institute, and of the Philadelphia Academy of Philadelphia; a thirty-second-degree Mason and a Master Mason for fifty-two years.
Reese was the inventor of the first silica fire brick, for furnace linings, in the United States, his first experiment being made at his Apollo works, previous to the panic of 1873.
Reese taught, "if it means loss, the burnt offering is still costly." She was another witness to the "truth" and left to her children and grandchildren the imperishable legacy.
www.pa-roots.com /~armstrong/beersproject/r/reesei.html   (5069 words)

  
 Frances Reese and Scenic Hudson: Allies to our river
Reese, a leader of Scenic Hudson since 1964, describes the river as one of God's greatest gifts, maintaining that, "There's everything you could think of; every possible aspect of the environment can be found here." When she joined the Storm King movement, Mrs.
Reese refers to as the "long, dreary grind," to become the nationally known organization it is today.
Reese says, "You started with one little thing and before you knew it you had the whole world in your hands!" The organization was instrumental in the passing of major regulatory legislation, including the Clean Water Act of 1977 and 1984's Superfund Law.
www.marist.edu /summerscholars/99/pol/kn04.htm   (386 words)

  
 National Park Service: Fauna4 (Chapter 6)
This includes the population along the Yellowstone River where scarcely any fawns survived, so it appears that there was a healthy increase in the deer population as a whole, even though the winter over part of the range was more severe than usual.
No bucks were seen on Reese Creek near the edge of the park adjacent to the area where considerable hunting took place the previous fall.
The general impression received in walking from Hellroaring Creek to Gardiner along the Yellowstone River was that deer were as numerous as during the winter of 1937—38.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/fauna4/fauna6d.htm   (3087 words)

  
 USGS Nevada -- Humboldt Hydrology: Summary of Progress -- Oct. 1996
Streamflow of the Humboldt River and its tributaries and ground water are used by diverse, and sometimes competing, interests in the basin.
Increases in the flow of the Humboldt River and one of its tributaries, Maggie Creek.
The principal tributaries to this reach of the river are Rock Creek and the Reese River.
nevada.usgs.gov /humb/prog96.htm   (2378 words)

  
 Crystal River Police Department
The Crystal River Police Department is a modern, full-service law enforcement agency that is dedicated to the concept of Community Policing.
In Crystal River patrol is conducted on foot, by vehicle, boat, and on bicycles.
Officer Reese is active in child identification programs and represents the Department on the Citrus County Drug Coalition.
www.crystalriverpd.org   (825 words)

  
 River Oaks Gardens
River Oaks Gardens Condominiums is located at 1601 South Shepherd, near West Gray in the heart of
The River Oaks Council of Co-owners is a
Reese, Chuck, and Lisa were elected for the two year term of 2006-2008.
www.riveroaksgardens.com   (138 words)

  
 The Trail Through Nevada
The Humboldt River was first seen by non native Americans on November 9, 1828 when Peter Skene Ogden and his party of fur tappers stumbled upon the river in the vicinity of present day Winnemucca.
First taken in 1833 by a rough and tumble group of trappers under the command of Joseph Walker, the route along the Humboldt was both salvation and damnation — salvation for the water and feed along its banks; damnation for the poor water, meandering channel and alkali dust.
The trail on the north side of the river was by far the best, for ahead, the river would swing far to the south and then cross the alkali flats formed by the Reese River sink.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/trailofthe49ers/trail.htm   (2410 words)

  
 REESE DOMINATED THE HORSE (update)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Ivey's departure set the scene for the final heads up confrontation between two professional players of consummate skill, and it started a thriller of a marathon match that was to run for just over 7 hours, breaking the previous WSOP record set in 1983.
Bloch made the call and flipped over 9 8.  Reese showed the A Q.  Bloch picked up a straight draw with the J77 flop, but the 4 turn and 4 river gave Reese two pair with a better kicker.
It was all over....Bloch left with second place and $1 029 600 for his trouble, and a jubilant Reese carried off the $1 716 000 top prize and his third hard-won WSOP bracelet.
www.therx.com /blog_reese-dominated-the-horse-update.php   (434 words)

  
 The Reese River Reveille
This information is derived from the Reese River Reveille itself as well as a number of other sources, including the book The Town That Died Laughing.
It is my hope to be able to view the microfiche copies of the Reese River Reveille, as well as the Silver Bend Reporter, for articles about their brother in New York, as well as an obituary of their father, David Fairchild.
C.W. Torrence, 1944, published by the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons, indicates that the first issue of the Silver Bend Reporter was March 30, 1867 and a copy of that number, and one dated October 26, 1867, were included in the cornerstone of the new Masonic Hall in Austin, Nevada.
www.rootsweb.com /~nvlander/Reveille.html   (876 words)

  
 Nevada history and things to do in Reno from Visit Reno
The Toiyabe Crest Trail and the Reese River Valley are as diverse in ecosystems as anywhere in Nevada.
The Reese River Valley can be found west of Austin about six miles on a gravel road leading 50 miles south almost to Ione.
It very rarely reaches the Humboldt except during floods but at its headwaters, the river is full of trout and the valley and hillsides are teeming with wildlife.
visitreno.com /evanoff/feb-06.htm   (1287 words)

  
 CUADP
Sam Reese Sheppard began the walk last week after the exhumation of Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard from a cemetery in Columbus and continued after Dr. Sheppard's cremated remains were placed inside a crypt with the body of Marilyn Reese Sheppard at a Cleveland area cemetery.
Sam Reese Sheppard, who was age seven at the time his mother was murdered, grew up visiting his father the man wrongly accused of murdering his wife and whose story inspired the movie, "The Fugitive" in Ohio State Penitentiaries at Columbus and Marion.
Sam Reese Sheppard, along with friends, activists, fellow murder victims family members and family members of Ohio death row inmates walked from the Hamilton County Courthouse to Fountain Square in Downtown Cincinnati where a rally was held to welcome Sheppard to Cincinnati.
www.cuadp.org /sam_medi.html   (4045 words)

  
 Humboldt River Basin Assessment
The Humboldt River Basin Assessment was planned as a series of phased studies.
Water Budgets in the Middle Humboldt River Basin--A systematic approach for estimating basin water budgets was developed and applied to Pine, Carico Lake, and Upper Reese River Valleys during phase one of the assessment.
Computer Model of Ground-Water and Surface-Water Flow in the Middle Humboldt River Basin--The objective of this activity is to develop a computer model that will simulate the transient effects of different water uses and climate variability on ground-water levels and streamflow in the middle Humboldt River Basin.
nevada.usgs.gov /humb/prog98.htm   (729 words)

  
 What Battle? What Mountain
The wagon road had to cross this rocky point to stay clear of the river, and because of the many volcanic stones that littered the way, it was called Stony Point.
In defense of Tannenhill’s story, however, it is true that travel on the south side of the river, though generally dryer and more difficult, was not unheard of; and a battle on a less traveled portion of the route might have gone unreported.
Kirk sent the majority of his party along the river road while he and seven other men explored the route along the base of the mountain.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/trailofthe49ers/localhistory.htm   (2197 words)

  
 Nevada State Historic Preservation - Nevada Historical Markers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Founded on the banks of the Reese River in 1859 by George Washington Jacobs, who was the first sheriff of Lander County, farmer and businessman.
It was the overland stage and mail station and became a Pony Express stop in 1860.
The Reese River, just west of here, was discovered by the exploring party of John Reese in 1854.
dmla.clan.lib.nv.us /docs/SHPO/markers/mark_66.htm   (164 words)

  
 X-Cal and Placer Dome Complete Agreement to Explore Reese River Pediment Properties Lander County, Nevada : ArriveNet ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Reese River Pediment Properties are located on the western side of the Shoshone Range.
The Phoenix Fortitude and Cove McCoy gold mines are located across the Reese River Valley, west of the Reese River Pediment properties.
Forward-looking statements contained in this release are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of management on the date the statements are made.
press.arrivenet.com /business/article.php/733794.html   (771 words)

  
 Flyfish Nevada - Waters
Fish the trophy section in Verdi, Nevada all year long, and just about anywhere from Lake Tahoe to the state line when the river is open in California.
Much of the river below Markleeville is accessible only on foot or in a raft.
Reese River - The Reese River is a small stream that originates in the Arc Dome Wilderness at the southern end of the Toiyabe Range in central Nevada.
www.flyfishnevada.com /waters.htm   (956 words)

  
 Reese Dominated The Horse (Update)
The legendary Doyle Brunson was next to go in eighth place at $274,560, and he was followed at seventh by two-time WSOP Main Event runner-up Dewey Tomko.
Tomko’s pocket eights put him way behind Bloch’s pocket queens, and, while the 975 flop gave Tomko an inside straight draw, he was out of the game with $343 200 with the K turn and 4 river.
Reese showed the A Q. Bloch picked up a straight draw with the J77 flop, but the 4 turn and 4 river gave Reese two pair with a better kicker.
www.online-casinos.com /news/news2504.asp   (607 words)

  
 A Pro's Pro! Chip Reese Wins Prestigious $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Bracelet At 2006 WSOP - Poker News
Reese managed to double up twice, once with a straight and the second time with pocket kings, and the players again battled with the same amount of ammunition.
Two of Reese’s friends who shared his enthusiasm for the tournament were fellow final table members Ivey and Brunson.
While they’ll have to wait till next year for their shot, Reese enjoyed the spoils of the 2006 event, namely, $1,716,000 and a coveted WSOP bracelet.
cardplayer.com /poker_news/article/2801   (1864 words)

  
 Battle Mountain, Nevada: History and Description
The settlement depended for its prosperity on the railroad, and on the mines that blossomed and wilted along the slopes and side canyons of the Reese River Valley all the way to Austin, 90 miles to the south.
Galena, Jersey City and Lewis were three of Nevada's most prominent mining camps in the 1870s, and all of them were served by the railroad at Battle Mountain, as was Pittsburgh in the 1880s and Dean in the 1890s.
In 1880 the Nevada Central Railroad was completed through the length of the Reese River Valley to the south, connecting Austin with the transcontinental line, and the following year a short line was built to Lewis.
www.nevadaweb.com /cnt/cc/bmtn.html   (1001 words)

  
 Trail results for Reese
This route is a popular, short access to the Reese River country...
River country and the Toiyabe Crest National Recreation Trail, in the Toiyabe...
Reese Lakes, and the thousands of acres of wildflowers are the features that...
www.trails.com /advancedfind.asp?Keyword=Reese   (231 words)

  
 Nevada State Cloud Seeding Program
Augment snowfall in selected mountainous regions of Nevada to increase the snowpack, the resultant spring runoff and the water supplies of municipalities, agricultural regions, recreational lakes, and environmentally threatened terminal lakes (Pyramid and Walker).
The basins of Lake Tahoe, the Truckee River, the Carson River, the Walker River, the Upper Humboldt River (Ruby Mountains), the South Fork of the Owyhee River (Tuscarora Mountains), and the Reese River (Toiyabe Mountains).
Forecasts of excessive runoff issued by the River Forecast Center, including such forecasts for rivers on the adjoining west slope of the Sierra Nevada.
cloudseeding.dri.edu /Program/Synopsis.html   (1772 words)

  
 Page 147 of Testimony: Northern Paiute, 1951, ICC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Q Do you know of the area that is known as the Reese River country?
They get pine nuts in the Reese River country, and brook trout, and lots of deer.
Q Reese River is South of Battle Mountain.
www.isu.edu /~deanpatr/text147.htm   (182 words)

  
 Reese River, Nevada NV, profile (Nye County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Nevada > All counties > Nye County > Reese River
Reese River is in Nye County, in the Pahrump metro area.
Sections below provide additional information and links about Reese River travel and tourism, nearby airports, cemeteries, the Nye County economy, education, environment, genealogy, government, historic sites, Las Vegas area jobs, libraries, maps, museums, newspapers and other media, nonprofit groups, real estate, recreation, religion, transportation, and weather.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=17732   (622 words)

  
 Mark Twain - Capt. Alpheus Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
We hope it may prove so; but then twenty-four hundred feet, in a new country like Reese river, seems a very small amount for a man to be satisfied with.
However, these ledges are respectively eighteen, ten and twenty-five feet wide, and the specimens which Capt. Smith brings from there are exceedingly rich; one from the Amazonia had been roasted, and was entirely covered with a delicate frostwork of pure silver, These leads are situated about nine miles from Clifton.
The population of Reese river is steadily increasing, and Capt. Smith says that trading in town lots, in Clifton and Austin, is becoming a business among some of the citizens; the ruling price for single lots is $200, and choice ones range even as high as $500.
www.twainquotes.com /18630331at.html   (236 words)

  
 U.S. 50, Nevada (Loneliest Road in America)
Instead the map sheet is named for the Millett Ranch on the far south edge of the map area.
To the north are the ruins of a telegraph repeater and maintenance station which serviced this segment of the Overland Telegraph - Pacific Telegraph Company's pioneer transcontinental line, which was completed between Sacramento and Omaha in 1861.
The coming of the transcontinental railroad and its parallel telegraph line along the Humboldt River to the north spelled the demise of both the telegraph line and the stage route here.
www.uwsp.edu /geo/projects/geoweb/participants/dutch/VTrips/US50.HTM   (637 words)

  
 Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
The antelope are actually on the Nellis Air Force gunnery and bombing range.
This is view of the Reese River in north central Nevada.
The river is located just east of the town of Austin in the Reese River Valley.
ndep.nv.gov /admin/photo.htm   (462 words)

  
 X-Cal Resources Ltd. - Free Market News Network
The Mill Creek (Goat Window) and the Reese River (Horse Mountain Window) Properties are both located in the Cortez Area, Lander County, Nevada.
This release and related documents may contain certain “forward-looking statements” including, but not limited to, statements relating to interpretation of drilling results and potential mineralization, future exploration work at the Sleeper Gold Project, the Mill Creek Gold Project and the Reese River Project and the expected results of this work.
Forward-looking statements contained in this release and related documents are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of management on the date the statements are made.
www.freemarketnews.com /Press-Release.asp?nid=8062   (527 words)

  
 globeandmail.com : globeinvestor.com : Drill Test for X-Cal's Reese River/Horse Mountain Window Property
X-CAL acquired the Reese River Property in the Cortez Area from Placer Dome (now Barrick) with the agreement that a minimum of $US 200,000 of work would be completed prior to December of this year, along with provisions that could extend the time frame.
X-Cal has been carrying out a mapping and sampling program on the Reese River/Horse Mountain Window Property and is currently preparing to file a NI-43-101 Report for the Cortez Area Project.
A separate field geologist is dedicated to the Reese River Project.
www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/story/CCNM.20061025.0353786001/GIStory   (746 words)

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