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McAninch Family History NewsletterVolume XVII, Number 1, January 31, 2009.
A clearing house for McAninch and related surnames [McAninch, McIninch, McNinch (-sh)]. Published Quarterly since 1993. Articles solicited, and Queries accepted.
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Table Of Contents |
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Stewart McAninch in Nevada: Part I: Through the 1891 Marriage |
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The Editor’s Corner |
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Nevada, our 36th state, is known as “The Silver State” because of its rich silver resources. |
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In 1859, one of the largest silver lodes in the world was discovered at the Comstock mine, and |
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Virginia City began to appear out of nowhere. Silver was the primary mineral mined in Nevada |
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when it was admitted to the union on 31 October 1864. “Battle Born” is the official state slogan, |
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commemorating the fact that Nevada was admitted to the union during the Civil War. |
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In this issue we start the story of the first McAninch pioneer in Nevada – Stewart McAninch. |
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The rest of the Stewart McAninch story, and other Nevada pioneers (James M. McAninch, et al), |
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will be covered in future issues. |
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The stories of these mining pioneers and their families take place on the broad canvas of the |
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high desert mining camps and rugged mountain ranges of central Nevada. This is the heart of the |
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country known as the ‘basin and range province’, in the desolate wide-open spaces of Nye County |
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(right in the center of Nevada), and Lincoln County, the adjacent county to the east, between |
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Nye County and the Utah Territory (U.T. 1850-1896; Utah became our 45th state later, in 1896). |
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Today, Big Basin National Park is nearby, just over the county line in White Pine County, Nevada. |
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This McAninch Family History Newsletter is Published by Frank and Jan (Mauk) McAninch |
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17531 Montbury Circle, Huntington Beach, California 92649-4823 Telephone: 714-846-5134 |
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Email: frank @ McAninch.net, FrankMcAninch @ alumni.uci.edu, mcaninch92649 @ verizon.net |
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McAninch Family History NL v.XVII n.1 / January 2009 / Copyright Frank McAninch / page 2009-01 |
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Permission granted to copy freely for any non-commercial purpose except copyrights owned by others |