Artemisia, 1903 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Artemisia, 1903Ohn sparks, present Governor of the State Of Nevada, was born in Winston county, Mississippi, August 30, 1843. He came to Nevada in 1868, during the White Pine excitement, and located permanently in Elko county in 1881, engaging in farming and stock raising. In 1889 he moved to Reno. Since then, besides the cattle business, Governor Sparks has been largely interested in mining, the Wedekind property he purchased in 1901. Our Governor's life'on the Texas frontier was one of extreme hardship. 'for four years during the civil war period he fought against the many wild tribes that infested the country. In 1875 he was commissioned as Captain of the North Platte Guards. He assisted in the subjugation of the Sioux and Cherokee Indians. Throughout President Grant's administration he saw hard service. Like all men, however strenuous their lives, he fell a Victim to Cupid's unerring eye, and was married in 1879. The first man in Nevada is a striking figure. Tall, with piercing dark eyes and broad shoulders, he looks not unlike some Roman soldier clad in the garments of the twentieth century.UR months of constant effort have at last borne fruit and the Artemisia Of 1903 is Open to your perusal.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.