Bibliography

Articles

• Jerome L. Lorry, "Unveiling the Black Rock A History of Exploration in Nevada's Remote Northwest Corner," Nevada State Historical Society Quarterly, p. 3-24, Spring 2008.

Authors

• See Authors

Bibliographies

• Nevada Outdoor School, "Fly Canyon Resources."

Historical Sources

• Myron Angel, David F. Myrick, "Reproduction of Thompson and West's History of Nevada, 1881," (1881, 1958).
• Helen S. Carlson, "Nevada Place Names," (1974).
• Desert Magazine
• Asa Merrill Fairfield, "Fairfield's Pioneer History of Lassen County, California," p (1916). (Full text also from Archive.org.)
• N. A. Hummel, "General History and Resources of Washoe County, Nevada," 1888. - possible photo of Wadsworth Library, Depot and Other Buildings.
• Donald Jackson and Mary Lee Spence (eds.), "The expeditions of John Charles Frémont," 1970.
• Frank Kester, "Folder 10, Biography 1925, Black Rock Desert," Guide to the Frank Kester Papers, ca. 1912-1981, California Historical Society, North Baker Library San Francisco, California 94105-4014. Kester was a reporter for the Oakland Tribune, perhaps he was reporting about Barbara Worth?

Fiction

• Frank Bergon, "Wild Game," 1994. A work of fiction that mentions Ronald Bristlewolf.
• Frank Bergon, "Shoshone Mike," 1989. A work of fiction based on the life of Mike Daggett.
• Jason S. Walters, "An Unforgiving Land, Reloaded: Tales of Horror from the Black Rock" (2013)

Geology

See Geology.

Non-Fiction

• Christopher Brooks, "Black Rock Desert," 2013. Images of America series.
• Carolyn Dufurrena, Linda Hussa, Sophie Sheppard, "Sharing Fencelines: Three Friends Write from Nevada's Sagebrush Corner"
• Chuck Dodd, "Guide to Getting Around in the Black Rock Desert and High Rock Canyon," a fantastic how-to exploration resource.
• Effie Mona Mack, "The Indian massacre of 1911 at Little High Rock Canyon, Nevada," 1968. About Mike Daggett.
• Bernard Mergen, "At Pyramid Lake", 2014.
• Raymond M. Smith, "Nevada's northwest corner: the Black Rock Country of Northern Humboldt, Pershing & Washoe Counties," Silver State Printing, Minden, NV, 1996.
• Washoe County Library - a list of books about the area.
• Sessions S. Wheeler, "Nevada's Black Rock Desert," 1985. The canonical history of the area.

Bookstores

• ghosttowns.com Nevada Publications
• Sundance Bookstore
• octa-trails.org/Store

Publishers

• Caxton Press Nevada/California
• University of Nevada Press

Misc

• renorockclub.com/library.html Reno Gem and Mineral Society Library List
• Nevada Magazine

BLM

• BLM, "Emigrant Trails in the Black Rock Desert," Technical Report 6, 1980.
• Smith, Regina C., "Prehistory and history of the Winnemucca District : a cultural resources literature overview," (1983)

See Also

• Research - Other sources of interest