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title	:	Under the Mountain
author	:	Knudtsen, Molly Flagg.
publisher	:	University of Nevada Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0874170729
print isbn13	:	9780874170726
ebook isbn13	:	9780874174359
language	:	English
subject	Knudtsen, Molly Flagg, Grass Valley (Lander County and Eureka County, Nev.)--Social life and customs, Grass Valley (Lander County and Eureka County, Nev.)--History, Austin (Nev.)--Social life and customs, Austin (Nev.)--History.
publication date	:	1982
lcc	:	F847.G7K86 1982eb
ddc	:	979.3/33
subject	:	Knudtsen, Molly Flagg, Grass Valley (Lander County and Eureka County, Nev.)--Social life and customs, Grass Valley (Lander County and Eureka County, Nev.)--History, Austin (Nev.)--Social life and customs, Austin (Nev.)--History.

Page iii Under the Mountain Molly Flagg Knudtsen University of Nevada Press Reno, Nevada 1982

Page iv University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Molly Flagg Knudtsen 1982. All rights reserved Designed by Sandra Mahan Photographs by Jonas Dovydenas Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Knudtsen, Molly Flagg. Under the mountain. 1. Grass Valley (Lander County and Eureka County, Nev.)Social life and customsAddresses, essays, lectures. 2. Grass Valley (Lander County and Eureka County, Nev.)HistoryAddresses, essays, lectures, 3. Austin (Nev.)Social life and customsAddresses, essays, lectures. 4. Austin (Nev.)HistoryAddresses, essays, lectures. 5. Knudtsen, Molly FlaggAddresses, essays, lectures. I. Title. F847.G7K86 1982 979.3'33 82-8552 ISBN 0-87417-072-9 AACR2 "How to Bake Bread With a 'Green Jacket, Red Cap, and White Owl's Feather'" is reprinted from the October 1963 issue of Family Circle Magazine. 1963 The Family Circle, Inc. All rights reserved. "The Never-Never Houses of Nevada" and "The Stones of the Blue Sky Magic" were first published in Vogue. "Double Trouble" and "A Day on the Mountain with the Basque Buckaroos" first appeared in Nevada magazine in the Spring 1966 and Fall 1966 issues, respectively. "Why I Stopped Riding Sidesaddle," "A Flake of Flint, A Sherd of Earthenware," and "Chrysanthemums Among the Sage" are published here for the first time. The remaining pieces in this volume first appeared in the Reese River Reveille, Austin, Nevada.

Page v CONTENTS Preface vii Introduction The Vanishing World of Central Nevada ix Part I: Central Nevada Memories The Never-Never Houses of Nevada 3 A Spring of Sage for Black Pete 7 Sarvice Berries 10 The White Doe 11 How to Bake Bread 13 Why I Stopped Riding Sidesaddle 18 Part II: Archaeology on Horseback The Stones of the Blue Sky Magic 23 A Flake of Flint, A Sherd of Earthenware 30 Chrysanthemums Among the Sage 41 Part III: Austin Tales Queen of Nevada 51 Stokes Castle 52 Building Saint George's Church 54 The Methodist Mining Company 56 The Fourth of July 58 Myron Angel in Smoky Valley 60 "Wolf, Wolf": Austin and the Humboldt War 64

Page vi Part IV: Uncle Dave Uncle Dave and the Reese River Rush 69 Uncle Dave at the Hook and Ladder Ball 73 Uncle Dave and the Lost Ledge 76 Uncle Dave in France 78 Uncle Dave in Politics 80 Uncle Dave and the Hanging Tree 84 Uncle Dave and the Sack of Flour 87 With Uncle Dave at My Elbow 92 April Snow: An Uncle Dave Fantasy 95 Part V: Mountain Stories Christmas Trees on the Mountain 105

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