Nevada Millionaire Wingfield’s Grubstake to Fortune
George Wingfield rose from a $60 grubstake to become Nevada’s premier copper and hotel magnate. Backed by banker George Nixon, he built Gold Field Consolidated and other ventures, avoiding a Senate bid while facing state treasury defalcations in 1937.
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George Wingfield
Basta
Bo Wne
Cowboy
Southeastern
Oregon
George P. Nixon
Winnemuces
Wingfield
Wingfiel
Goldfield
Nixon
Barker Gives Origin of Local Flowers
The article surveys the origins and history of flowers including the dahlia from Mexico via Hernandez and Dahl, gladiolus from South Africa, the sweet pea from Sicily, and the daffodil bloom. It notes Burbank’s gladiolus work, rose varieties from China and Europe, carnation history, and the cultural journey of these plants through Europe and America.
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Tenochtitlan
Maxtco
Narehos
Cortez
New Spain
Maxteo
Hernandez
Philip II
Spain
Muscardi
Italy
Crown of
France
Nicholas ‘Yhcierry de Menonville
Mexico
Cervantes
Mexican Botanical Garden
Abbe Cavaniles
Royal Garden
Malad
Ingland
Andreas Dahl
Abba
Burbank
Luther Burbant
Vaughn
Chicago
Daley
Holy Land
Greace
Rome
Europe
Gollden
South Africa
Greeley Gardens
Cape of Good Hope
L. Bolus
Africa
Western
Asia
Karoo
Avoudbloom
England
California
America
Glade
Colorado
Borbank
Sicily
Dently
Sighy
Pravicis Cupoot
Uvedala
Dofield
Sophocles
Orld
Virgil
Shakespears
Milton
Herrick
Keats
Bhallpy
Wordaworth
Tennyson
China
East India Company
Canton
Guina
Japan
North America
Asia Minor
Bulgaria
Chaucer
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Nevada
Dakias
Europa
Pontroduc
Brockton
Mass
Tyne
Dimeda D
Thayer
Ming Thayer
Chase
Dr. A. W. Chase Company, Inc
Leonard Bircet
Brooklyn
Iny
Greeley Daily Tribune
Weld County
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Tribune
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