1955 The Town That Died Laughing

The Story Of Austin Nevada Rambunctious Early Day Mining Camp And Of Its Renowned Newspaper, The Reese River Reveille

Index of Names

The book by Oscar Lewis is primarily based on information derived from the Reese River Reveille, one of the earliest, if not the first, newspaper in Nevada. It didn't have an index, so I spent an evening putting this together. In most cases it doesn't show all the possible pages a name showed up on, but the key ones.

Allen, Charles ~ 149
Angel, Myron ~ 43
Bartlett, C.C. ~ 218
Beatty, ~ 165
Blaisdel, H.G. ~ 109
Bland, Adam ~ 26
Bodrow, ~ 97
Booth, John ~ 52, 54
Booth, Mrs. ~ 220
Bowles, Samuel ~ 36
Breyfogle, Charles C. ~ C5
Brown , William ~ 18
Browne, J. Ross ~ 8, 150
Buel, David E. ~ 9, 122, 152-3
Callow, ~ 141
Carpenter, G.A. ~ 220
Casamayou, Andrew ~ 52
Chambers, H. D. ~ 27
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne ~ 24
Cloud, G. W. ~ 161
Coleman, Tom ~ 167
Dennis, John H. ~ 52
Dennis, ~ 220
Fairchild, J.D. ~ 41, 43, 50
Fairchild, James D. ~ 82
Fairchild, O.L.C. ~ 41, 43, 50
Falk, Adolph ~ 131
Farrell, Michael J. ~ 186
Fibley, George Washington ~ 57
Field, Isobel Osbourne ~ 103
Gibbons, Uncle John ~ 59
Gillan, ~ 162
Gooding, Jacob ~ 158
Graham, ~ 97
Gridley, Reuel C. ~ 26, 126-148

Hale, John L. ~ 36
Hallowell, ~ 31
Hart, Fred H. ~ 53-4, 100
Heldman, F. ~ 166
Herrick, Dr. ~ 126
Hinchcliffe, ~ 220
Hobart, W.W. ~ 126, 141
Holbrook , Charles ~ 122
Jacobs, Henry ~ 126, 141
Jacobs, James ~ 7
Jacobs, Julius ~ 126, 141
Jacobs, Wash ~ 7
Johnson, ~ 20
Jones, Tom ~ 20
Jones, W.D. ~ 221
Langhorne, Sam ~ 24
Leffingwell, ~ 165
Locke, Morris ~ 132
Logan, Judge ~ 166-8
Loney, George ~ 35
Mackay, John ~ 82
Marshal, ~ 162
Martin, E. T. ~ 161
Martin, Reuben ~ 166
McKinistry, ~ 161
Middleton, W.M. ~ 15
Moore, Charles ~ 33
Moore, Lizzie ~ 32
Mulligan, Billy ~ 167
Noyes, M.J. ~ 128
O'Neill, ~ 7
Osbourne, Sam ~ 103

Paxton, John ~ 25
Phillips, A.H. ~ 220
Phillips, William C. ~ 13, 38, 40, 44
Randal, Joseph ~ 33
Root, J.H. ~ 27
Rutherford, G.W. ~ 220
Sherman, Maj. J. E. ~ 145
Simondson, A.A. ~ 161
Spiker, John ~ 166
Stevenson, Robert Louis ~ 104
Talbot, ~ 27
Talcott, William ~ 7
Tandy, Doug ~ 222
Taylor, Jock ~ 132-231
Terrill, ~ 15
Thatcher, William M. ~ 221
Thornton, A. ~ 25
Tortio, ~ 24
Turner, ~ 52
Twain, Mark ~ 45
Vanderbosch, ~ 8
Veatch, ~ 22
von Nitzer, Baron ~ 200
Wade, T. B. ~ 128
Warner, ~ 22
Waterhouse, Mac ~ 35
Wells, ~ 22
Wilder, Belle ~ 33
Wilson, Adair ~ 43
Wixom, Emmy ~ 200-1
Wixom, W.W. ~ 205

Contributed by Mark W. Swarthout

Man Killed

Reuben Martin, a native of Virginia aged about 24 years, was shot by John Spiker about half-past one o'clock Monday morning, under the following circumstances: Martin had been in the habit of occupying the cabin of F. Heldman as a sleeping place, and on Sunday night after the other occupants had retired, Spiker entered and asked permission to lie down on the floor, which was granted him. Martin, who was absent at the time, then came home, considerably under the influence of liquor, and after striking a light and observing someone on the floor beside his bed, commenced abusing him and ordered him to leave, at the same time cocking his revolver and threatening to shoot. Spiker tried to argue the case with him, but finding it useless, left the house, followed by Martin, who commenced firing at Spiker, who returned in like manner. Five shots were exchanged, one of which entered the right breast of the deceased, passing through the lungs and lodging just beneath the skin on the back, which caused death in about twelve hours. Spiker was arrested, examined before Judge Logan, and was acquitted.  [page 166]

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