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IN NEVADA'S COMSTOCK LODE, ADOLPH SUTRO WANTED TO BUILD A MULTIPURPOSE, 4-MILE-LONG TUNNEL THAT WOULD BE USED FOR DRAINING WATER, VENTILATING THE MINES AND TRANSPORTING ORE. THE SO-CALLED BANK RING […]

The article focuses on a buffalo hunt by 50th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment's post surgeon John Vivian with Colonel John G. Clark and six other infantrymen, led by a Sioux near Fort Rice in Dakota Territory in 1865. It mentions that after traveling 10 miles on the third day they saw herd of buffalo which was chased by the hunters. It states that John Vivian's horse Charley got injured by the bullet in the hunt.

Presents the life of 19th-century San Francisco, California Mayor Adolph Sutro. Family life background of Sutro in San Francisco; Investments and collections of Sutro; Cause-oriented activities of Sutro; Properties which Sutro acquired during his stay in San Francisco.