Before the Nukes - the remarkable history of the Nevada Test Site

the long version

For those who think the history of the Nevada Test Site prior to nuclear testing is written solely in geological terms, Before the Nukes – the remarkable history of the area of the Nevada Test Site will change your mind. The author, retired Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory engineer Charles Meier, has carefully chronicled, with photos, maps, and personal logs, the stories of occupation by Native Americans more than 10,000 years ago, the explorers, the crossing of the area by the Death Valley '49ers, the mining ventures and ghost towns, and the lives and hardships endured by adventurous men and spirited women.