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Title: 1895 Pictorial History of Nevada County, California (979.437 COM (622.342 NEV, PH 1-4))(2000) Collection Type: Books and Periodicals Catalog #: 979.437 COM (622.342 NEV, PH 1-4) Author: W. F. Prisk, J. E. Poingdestre, and Samuel Butler. Foreword and index by David A. and Ardis H. Comstock. Publisher: Grass Valley: Comstock Bonanza Press Related Items: Directories > Nevada County Mining Review (622.342.NEV)(1895) Pamphlets > Grass Valley and Vicinity (PH 1-4)(Circa 1895) Published: 2000 Copyright: In the public domain or published before 1925 Subjects: Nevada County, Grass Valley, Nevada City, Mines, Mining Industry, Who's Who, 19th Century, 1890s Notes: Full title: 1895 Pictorial History of Nevada County, California: Reissue of "Nevada County Mining Review" compiled by William Frederick Prisk Jr. and the staff of the Grass Valley Daily Morning Union and "Grass Valley and Vicinity" compiled by J. E. Poingdestre with an historical sketch by Samuel Butler: To which has been appended a new foreword and a comprehensive index compiled by David A. and Ardis H. Comstock. vi, 186 pages. # of Pages: 194 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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Original Held At: Searls Historical Library Location: 161 Nevada City Hwy, Nevada City, CA 95959

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NEVADA COUNTY MINING REVIEW is all that could be desired. Situated on Church Hill, surrounded by beautiful gardens and overlooking the city, the academy offers superior advantages for the physical, mental and moral training of its pupils. The good Sisters are noted for the excellence of their school and many boarders are received from all parts of California and Nevada. The Academy was founded in 1863 and has been conducted by the Sisters of Mercy since that time. It is legally incorporated and empowered to confer full academic honors. The teaching of music, elocution, painting, etc., is made a specialty, and persons desiring information can obtain terms and prospectus by addressing the Mother Superior. The Academy should not be confounded with the Boys’ and Girls’ Orphan Asylum of Grass Valley, which is also conducted by the Sisters of Mercy. These institutions are ably managed by the Sisters and are productive of great good in caring for the homeless and friendless who would otherwise be thrown upon the cold charity of a colder world. In the gathering together of these parentless little ones, no distinction is made as to class or creed, but all alike find home and protection from the noble Sisters who have devoted their lives to this humane and Christian duty. From a small beginning the asylums have grown, until there are now three large establishments, affording a comfortable shelter to hundreds of children, and all this has been accomplished mainly by the exertions of the Sisters and charitable donations. Of late years the State has given its generous assistance, and there can be no question that the appropriations have been wisely and faithfully applied, as a visit to the asylums, and a mere glance at the happy and contented faces of their three hundred inmates, will attest. S72. ee