----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Please pardon the cross-posting- Mary Ansari (ret'd. from Mines/Map Library) has just released her latest compilation, `Carson City Place Names: the names of old Ormsby County, Nevada.' Camp Nevada Monograph No. 9, Reno, NV, 68p. The second in a series of place name volumes covering the state of Nevada, Carson City Place Names contains information on over 400 place names of the former Ormsby County, now the consolidated municipality of Carson City, NV. Though the major emphasis of the book is on the origin of Carson City geographic names, selected cultural names and historic sited are also included. Numerous cross references from alternate names are given. There is an extensive bibliography and a person al names index. Available from: Camp Nevada, PO Box 13798, Reno, NV 89507 $10.95 postage paid in US. Linda Newman [log in to unmask]