Overview
Few estates born from the discovery of the Comstock Lode still survive. Among the grandest, Bowers Mansion, dates to the height of the Civil War. The property has a tragic history shrouded in legend, laid bare within these pages: from the mansion's construction; to Eilley Bowers's fight to maintain the property after her husband's death, running it as a resort and telling fortunes; to the mansion's restoration in the sixties with aid of a handful of determined women. Bowers Mansion: The Legacy of a Comstock Family is a tale of wealth and poverty, of decay and revival, offering up a powerful story from Nevada's history for readers of all kinds to enjoy.
Full Product Details
Author: Tamera J. Buzick ,
Ronald M. James ,
Michael A. Bedeau
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Imprint: University of Nevada Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9781647792237
ISBN 10: 1647792231
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 24 March 2026
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
“With ‘money to throw at the birds,’ Sandy and Eilley Bowers created a monument to early-day Nevada mining wealth and extravagance. Tamera Buzick, with assistance from Ronald James and Michael Bedeau, has produced the landmark’s definitive treatment.” - Michael J. Makley, author of Imposing Order without Law: American Expansion to the Eastern Sierra, 1850–1865 “This is an excellent compilation of the tale of Eilley Oram Bowers and her mansion.” - Robert Stewart, independent historian and editor of The Gold Rush Letters of E. Allen Grosh and Hosea B. Grosh
Author Information
Tamera J. Buzick is the Bowers Mansion curator. While teaching at Hug High School, she worked closely with Betty Hood, former Bowers Mansion curator, as the historical researcher and traveled extensively in search of new information about the Bowers family. She is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno. Ronald M. James is a retired Nevada state historic preservation officer, a former member of the National Park System advisory board, and one-time National Historic Landmarks Committee chair. He authored The Roar and the Silence: A History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode, among other books, and was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame. Michael A. ""Bert"" Bedeau is a member of the Nevada State Board of Museums and History and a retired district administrator for the Comstock Historic District Commission. He has authored National Register of Historic Places nominations and secured a National Historic Landmark designation for McKeen Motor Car #70. Bedeau is a founding board member of Preserve Nevada, former president of the Society for Commercial Archaeology (SCA), and co-editor of its SCA Journal.
