Word: emiment
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...born in Eureka, Nev., son of George Washington Baker, leading counsel of the Southern Pacific Railroad in days when emiment railroad lawyers were advised to carry guns. The baby University of Nevada and the slightly more sophisticated Leland Stanford University gave him his education. Then he went into the hills of his home to dig opulence. With flowing red tie and cartoon-hat, he was as good a miner as the rest-"the most fearless man who ever entered Funeral Range which guards Death Valley." is the title he acquired. He was one of the first into the Rawhide gold...
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