Samuel Post Davis News Today

Sagebrush journalism was a style of literature born in the American West that had some very deep roots in Virginia City. It came to life around 1860 and had run its course by the turn of the 20th century. In that ensuing 40 year time period some Sagebrushers became world renown.

Sagebrush journalism was a style of literature born in the American West that had some very deep roots in Virginia City. It came to life around 1860 and had run its course by the turn of the 20th century. In that ensuing 40 year time period some Sagebrushers became world renown.

Maine native Henry Mighels, 29, like many other soldiers in the Civil War, dreamt of the day he might see his love, 16-year-old Nellie Verrill, again and shared his thoughts with her through letters. Their exchanges in written form against the backdrop of the war and Reconstruction captured private thoughts, sentiments and flirtations of a man, constantly teasing himself for seizing “stupid” or harmless behaviors missing his loved one back home. In March 1863, from the headquarters of...