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* [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/unohp,4015 Roy Nishiguchi's oral history of Gerlach duing WWII]
* [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/unohp,4015 Roy Nishiguchi's oral history of Gerlach duing WWII]
* Renee Corona Kolvet, Victoria Ford, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=Jb7TpOojyRMC&lpg=PA68&ots=C5402N30Br&dq=Chadwell%20Claude%20nevada&pg=PA68#v=onepage&q=Chadwell%20Claude%20nevada&f=false The Civilian Conservation Corps in Nevada: From Boys to Men]," Description of a CCC camp in Gerlach.  Claude married Mary Nishiguchi girls.
* Renee Corona Kolvet, Victoria Ford, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=Jb7TpOojyRMC&lpg=PA68&ots=C5402N30Br&dq=Chadwell%20Claude%20nevada&pg=PA68#v=onepage&q=Chadwell%20Claude%20nevada&f=false The Civilian Conservation Corps in Nevada: From Boys to Men]," Description of a [[Gerlach CCC]] camp.  Claude married Mary Nishiguchi girls.
** [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/rgj/obituary.aspx?n=claude-a-chadwell&pid=145708647 Claude Chadwell's obituary], Reno Gazette-Journal on Sept. 29, 2010
** [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/rgj/obituary.aspx?n=claude-a-chadwell&pid=145708647 Claude Chadwell's obituary], Reno Gazette-Journal on Sept. 29, 2010

Revision as of 20:05, 13 October 2013

The Nishiguchi family lived in Gerlach the late 1930's and 1940's.

  • Sam Masaichi Nishiguchi b. 1884 in Japan
    • "had been a section foreman for the Western Pacific Railroad in Gerlach, Nev., 70 miles north of Reno, since 1933. But after Pearl Harbor the railroad forced him to leave his job and his property in 1942." (UNR Silver and Blue)
  • Yeano Nishiguchi b. 1893 in Japan
  • Mary Nishiguchi b. 1915
  • Roy Nishiguchi b. 1916 in Utah
    • Find A Grave "He moved to Gerlach, Nev., where he resided until entering the service in 1941."
  • Authur Nishiguchi b. 1920
  • Ida Nishiguchi b. 1923
  • Bessie Nishiguchi b. 1924
  • Grace Nishiguchi b. 1926
  • Joy Nishiguchi b. 1928
  • Elaine Nishiguchi b. 1936 in Utah
Claude "Chad" Chadwell and Art Nishiguchi, circa 1939. Gerlach Baseball. (Courtesy Gary B. Horton)

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