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Looking back at the county on 70-year anniversary of A-bomb
Lincoln County residents had never heard of the atom bomb until Aug. 6, 1945. Even then, it is likely no one even knew what it was. A startling new weapon, what did that mean? No one had any inclining of the Atomic Age. Aug. 6, 1945 was a Monday. The Pioche Record (forerunner of the […]