Mesquite Local News
By Breven Honda, Mesquite Local News, . An excerpt; the full story is on the paper's site.
The town of Mesquite is home to a lot of history long before Nevada became a state in 1864.
Flash forward nearly 160 years later, Dustin Berg was able to encapsulate the town into a nearly 200-page book, from its growing population to the evolution of the terrain for those to explore on a normal day either during the week or on the weekend.
In November, "All Around Mesquite: History, Trails & Destinations," was published and provides a "comprehensive guide" to the area.
This is the opening of the story. The story ran with a portrait of Dustin Berg.
The rest of the story follows Berg from his 2019 move to Mesquite and a restaurant plan the pandemic ended, to the realization that somebody should write down the stories he kept hearing, the twelve months spent exploring Mesquite, Clark County, the tri-state area of Utah and Arizona, Moapa Valley and St. George, the trips to the heritage museum, the struggle to keep so much anecdotal history organized and factual, the No. 1 bestseller recognition on Amazon, and the Facebook group where readers share their own pictures and stories.
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The Progress
The Progress (Moapa Valley) on the book's release: three years of trail riding and research, a trail guide that is also a history, and the launch signing at Juniper Outpost.
Read the excerptThe book
What is inside, who it is for, eleven sample pages and the table of contents.
About the bookBuy
Kindle eBook and print edition on Amazon; six shops in Mesquite and Littlefield; signed copies by request.
Where to buy