Myrtle Tate Myles
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Myrtle Tate Myles (May 5, 1886 – September 19, 1980) was an American poet and historian who published books about the history of Nevada, including Nevada's Governors: From Territorial Days to the Present (1972).
Myles was born Mary Tate on May 5, 1886, in Grantsville, Nevada.[1] Her parents Thomas and Esther Tate were early white settlers of Nevada. She was the second of four daughters. The family operated Tate's Stage Station for stage coaches carrying mail and passengers in Nye County between 1886 and 1901.[2][3] The station served as an overnight stop between Austin and Belmont. Esther Tate organized the first school in the Grantsville area.[3]
Sometime after 1905, Myles and her family moved to Manhattan, Nevada, where Esther Tate opened a boarding house, which Myles helped to run. The family then moved to Big Pine, California, and Myles attended high school in nearby Oakland.[2]
In 1907, she married accountant John Henry Myles, with whom she had two children.[2] Her son, Jack Myles, became a Reno city councilman, and her daughter Marjorie became a teacher.[4]
