The Historic Cultural Resources Overview for the BLM-Battle Mountain District has six major parts, plus four appendices. "The Setting" briefly describes the physical characteristics of the study area, and relates them to aspects of the region's history since the mid-19th century. Two following sections discuss past and current resource investigations in the Battle Mountain District, and also the nature and location of historic research materials. In the fourth section, the historical development of the region is presented, principal themes being industry (mining and non-mining), transportation, architecture, agriculture and settlement. The fifth section provides a synthesis of land use patterns in central Nevada, from the mid-19th century to the present day. The sixth section consists of general recommendations for future historic/architectural resource surveys and data management in the Battle Mountain District. The appendices include a list of mining districts and mineral occurrences, sample historic resource inventory forms from other states, a proposed revision of BLM Historic Site Record Form N6-8111-2, and, finally, an outline of possible research designs and strategies for future study of historic and architectural resources in the Battle Mountain District.