 In 1978, with Warren Hinckle, Hobbs wrote and illustrated "The Richest Place on Earth," a history of Nevada's Comstock Lode in the 1860s and '70s, published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.Once an owner of the Silver Dollar Hotel in Virginia City, NV, Hobbs has had a long and multifaceted relationship with Virginia City and environs.Hobbs died on April 25, 2018, in Monterey County, California.