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Category: Nature
Northern Nevada Railroad Ely, Nevada (pronounced E-Lee) is one of the oldest cities in the state and sits at an elevation of 6,437 feet above sea level. Known as “The Heart of the Golden West”, Ely was the economic center of Nevada in the late 1800s. Railroads, mining, and merchandising made this city an historic … Continue reading Nevada – Ely, Trains, and Taylor
Great Basin National Park is located in Baker, Nevada. People have been living in this region for thousands of years. Today, the town of Baker is a declining cattle and sheep ranching community hoping tourism will bolster the economy. Prior to Baker, the town of Ward occupied the foothills and supported the same mining operations … Continue reading Nevada – Baker and vicinity
Great Basin National Park is located in eastern Nevada’s basin and range territory and is one of the least visited of the national parks. The nearest town is tiny Baker, NV with a population of around 40. Beyond that, the next community is at least 70 miles away. This is one of the most remote … Continue reading Great Basin National Park
Pah’rump is a Paiute expression meaning water rock. Refreshing and stable, this growing desert town is located an hour outside of Las Vegas and provides most amenities that traveling nomads need. With access to desert, mountains, springs and the wild west, there’s always a new day trip to explore. Goodsprings, NV Nevada has over 700 … Continue reading Home Base – Pahrump, NV
Columbus Salt Marsh The southern regions of Nevada mining produced a variety of ores and minerals besides gold and silver. Copper, borax, salt, iron ore, were profitable enough to bring miners and their families into the hills or flats to build settlements around the mines. Not as grand or wealthy as the boomtowns like Virginia … Continue reading Old Mines and Ghost Towns – Part 8 – Mina and vicinity
Wildfires were burning along the Nevada and California border when it was time for us to leave Dayton, NV and head west into the Sierra Mountains. We were consulting the “Watch Duty” app on our phones almost hourly to monitor the huge Park Fire that was about 50 miles north of our next destination and … Continue reading Old Mines and Ghost Towns – Part 6 – Reno, Verdi and Emigrant Pass
Gold!!! We arrived at the place where gold was first discovered in Nevada. The state capital is located nearby in Carson City (named after Kit Carson). Fort Churchill guarded the area from bandits, desperadoes, tribal unrest and offered protection for the thousands of emigrant trains heading west to the gold fields. From mid-1800’s to early … Continue reading Ghost Towns and Old Mines – Part 4 Dayton, Carson City, and Molossia
Bodie, CA Our next destination took us into the counties of Mineral, Esmeralda, and Washoe where mining camps, stage coach stations, railroads, and the California Trail brought together thousands of people looking to “strike it rich.” Thousands of tons of gold and silver ore were moved out of this area during the rushes of the … Continue reading Old Mines and Ghost Towns – Part 3: Luning to Washoe Lake
Heading south out of the Wind River Mountains, we followed the South Pass and Mormon Trails through Wyoming, past Salt Lake City, Utah and into Nevada. Pioneer history, ghost towns, and more beautiful hikes in the Basin and Range territory met us along the way. Lyman, Wyoming Lyman became our base camp for the next … Continue reading Wyoming to Nevada
The Wind River Range in the Rocky Mountains is located in west-central Wyoming. The Continental Divide runs along the crest at elevations reaching 12,000 to 13,000 feet. Our base camp in Boulder, WY has an elevation of about 9500 ft. Four huge wilderness areas with a combined total of over 1 million acres, surround the … Continue reading Wind River Mountains
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