22 Nov St. Thomas
Brigham Young sent settlers out from Utah in 1865 to establish here. In 1938, when the waters of Lake Mead began rising behind Hoover Dam, the town of 500 had to be abandoned....
Author: Howard Goldbaum
21 Nov Ninety-Six Ranch, Paradise Valley
Frederick William Stock began homesteading in Paradise Valley in 1864. His first dwelling was a sod house, but later improvements included the stone outbuildings featured here....
20 Nov Thunder Mountain
Just off the highway in Imlay is the decaying hulk of a concrete monument filled with decades of dust and tumbleweeds. It is one man’s personal response to the excesses of the 1960s....
19 Nov East Side of Eureka
This view of the east side of the Eureka Historic District includes a mix of nineteenth-century structures plus some modern additions....
18 Nov Valley of Fire State Park
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Mouse's Tank trail in Valley of Fire State Park follows a box canyon to a natural basin named for a Southern Paiute who allegedly used the area as a hideout in the 1890s....
17 Nov Sloan Ranger
The Sloan Ranger, which may be a Native American’s rock-hewn portrait of a new arrival to Nevada, is found in the 48,438-acre Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area south of Las Vegas....
16 Nov Carlin Canyon
From 1841 to 1870 the California Emigrant Trail led through this canyon. Thousands of westward-bound dreamers viewed this path through the mountains....
16 Nov Spencer Hot Springs
Spencer Hot Springs’ pools are conveniently separated to provide privacy. The best may be the stone-lined pool on a rise with a commanding view of the mountains all around....
16 Nov Stokes’ Castle
Anson Phelps Stokes, from a wealthy eastern family, invested in a mining claim in Austin. In 1896 he began building a summer home for his family, a tower overlooking the Reese River Valley....
13 Nov Santa Rosa Mtns. Ranch
The north-eastern side of the Santa Rosa mountains shelter the ranching district of Paradise Valley on three sides. ...
11 Nov Rye Patch Reservoir
Construction of Rye Patch Dam began in 1935 and was in 1934. The 75-ft-high, earth-filled dam was built to control floods on the Humboldt River and provide for irrigation....
10 Nov Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge
Stillwater Marsh has sustained human life for some 6000 years. The marsh was home to a tribe of Northern Paiutes, called the Cattail-Eaters, who thrived within this desert oasis....
09 Nov Lovelock Cave
Lovelock Cave was occupied by Native Americans from some 3,500 years ago until the middle of the 19th century. It is one of the most important sites in North American archaeology....
08 Nov Ruby Hill
Discovered in 1869, the rich veins of silver and gold at Ruby Hill soon attracted enough miners to grow a rough camp into a real town....
07 Nov Hidden Beach, Lake Tahoe
Although this scenic spot sits right below busy Hwy. 28, only a short hop from Reno over Mt. Rose, it still qualifies as secluded and, truly, “hidden.” ...
07 Nov Hamilton
Once the center of a mining district of 25,000 people, Hamilton now sits deserted ten miles off Hwy. 50 in White Pine County, between Eureka and Ely....
07 Nov Osceola
The cemetery, overlooking Spring Valley, is nearly all that remains of the mining town of Osceola, located near Great Basin National Park on the western slopes of Mt. Wheeler at 7,500 ft....
05 Nov Ward Charcoal Ovens
In 1876 Ward was the largest town in White Pine County. The Ward ores required the high burning temperature of charcoal for milling, therefore these charcoal ovens were constructed....
05 Nov Fort Churchill and Buckland Station
The U.S. Army established Fort Churchill in July 1860 to protect wagon roads and settlers in the region following the bloody battles that year between settlers and the Native Americans....
04 Nov Church’s Pond
This small snow-melt basin below Mt. Rose was named for James Church, the University of Nevada Reno professor who in 1909 devised a way to determine the water content of mountain snow....
03 Nov Old Washoe Club
The Washoe Club dates to the early 1860s. It was a high class bar, where a glass of whiskey or a cigar cost twenty-five cents. The furnishings were among the most elegant on the Comstock....
01 Nov Piper’s Opera House
John Piper came to Virginia City in 1860 and opened a bar on this site. In 1867 he bought Maguire’s Opera House, which then burned in 1875. He built this new opera house next to his bar....
31 Oct Artifacts of Old Virginia City
During excavations at the sites of the Boston Bar and Piper's Old Corner Bar, archaeologists recovered many different artifacts of old Virginia City. Here are six of them in virtual reality....
31 Oct Gold Hill Hotel
Proclaiming itself "Nevada's Oldest Hotel, the hostelry dates to the early 1860s and features a great room with hand-sawn ceiling boards....