Travel Update: Full Post to Follow
I was hoping to complete a post from last weekend but I went down a rabbit hole when I started going through over 2000 photos. I have some serious catching up with research and writing. These pictures are from Belmont and East Belmont. I haven’t been there in over ten years and forgot how much I love the towns. We were in a time crunch and only got to see a fraction of the area.
Weather didn’t cooperate, it went from 98 degrees to snowing and blowing in two days. Good thing I carry so many supplies in Honey Bader, not only for me but also for others. I am supposed to be in the Tonopah area several times this summer and hope to spend a full day in Belmont.
Ron Dow says
Looking forward to more time in Nevada. Ghost towns a new interest.
Tami says
There are so many to explore. Stan Paher, the godfather of Nevada ghost towns, lists over 600. He defines a town as having a postal service, a certain population, and a retail business. Many of the smaller and short lives camps never reached this level. You could spend a lifetime exploring Nevada.
Kathleen Flanagan says
I’m so happy that I found your website. We have interests that run parallel and I appreciate your work. I visited Belmont in the early 70s and again years later to find the town in ruin. I remember standing on the porch of the Opera House when approached by an elderly woman wanting to know why I was there. Long story short, she claimed to have been born in Belmont and still lived there with her 45 year old son. For the first time, history became real to me. I could see it, touch it and photograph it. That day created a life mission for me. I watch as our Nevada history crumbles and now I do what I can to resurrect old photos, render the scenes in oil to preserve the images for our future. Thank you for honoring this great state.
Tami says
Thank you, and I am so glad you found Nevada Ghost Towns & Beyond.
I have heard about the women who used to look over Belmont. The story goes she shooed off Charles Manson!
As sad it is not to see the ghost towns as they were in the past, in twenty years, people will be jealous of what we see.
I am glad you are preserving old photos and creating them in oil. I spent some of last weekend looking through old photos at the Central Nevada Museum, they have an amazing collection.