Nevada Ghost Towns & Beyond

My weekend ghost town plans didn't work out so I found other activities. Friday was a bear hunt and fall color photo shoot with good friend and photographer Dwayne Hicks. Sunday was wheeling in the Sierras with friends Stephen and Dave. I don't have photos of the bad section of the road because we were too busy hanging onto the Jeep It was the most challenging road Rubi and I have driven, ... VIEW POST

A few feet inside of the Nevada border, on Bodie Road, sits the ruins of a stone building. Bodie Creek runs nearby, leaving the lower elevations marshy. The walls are overgrown with wild pink roses, leaving only the four corners of the rock structure exposed.    Why are the ruins in a canyon notorious for flash floods and washouts and so far from Bodie and Aurora?  Bodie ... VIEW POST

The road joining Hawthorne to Bodie washed out due to heavy rainfall in 1906. The Bodie-Hawthorne road was crucial to transporting items over the Wassuk Range between booming Bodie and the Carson & Colorado Railroad station in Hawthorne. Two workmen were repairing road washouts discovered a ledge of promising ore containing silver and lead. Despite primitive conditions, these "lucky ... VIEW POST

Would you be more likely to click a link with a historic or current photograph? This would be the icon that shows up when I share a post. I don't always have a choice. Many times there are no historic photos. And sometimes, as with Munckton, there isn't much left to photograph. I enjoy both. I love the history and old photos, especially ones with people. But as an explorer I am excited to see ... VIEW POST

Orizaba is a ghost town in Northern Nye County, Nevada, outside of Gabbs. The Orizaba mining claims were one of the region's largest producers and most developed mines. The claims changed hands multiple times, including a tenacious miner working the mine since he was a child. Orizaba has significant ruins, including the smelter end headframe, rock building and shops. Orizaba Mining ... VIEW POST