Nevada Ghost Towns & Beyond

Pictures from last weeks trip to Chemung. If you have the chance to visit, shoot for fall. The colors were beautiful, but nothing compared to Munckton. It was still a little smoky and hazy, but a beautiful trip. Thank you Richard for the heads up about the fall colors. The one stand of trees I was waiting for hand't changed so I will be back next fall. ... VIEW POST

Driving has always centered me. I had a drivers license and car at 14.5. I learned to drive in the snow and mountain passes going to the semi ghost town of Idaho City and dredging mines on Mores Creek. It's an Idaho thing and seemed reasonable to me as a teen. Now as a mother of two teenagers, it scares me to death! I went out yesterday with no specific destination in mind, I just needed to ... VIEW POST

Sometimes trips don’t work out as planned. Our target Sunday was Bullionville, a mostly unknown ghost town in Douglas County along with a handful of surrounding mines. We knew roads in the area could be difficult under the best circumstances. And the recent Numbers Fire followed by erosion could have caused additional damage. Our group was a great resource with maps and GPS, local ... VIEW POST

Author's note: It is not my intent to convince the reader to believe - or disbelieve - the stories that follow. These are merely some of the tales one hears in these parts. Take them for what you will. Genoa Lying at the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the site of Genoa became an important way point for the 49ers. By 1850, Mormons built a stockade, corrals and opened ... VIEW POST

Silver was discovered in the narrow canyon of Monitor Creek in 1857. Substantial mining and community development did not occur until the early 1860s. Monitor was named after the Civil War ship, USS Monitor. The Monitor was the first ironclad warship and launched on January 30, 1862. It sank during a storm on December 31, 1862 off the coast of North Carolina. Sixteen of the forty-nine ... VIEW POST