Nevada Ghost Towns & Beyond

St. Thomas is one of the better-known ghost towns in Nevada. With Lake Mead's creation, rising waters submerged one of Nevada's oldest established towns under sixty feet of water. Sixty-four years later, lower lake levels have made St. Thomas accessible to visitors. Flooding of a Different Type The story of most ghost towns in Nevada follows the same plot. First, a prospector strikes a ... VIEW POST

A new mystery to reserach One evening while watching old episodes of Wild Nevada, I learned about Deadman's Creek trail. The park ranger relayed the creek name's origin and the graves at the bottom of the trailhead. I paused the episode and started researching the story. Unfortunately, little information was available online, and the graves were not on the popular cemetery website, ... VIEW POST

Dayton Lime Works are little-known lime kilns in Lyon County. The trio of 150-year-old kilns are a one-of-a-kind piece of Nevada history. The lime they produced helped rebuild Virginia City after the Great Fire of 1875. Ghost Towning Nevada Expeditions and I heard rumors and had seen pictures of kilns in Lyon County but found little information on their location. Fortunately, Great Basin ... VIEW POST