NEVADA GHOST TOWNS & BEYOND

Travel Update: Full Post to Follow This weekend I had the opportunity to visit the Donovan Mill in Silver City, outside of Virginia City. Following a tour we had full access to photograph the site.The original mill was built in 1861 and increased over the years to 30-stamps. It operated almost 100 years and is one of the few remaining stamp mills in Nevada. Thank you Comstock ... VIEW POST

Travel Update: Full Post to Follow Midas was our first stop on Nevada Backroads rally. What a fun little town to visit. Visited 6-2021 ... VIEW POST

Travel Update: Full Post to Follow Our most interesting stop on a Nevada Backroads trip was two old mining claim on Jungo Road. We visited Sawtooth Mill and an unidentified mining camp on Jungo Road. There were multiple mine tunnels around the properties. Luckily I wasn’t the one to find the dead rattlesnake! The strangest thing was a rocked in out house! With an access door under ... VIEW POST

Travel Update: Full Post to Follow Truckee Railroad Tunnels, Chinese Wall of the Sierras and Donner Pass Petroglyphs. After the hike we exploring historic Truckee. Chinese Wall of the Sierra Donner Pass Petroglyphs Visited 10-25-2018 ... VIEW POST

Travel Update: Full Post to Follow Stewart Indian School. The school was open from 1890 to 1980 and attended by Washoe, Paiute and Shoshone tribal children. Indian schools in the US have a mixed history, but I feel it is important to remember both the good and the bad. You can learn more at the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum. I was told bricks were used as a ... VIEW POST