NEVADA GHOST TOWNS & BEYOND

My visits to Susan's Bluff and Nightengale Mine taught me about myself. I have loved ghost towns and mining camps for almost 40 years. Alpine Mine was fun to visit and photograph, but writing about it was like pulling teeth. Even with the stunning location, something was missing. I came across references to Susan's Bluff while researching Fairview Station and the Pony Express route, and ... VIEW POST

A safer route The Carson River Route traverses the Sierra Nevada Mountains connecting Carson Valley, Nevada, to goldfields in California. Pioneers searching for a safer route across the treacherous and snowy range developed the trail after the disaster of the Donner-Reed Party. Over one hundred seventy years later, you can follow much of the original Carson River Route. An astute explorer ... VIEW POST

Fairview is one of those forgotten places that has almost been erased from history. Very little evidence of the site can be located online or in books. I found only a few notations: A site in Stan Paher's Nevada Ghost Towns and Desert Atlas, a post on Forgotten Nevada, a GPS location on a few maps and a notation by the National Park Service. Even knowing the location, you have to search hard ... VIEW POST