La Plata is a popular ghost town for day-trippers in northern Nevada. Its proximity to Fallon makes it easy to reach and rewards travelers with substantial ruins to explore. Established in the early 1860s, La Plata soon became the Churchill County seat, the first county seat located within the county. The burgeoning town thrived for several years. However, mines soon played out, residents moved to ... VIEW POST
Recent Ghost Towns & Travel Updates
Cox Canyon, Nevada
Cox Canyon is an engrossing ghost town to explore, but frustrating to document its history. I sit at the computer with the entire internet in front of me and a quickly expanding ghost town and mining library at my back, yet I find almost nothing other than the mining that occurred at Cox Canyon. I have exhausted every source I can imagine. I cleaned my desk, completed dreaded paperwork and ... VIEW POST
Happy Easter Peeps
Such a beautiful weekend in northern Nevada, Sunny and 75! Now I'm looking out my window wondering it if will snow. A Mimosa in the hot tubš¹ took away motivation to do much of anything Sunday. The real Egg hunt was a flop, something is taking our chicken eggs. The Easter Egg hunt was better until the wind kicked up. Can someone in Yerington please return the plastic eggs and my chair cushions? ... VIEW POST
Go Momma
Someone is mad I havenāt taken her on a ghost town trip lately and she refuses to get out of the Jeep. At 100 pounds, Iām not going to disagree, she gets to stay where she wants. I see a drive in my near future. ... VIEW POST
Tragedy on Genoa Peak: Paradise Flight 901A
Carson Valley, Nevada, is one of the most beautiful places in the world. Ranches with green pastures end abruptly on the valley's west side, where the Sierra Range soars toward heaven. Genoa, Nevada's oldest settlement, is nestled at the juncture of pastures and mountains below the 9,000' Genoa Peak. Sadly, while beautiful, Genoa Peak is also a place of tragedy. Paradise Flight 901A, crashed into ... VIEW POST
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