NEVADA GHOST TOWNS & BEYOND

I spent a day outside Nixon exploring the Nightingale Mountains with an off-road group. Dave, our lead for the day, took us across a narrow shelf road to a mine perched on the side of the mountain. Shelf roads are not my favorite, especially when there is no room to pass. Fortunately, this road was fairly wide, and you could see oncoming traffic. Nightengale Mountains and Mining ... VIEW POST

John M. Moore operated a toll road along the South Fork of the American River on the west side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The pass connected Hangtown (Placerville) and Lake Bigler (Tahoe) and was part of the California Emigrant Trail. From the 1850s through 1860s the road and stage stop was used by the Pioneer Stage Company. Pony Express 2 cent Stamp (Photo credit: National ... VIEW POST

Stations, trading posts and ranches developed along the Carson River in the early 1850s to serve emigrants on the California Trail's Carson Branch. After the discovery gold and silver ore in 1859, Carson City became a supply and processing center for Virginia City and the Comstock Lode. Ranching was a leading industry in Nevada and between 1889-90 surpassed mining. At the end of the mining ... VIEW POST

In the isolated eastern Sierra, the Wild, Wild West lived up to its name. Vigilante justice was a reality; within twenty-five miles, two men met their fate in twenty years at the end of a hangman's noose. Today you can visit the site of both lynchings, Hangman's Bridge outside of Markeleeville and The Hanging Tree in Genoa, Nevada. The mild, mild west Despite Hollywood and depictions of the ... VIEW POST