NEVADA GHOST TOWNS & BEYOND

Recent Ghost Towns & Travel Updates

Tanks & Taquitos

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Travel Update: Full Post to Follow Sunday was an awesome GGTT, Girl Ghost Town Trip. Thank you Shonna Ingram and AIice for a great day. I haven't had that much fun in a long time, I laughed so hard my abs hurt! We started at Nevada City Socialist colony followed by Stillwater, the Pony Express route to Mountain Well Pony Express Station then over the Stillwaters to La Plata and Averill. ... VIEW POST

Susan’s Bluff, Nevada: Memorial in Stone

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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

Eagles & Agriculture, 2021

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Busy, busy weekend! Saturday was Eagles & Agriculture, I hosted 3 eagle tours and 2 groups at our ranch for the Owl Prowl. I talked about the emigrant trails, Pony Express and Comstock Lode. The morning was super cold and the roads were sheets of ice, but Jeep girls arrived on time! I spotted a bald eagle for the eagle tour, but my owls all took the day off. I suspect they were ... VIEW POST

Odd Fellows Rocks at Devil’s Ladder & Grave of the Unknown Pioneer

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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, Nevada: 1861 Overland Mail Station

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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