NEVADA GHOST TOWNS & BEYOND

Silver was discovered in the narrow canyon of Monitor Creek in 1857. Substantial mining and community development did not occur until the early 1860s. Monitor was named after the Civil War ship, USS Monitor. The Monitor was the first ironclad warship and launched on January 30, 1862. It sank during a storm on December 31, 1862 off the coast of North Carolina. Sixteen of the forty-nine ... VIEW POST

Fletcher Station was built in the 1860s by H.D. Fletcher. During the Aurora and Bodie mining boom the station served as an important way station or "switching station" where teamsters and stagecoaches could trade out for fresh horses. The Fletchers also raised and sold fresh produce, frogs and fish from their ponds. Fletcher was located on the crossroads of two major routes. The Carson to ... VIEW POST

A few feet inside of the Nevada border, on Bodie Road, sits the ruins of a stone building. Bodie Creek runs nearby, leaving the lower elevations marshy. The walls are overgrown with wild pink roses, leaving only the four corners of the rock structure exposed.    Why are the ruins in a canyon notorious for flash floods and washouts and so far from Bodie and Aurora?  Bodie ... VIEW POST

The road joining Hawthorne to Bodie washed out due to heavy rainfall in 1906. The Bodie-Hawthorne road was crucial to transporting items over the Wassuk Range between booming Bodie and the Carson & Colorado Railroad station in Hawthorne. Two workmen were repairing road washouts discovered a ledge of promising ore containing silver and lead. Despite primitive conditions, these "lucky ... VIEW POST

Orizaba is a ghost town in Northern Nye County, Nevada, outside of Gabbs. The Orizaba mining claims were one of the region's largest producers and most developed mines. The claims changed hands multiple times, including a tenacious miner working the mine since he was a child. Orizaba has significant ruins, including the smelter end headframe, rock building and shops. Orizaba Mining ... VIEW POST