NEVADA GHOST TOWNS & BEYOND

Recent Ghost Towns & Travel Updates

Valentine’s Weekend

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Travel Update: Full Post to Follow I celebrated Valentine's Day Saturday and the opposite Sunday. Saturday, Hubby and I had a big outing in Reno: WWII Ka-Bar knives, REI chairs for the Jeep and Hobby Lobby Jeep signs and frames for my ghost town maps. Our treat was Chick-Fil-A and Taiwanese take out for Chinese New Year dinner. Sunday my friend Shonna and I had what I deemed the opposite ... VIEW POST

Pony Express Route: 2-7-2021

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Travel Update: Full Post to Follow Edel and I followed the western Nevada portion of the Pony Express route: Woodfords (CA), Van Sickle, Walley's Hot Springs, Genoa, Carson City, Dayton ending at Miller's/Reed's. I would have continued to Ft. Churchill and Buckland but I took the car instead of the Jeep, silly me, and the road is known to destroy alignment. I found two locations associated ... VIEW POST

Alpine Mine, Nevada

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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

Moore’s Pony Express Station & Riverton, California

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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

Pierini Ranch: Carson City, Nevada

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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