Nevada Ghost Towns & Beyond

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

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 tub took away my motivation to do much of anything Sunday. The real Egg hunt was a flop, something is taking our eggs. The Easter Egg hunt was better until the wind kicked up. Can someone in Yerington please return the plastic eggs and my chair ... VIEW POST

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