Nevada Ghost Towns & Beyond

What beautiful Sunday to explore Nevada. Clear skies, warm day and a light breeze. I went out with friend Shonna and Austin of Nevada Expeditions who is a walking encyclopedia of all things Churchill County. We started the morning at Green and Wonderstone mountains for rock hounding. Green mountain is amazing. The peak is naturally green, like someone covered it my favorite Baskin Robbins ... VIEW POST

Desert Well Station was used as a stage stop on the Overland Mail Company in the early 1860s and as relay station for the Pony Express towards the end of the famous mail delivery service in 1861. Desert Well was west of Nevada and east of Dayton Stations. Desert Well was expanded and eventually grew to consist of two wells, an inn and corrals. One well was used by camels imported to ... VIEW POST

In the brief sixteen-month history of the Pony Express routes and stations changed frequently. Barns burned, wells dried up, shorter and safer routes were developed. In central Nevada between Middlegate and Miller's Stations the route changed in 1861. The southern route utilizing Fort Churchill was abandoned following skirmishes with Native Americans. A northern route was developed and named ... VIEW POST