Nevada Ghost Towns & Beyond

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

Sunday, 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 with historical events to ... VIEW POST

I canceled my weekend plans due to a COVID "superspreader" event in Mineral County. My friends in the area, stay safe and I hope to be down soon. I was trying to figure out what to do this weekend as many ghost towns are snowy and muddy messes when my COVID best friend, the UPS driver, delivered a package. One book looks especially interesting and has each Pony Express station listed, ... VIEW POST

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