Nevada Ghost Towns & Beyond

Since Eagles & Ag was rescheduled, Edel and I held our own tour and found 20 bald eagles within a mile of our ranch. The Great Horned Owls are Margaret & Winston, our mated pair. We found a barn owl hunting which unusual for daytime, it must have been hungry after the storms. With snow and mud, ghost towns were out. I'm disappointed there is no access so I can snowshoe to Snowshoe's ... VIEW POST

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

With the storm, plans for the weekend changed. I was going to be a guide for the Chamber of Commerce annual ranch, eagle and owl tour. Of course I was going to throw in some history lessons as well. Our area received so much snow the tours have been rescheduled. We had only a foot at the ranch but it was super wet and heavy. Other places received 3 feet and had avalanches. Honey Badger ... VIEW POST

In the isolated eastern Sierra, the Wild, Wild West lived up to its name. Vigilante justice was a reality; within twenty-five miles, two men met their fate in twenty years at the end of a hangman's noose. Today you can visit the site of both lynchings, Hangman's Bridge outside of Markeleeville and The Hanging Tree in Genoa, Nevada. The mild, mild west Despite Hollywood and depictions of the ... VIEW POST

I hope everyone had a relaxing and warm weekend. It was cold and dreary in Northern Nevada. If we had more snow I would have snowshoed to Snowshoe Thompson's Cave. I worked behind the scenes on the blog, linking social media and crediting sources in a better format. Thank you Tara for all the help and putting up with questions. I will be updating the website soon and will be asking for ... VIEW POST