Tag: Beatty
Pahrump Correspondence – February 2019
Pahrump has its share of Spirits
If you are looking for places to go ghost hunting, then Nevada is the place to go. One can start in Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, visiting the haunted...
Pahrump Correspondence – October 2018
Pahrump -- from gold mining days to the modern era
Gold was the biggest mover of people out West. People came by the millions looking to start a new life. Pahrump, Nevada was one of...
Railroad Motor Cars of Nevada – Part III
By Stephen E. Drew, Chief Curator (retired) California State Railroad Museum
Nevada Motor Cars Part I
Nevada Motor Cars Part II
The self-propelled passenger car, or motor car, was the savior of early 20th-Century railroad branches and...
NevadaGram #178 – Rural RoundUp in Laughlin, Detour to Paris
Rural RoundUp is the annual conclave of Nevada's tourism industry, Cow County division, a party it throws for itself. The venue rotates; last year in the beautiful Carson Valley in the shadow of the...
Ely Correspondence – March 2016
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Great Basin College Geology Field Trips
For the adventurous person interested in the Great Basin, two geology field trips are being offered by the Great Basin College during the Spring Semester.
The Death Valley field trip...
NevadaGram #169 — Lovelock Cave, Comstock Mining Update, Nevada Correspondence and More
One of Nevada's greatest attractions to visitors goes mostly unmentioned, even by our most enthusiastic promoters: Time Travel.
This is conveniently accessible and easy to do here, and one enjoyable way to do it is...
NevadaGram #161 Sesquicentennial Nevada Day
Nevada Day was very big this year, being the Sesquicentennial edition and all. The year-long effort to celebrate the milestone with events and activities around the state — more than 500 of them...
NevadaGram #94 June 2009 Rio de Janeiro, Pine Grove
I'm a long way from Tuscarora, about 200 feet in the air and 5,000 miles from the nearest sagebrush.
What They're saying About Us
The New York Times drives the Extraterrestrial Highway.
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NevadaGram #87 – Mark Twain in Hawthorne, Tonopah, Eureka
Luke Rizzuto was one of the people who thrilled when a centennial re-creation of the Great New York to Paris automobile race was announced.
He has a rare 1918 Chevrolet touring car with an...
NevadaGram #68 – April 2007 Gold Point, Tuscarora, Las Vegas and Laughlin
This time instead of looking back on a visit here or there, I'm looking forward. But the basic idea is the same: enjoying Nevada. And I'm hopeful that the sunny skies will especially inspire...
Trip Report #21 – Denio, Carson Valley and Carson City, Death Valley, Sparks, Las...
I made a little trip out I-80 and took the opportunity to visit Denio, the little remnant of a town on the Oregon border via US 95 and Nevada Routes 140 and 292. It's...
Trip Report #19 – Pyramid Lake, Beatty, Historic Hotel for sale
Fishing is hot at Pyramid Lake right now. Go to the south end of the nets (near Sutcliffe), or the area around the Block House at the south end of the lake, or...
NevadaGram #12 – August All Around Nevada, Love Note to Beatty and Cowboy Salt
The new edition of The Complete Nevada Traveler is now at the printer. Getting it there took all our August traveling time, so this Trip Report is a melange of items from around the...
NevadaGram #3 – Pahrump, Beatty, Battle Mountain Bikes Fallon Dining, Burning Man
Among the e-mails we received in October was this one from Ray Ellinwood of Findlay, Ohio. Thanks, Ray.
Pahrump's pioneer era is over.
Pahrump is having another growth spurt. Much of this rambunctious little city is...
