Tag: Pahrump
Pahrump Correspondence – November 2019
Sanders Winery: A Hidden Surprise
Fall is the best time of year to come to Pahrump and enjoy the great weather. Our trees don’t change color here, but the people do. The Pahrumpians when...
Pahrump Correspondence – October 2019
Balloons overhead in Pahrump
For the past year now, the Pahrump Valley has been experiencing an aerial invasion of hot air balloons that have been taking off and landing here in the valley. Normally, one...
Pahrump Correspondence – August 2019
Drink some great wine and watch people stomp grapes
Each year the Pahrump Valley Winery has its annual Grape Stomp which attracts about 3,000 people from all over. The Pahrump Grape Stomp celebrates the end...
Pahrump Correspondence – July 2019
Five Ways to Experience the Mojave Desert in Pahrump
The great Mojave Desert surrounds the town of Pahrump Valley, and it is a shame to visit the valley without experiencing the desert up close. With...
Pahrump Correspondence – June 2019
Beach Front Property and the Last Chance Range
Now you can buy beachfront property in Pahrump. No, the state of California didn’t fall into the ocean, despite some people not caring if it did. About...
Pahrump Correspondence – May 2019
Surprise! There are Mountain Bike Trails in Pahrump.
You just finished climbing the mountain on your mountain bike. Perspiration soaks your shirt, and your body aches from the long climb up. You now claim your...
Pahrump Correspondence – March 2019
Balloon Festival: Balloon Teams Flood Pahrump Sky
February is the month for the annual Pahrump Valley Balloon Festival and High School Rodeo at Petrack Park in Pahrump. And last week the balloons were flying high....
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 – December 2018
Discovery Park: A Heaven for Bird Lovers
It's been three years now since Discovery Park became a park, and during that time the park has become a hot spot for birding.
"The amount of birds in...
Pahrump Correspondence – November 2018
Geology Saved Spring Mountains From Mining
Some of the more well known mines in Pahrump, like the Johnnie, the Labbie and the Congress, are pretty much close together. In fact, most of the largest mines...
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...
Pahrump Correspondence – September 2018
Rockhounding in the Johnnie Mining District
The Johnnie Mining District may be historic in nature and worthwhile to poke around a bit if you are into history, but there is another reason to go there....
Pahrump Correspondence – August 2018
Pahrump still has a lot of gold to be found
Historically speaking, when people talk about gold being discovered in Nevada, they mention towns like Goldfield, Beatty, Virginia City, Tonopah, and Eureka, to name a...
Pahrump Correspondence – July 2018
There are Lakes in the Town of Pahrump
Pahrump is not known for having an abundance of water. In fact, the one lake it did have has been dry since the Ice Age. But there...
Pahrump Correspondence – June 2015
Pahrump still has a natural spring that one can walk to
The small town Pahrump is here for only one reason: the first settlers found water close to the surface. Of course, that was vital...
Pahrump Correspondence – May 2018
Pahrump Has the Need for Speed
Not all towns can say they have a speedway. The Pahrump Valley Speedway is a hidden gem, especially if you enjoy watching action packed motorsports. I say "hidden" because...
NevadaGram #202 – Rural RoundUp in Tonopah, Big Spike in Boulder City, Reno Night...
Rural RoundUp, the annual grand conclave of tourism workers from all around rural Nevada, was held this year in Tonopah. The speakers were insightful and entertaining, the workshops apt and informative, the meals ambitious...
Ely Correspondence – April 2018
History and Art with Laura Rainey
Stop by Garnet Mercantile or the White Pine Public Museum and you might be fortunate enough to find artist Laura Rainey at work sewing and beading custom moccasins.
“We always...
Pahrump Correspondence – April 2018
Why Not Take that Golf Vacation in Pahrump?
Imagine getting out of your hotel room and leisurely driving down the road to play some golf in Pahrump. Out here, there is no traffic and maybe...
Pahrump Correspondence – February 2018
Snowbirds are not an endangered species in this desert town
The Pahrump Valley surely has a lot to offer as a tourist destination. There are a lot of things to do for a small town....
Pahrump Correspondence – December 2017
The Pahrump Nugget 250 is not just a race
The Pahrump Nugget 250 truly ranks up there as one of the most unique things about Pahrump. People who settled in this town have a natural...
Pahrump Correspondence – November 2017
Pahrump adds New Car Show to fall lineup
The town of Pahrump just added one more attraction to its fall lineup to make this town the place to be.
It certainly will be ranked as one...
Pahrump Correspondence – October 2017
There really were gunfighters in Pahrump
Pahrump doesn’t have the fame of Tombstone, Arizona, where gunfighters blazed it out on its streets in a hail of bullets. And yet the town has a performing group...
Pahrump Correspondence – September 2017
The Pahrump Valley is one off-road adventure after another
Climb aboard any off-road vehicle and head in any direction and within 30 minutes you leave civilization well behind. Whether you're headed towards the Spring Mountains...
NevadaGram #189 – Fallon’s Secret Revealed, The Nevada Calendar for April
Here's what Fallon has been so carefully guarding from the world: There is no quieter, calmer, sweeter or more secret getaway in Nevada than Fallon.
I know, right? Does not compute. That's how clever Fallon has...
NevadaGram #140 – Rural Round Up in Pahrump, An afternoon in Carson Valley, A...
April's great event for those of us non-metropolitans who strive to build Nevada Tourism, is Rural Round Up.
It is the annual gathering of folks from what we used to call the cow counties...
NevadaGram #138 – February 2013 Chinese New Year in Virginia City
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The New York Times visits the Neon Museum in Las Vegas.
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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.
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The New York Times drives the Extraterrestrial Highway.
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NevadaGram #51 – Governor’s Conference, Baker, Eureka, Ely, Pahrump
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The Los Angeles Times meets Frenchies in Las Vegas.
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NevadaGram #32 – 1400 miles through the sagebrush, part one
I'm still unpacking from a 9-day, 1400-mile trip through the sagebrush. Some highlights:
In Hawthorne people were already buying red, white and blue petunias to plant in their gardens for the Armed Forces Day celebration,...
Trip Report #22 – Lake Tahoe, Death Valley, The MaryJane Sisters, Ash Meadows, Battle...
How Canadians got their reputation as lousy tippers I don't know, but McAvoy Layne who portrays Mark Twain during the Tahoe Queen's afternoon cruise to Emerald Bay, tells me that the other day a...
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...
