Tag: Pahrump Museum
Pahrump Correspondence – April 2019
Pahrump: Gateway to Adventure
Few towns live up to their nicknames in America. A few examples: Los Angeles, “City of the Angels.” See any angels lately in LA? New Orleans, “The Big Easy.” When was...
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 – 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 – 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...
