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In March 2017 I visited Rhyolite, #Nevada, a true ghost town, not far from Death Valley National Park. The town began in early 1905 as one of several mining camps that sprang up after prospectors Shorty Harris and Ed Cross discovered gold in the surrounding hills. By 1908, the town reached a height of 5,000 to 8,000 residents. However, by 1910, gold production dropped dramatically, along with financial panic in the east, which negatively impacted the mining industry. People began to leave Rhyolite. The post office closed in 1919 and by 1920, the population was estimated at 14. Today, the area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management and is open for viewing. Ruins of the Rhyolite School (built 1909), commercial buildings, the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad train depot (built 1909), and homes are scattered among the site. One restored structure is Tom Kelly's bottle house, built in 1906. #nv #nvhistory #historygirl #history #ushistory #americanhistory #travelblog #travelblogger #explore #blog #blogger #beautiful #nature #roadtrip #travel #rhyolite #rhyolitenv #ghosttown #abandoned #ruins #beautiful_decay #goldrush #mining #architecture #archi_ologie #train #caboose #trains_worldwide (at Rhyolite, Nevada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBPATs5jYEJ/?igshid=2x72vs5r65gr

[thehistorygirlnj]

Facade of the Porter Brothers Mercantile Store from the ruins of Overbury building at the ghost town of Rhyolite, #Nevada. It is not far from Death Valley National Park. The Porter Brothers Store opened in November 1906 at a cost of $10,000; it closed in May 1910. The store facade featured large plate glass windows to display goods for sale. #nv #nvhistory #historygirl #history #ushistory #americanhistory #travelblog #travelblogger #explore #blog #blogger #beautiful #nature #roadtrip #travel #rhyolite #rhyolitenv #ghosttown #abandoned #ruins #beautiful_decay #goldrush #mining #architecture #archi_ologie #oldhouselove #porterbrothers #merchantile (at Rhyolite, Nevada) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br3-Cp0l7hq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1iuirhz03in7m

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#tombstonetuesday An unmarked wooden headstone at the barren, but picturesque Bullfrog-Rhyolite Cemetery near the ghost town of Rhyolite, #Nevada. Only a handful of marked stones exist in this cemetery. Most are unmarked mounds, some with piles of rocks or wooden grave markers, or have simple iron fencing around them. Many of these men and women were true pioneers, traveling out into the desert in the hopes of somehow striking it rich in this mining town, which existed briefly from about 1905 - 1920. ----------------------------------------- #nv #nvhistory #SpreadTheHistory #cemetery #cemetery_shots #aj_graveyards #rememberme #grave #graveyard #graveyard_dead #blog #blogger #travelblog #travelblogger #memorial #mementomori #historygirl #history #rhyolite #rhyolitenv #thisisnv #explorenv #igersnv #taphophile #taphophiles_only #ghosttown #rhyolitecemetery #desert (at Rhyolite, Nevada)