Posts Tagged ‘Nevada’
Friday photo — Watch out for jackasses! (Red Rock Canyon, NV)
// April 5th, 2012 // 9 Comments » // Places
It’s always best to keep an eye out for jackasses in the roadway, whether you ride a motorcycle or drive a car. I found this sign on the road leading into Red Rock Canyon, Nevada, and there actually were some jackasses nearby — beside the road, not in it. If you’ve never been here, it’s …read more…
A Somewhat “Reluctant” Look Back at 2011
// December 31st, 2011 // 15 Comments » // Places
I’m not generally a big fan of retrospectives: e.g. ”2011, the year in Review.” The year’s done, over, it’s time to get on with your life. And I’ve worked in journalism long enough to know that year-end retrospectives are usually a “prepared in advance” way to fill space (or airtime) at the end of the …read more…
Baddest Town in the Old West — Pioche, Nevada
// December 20th, 2011 // 7 Comments » // Places
[Pioche, NV] — You may not have heard of Pioche, Nevada, but in the last half of the nineteenth century, this silver-mining boomtown had established quite a reputation for itself. The town’s 1873 tax records list 78 saloons and 34 brothels, numbers probably more than sufficient for its 6,000 residents. Back then, disputes were settled …read more…
Testing…Testing… The Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada
// November 18th, 2011 // 6 Comments » // Places
[Las Vegas, NV] — A nondescript office building on East Flamingo Road in Vegas holds secrets to America’s Atomic Age, and you don’t have to read WikiLeaks to learn them. On January 27, 1951, the first atomic bomb test was conducted at the Nevada Test Site in the remote desert north of Las Vegas. The …read more…
Riding the Ghost Train in Ely, Nevada
// October 7th, 2011 // 8 Comments » // Places
[Ely,NV] — In Ely, Nevada at the beginning of the twentieth century, copper was king. Between 1902 and 1907, more than 50 mining companies operated in the Ely area. Much of that copper was transported by the Nevada Northern Railway, which began operating in 1906. Today the railroad is a National Historic Landmark, offering a …read more…
Goldfield, Nevada — RoadPics
// September 17th, 2011 // 14 Comments » // Places
[Goldfield, NV] — “Here today, gone tomorrow,” pretty much sums up the town of Goldfield, Nevada. From its first gold discovery and the city’s founding in 1902 , the city grew explosively to become Nevada’s largest by 1906, with over 20,000 residents, five banks, three newspapers, a hotel billed as the finest between Chicago and …read more…
Tales from the Extraterrestrial Highway
// July 17th, 2011 // 32 Comments » // Food, Places, RoadTales
[Rachel, NV] — Signs advising “Low Flying Aircraft” are your first indication. The next is a sign warning “Next Gas 150 Miles.” Then an illuminated, flashing advisory: “Cattle in Roadway: Open Range.” Hmm, I think; the government really doesn’t want you here, even going so far as to send in specially-trained cows to annoy motorists. …read more…
