These Five Former Boomtowns Invite You To Step Into the State’s Mining History On the northern edge of the Mojave Desert sits the remnants of a former boomtown. There, visitors are greeted by the ...
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In a Northern Nevada boomtown, under several layers of parking lot pavement and earth, archaeologists found bits and pieces of what was once a popular saloon — a place known to Mark Twain, who worked ...
Eventually, the mines were depleted, and most people left as quickly as they came. But not everyone moved on. Today, Virginia City is a National Historic District with more than 400 19th-century ...