Howdee all,
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The second day of our trip we went to this ghost town of Ryolite.
Since I am rushing to post these photos…I don't have time to add links and historical information.. I will just leave you with photos..
of the area
Well what's left of the area…
old mining town
This is the Bottle house..read about the history here…very interesting..
The bottle house was built in the early 1900's by Tom Kelly. He used around 30,000 bottles, most of which once contained beer.
and more of the stuff collected from around town
Porter Brothers store…to the right.. The store's basement was big enough for the town's residents to hold dances and other social events
The Cook Bank building
“The first train in Rhyolite was in December of 1906. The rails for the Las Vegas Tonopah Railroad had already been laid and were in use way before the Station was built. …….There were three railroad lines in Rhyolite, the next one was the Bullfrog Goldfield line that came in June of 1907. And the last one used the same tracks as the B & G and was called the Tonopah Tidewater. In fact, there were enough side tracks to have 100 cars just sitting there.”
Train to nowhere
Check out all the Movies filmed here
Venus of Nevada.
The labyrinth
After this tour we took a drive thru some more amazing rock formations…
We really enjoyed Death Valley…and…I have lots more posts to come..
right now we are on our way to Quartzite after spending last night
in the Mohave Desert…
this morning we made music in the sand dunes…
I will post a video in a few days…
It has been a few years since I was there. The ghost rider and last supper is new. I was wondering it they were trying to do any upkeep on the remaining buildings. Is the man and his wife still holding up in the bottle house? I surely hope it doesn't just blow away one day. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great place! I didn't get much of Nevada on my drive through there (via I80) but what I saw was so starkly beautiful. Can't wait go to west again.
ReplyDeleteI find ghost towns fascinating! This one in particular looks really intriguing--a busy little town appears suddenly in the middle of nowhere--and almost as suddenly disappears. Sad and romantic!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a pretty cool place! Thanks for sharing these images with us.
ReplyDeleteLucky you - we were there before visitors were allowed in the town - we could only see from the road. From your photos, it looks to be in much better shape than the ghost towns we did see.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing Ryolite, didn't get to go there. Very cool and funky place.
ReplyDeleteHope to hear from you for a visit in Q.
All that colored glass is to die for.. That bottle house was neat too.. Love the ghost rider.. LOL
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