Rhyolite Historic Townsite, Nevada Photo Gallery by Barry McCartney at pbase.com

Rhyolite Historic Townsite, Nevada

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Rhyolite townsite was established in 1905 with the discovery of gold.
Population rose to an estimated 8000 in 1908 and then dropped to 14 by 1920

40D_15370_LR	Shoe Tree	Shoe Tree
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7DM2_0467_LR	7DM2_0458_LR	Porter Brothers Store Erected 1906
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7DM2_0451_LR	Las Vegas & Tonopah Train Depot - Erected 1909	Las Vegas & Tonopah Train Depot - Erected 1909
Las Vegas & Tonopah Train Depot - Erected 1909	Las Vegas & Tonopah Train Depot - Erected 1909	Cook Bank Building Erected 1908
Cook Bank Building Erected 1908	7DM2_0443_LR	Porter Brothers Store
Porter Brothers Store Erected 1906	Porter Brothers Store Erected 1906	School House Erected 1909
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Ceramic Sofa	40D_15469_LR	40D_15468_LR
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40D_15445_LR	Bottle House	Rhyolite Mercantile
Rhyolite Mercantile	40D_15440_LR	Las Vegas & Tonopah Train Depot - Erected 1909
40D_15437_LR	Las Vegas & Tonopah Train Depot - Erected 1909	Discarded
Abandoned Mine	40D_15433_LR	Jail Erected 1907
40D_15431_LR	Jail Erected 1907	Jail Erected 1907
Jail Erected 1907	Jail Erected 1907	Jail Erected 1907
Jail Erected 1907	Originally a 2 room residence, it became a Brothel	40D_15423_LR
Originally a 2 room residence, it became a Brothel	Originally a 2 room residence, it became a Brothel	40D_15418_LR
Cook Bank Building Erected 1908	Cook Bank Building Erected 1908	Lots of discarded tins cans around the townsite
Las Vegas & Tonopah Train Depot - Erected 1909	Las Vegas & Tonopah Train Depot - Erected 1909	Las Vegas & Tonopah Train Depot - Erected 1909
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40D_15407_LR	40D_15406_LR	Las Vegas & Tonopah Train Depot - Erected 1909
40D_15403_LR	Joshua Tree	Street Sign
40D_15400_LR	Cook Bank Building Erected 1908	Cook Bank Building Erected 1908
Cook Bank Building Erected 1908	Cook Bank Building Erected 1908	Cook Bank Building Erected 1908
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Porter Brothers Store Erected 1906	School House, Erected 1909	Porter Brothers Store Erected 1906
School House, Erected 1909	40D_15385_LR	Street Sign
School House, Erected 1909	1948-50 Ford Truck	1948-50 Ford Truck
1948-50 Ford Truck	40D_15378_LR	Rhyolite Mercantile
Bottle House 1906	Joshua Tree	40D_15373_LR
Bottle House 1906	Bottle House 1906	Hwy 374 toward Rhyolite

comment

Regine L.		02-Mar-2016 02:48
I like the way you put together this gallery. Let's hope the site will be preserved and not fall into more disrepair.

Julie Oldfield		14-Dec-2014 02:34
One of my favorite places to visit. Such a cool place. The images of the faces are haunting. V

Earle T		20-Apr-2014 00:14
Cool gallery. It gives a real sense of the history here. V

Long Bach Nguyen		19-Apr-2014 01:31
excellent documentary of this ghost town..very cool sites and images

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