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Rhyolite, Graveyard of Dreams
Graveyard of Dreams the Story of Aurora and Rhyolite
The graphic for the Aurora and Rhyolite exhibit
Twenty-mule train near Calico, California, 1905
Twenty-mule train near Calico, California, 1905. Calico, California was initially founded as a silver mining town in 1882 but by 1890 the cost of recovering the silver became prohibitive. The town, however, continued to exist until 1907 due to the…
Shorty Harris and companion eating next to an automobile, Death Valley, 1920s
Shorty Harris and companion eating next to an automobile somewhere in Death Valley during the 1920s. Harris took most of the photographs in this collection of images taken in the late 1920s in the Death Valley area of Nevada and California including…
View across Death Valley from Chloride Cliff, 1920s
View across Death Valley from Chloride Cliff, 1920s. One silver gelatin POP print purchased from Amalgre Books of Bloomington, Indiana in April of 1997.
The Bottle House in Rhyolite, Nevada, 1920s
The Bottle House in Rhyolite, Nevada, 1920s. Rhyolite, Nevada was founded in 1904 after Shorty Harris and Ed Cross discovered Rhyolite Quartz at the Bullfrog mine. By 1906 the town had two railroad lines and a population of 10,000. The mines,…
The train depot of the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad in Rhyolite, Nevada, 1920s
The train depot of the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad in Rhyolite, Nevada, 1920s. Rhyolite, Nevada was founded in 1904 after Shorty Harris and Ed Cross discovered Rhyolite Quartz at the Bullfrog mine. By 1906 the town had two railroad lines and a…
View of Rhyolite, Nevada showing the Overbury Building, 1920s
View of Rhyolite, Nevada showing the Overbury Building, 1920s. Rhyolite, Nevada was founded in 1904 after Shorty Harris and Ed Cross discovered Rhyolite Quartz at the Bullfrog mine. By 1906 the town had two railroad lines and a population of 10,000.…
View of Rhyolite, Nevada, 1920s
View of Rhyolite, Nevada, 1920s. Rhyolite, Nevada was founded in 1904 after Shorty Harris and Ed Cross discovered Rhyolite Quartz at the Bullfrog mine. By 1906 the town had two railroad lines and a population of 10,000. The mines, however, did not…
Gravestone of William E. Carder who was killed and buried in Aurora, Nevada in 1864
Gravestone of William E. Carder. Inscription reads: "William E. Carder. Native of Tennessee. Aged 33 years. Was assassinated in Aurora on the night of Dec. 10. 1864. I will avenge, saith the Lord. Erected by his Wife Annie E." Aurora, Nevada …
Horse-drawn hearse in Aurora, Nevada, 1920s
Horse-drawn hearse in Aurora, Nevada, 1920s. Aurora, Nevada was a silver mining boom town founded in 1860. Aurora was in its heyday in the 1860s (Mark Twain briefly lived there), but it slowly declined after 1870. It went through a rebirth in 1912…
Gallagher & Brown liquor store/saloon in Aurora, Nevada, exterior
Gallagher & Brown liquor store/saloon in Aurora, Nevada, exterior. Aurora, Nevada was a silver mining boom town founded in 1860. Aurora was in its heyday in the 1860s (Mark Twain briefly lived there), but it slowly declined after 1870. It went…
Esmeralda Hotel in Aurora, Nevada, 1920s
Esmeralda Hotel in Aurora, Nevada, 1920s. Aurora, Nevada was a silver mining boom town founded in 1860. Aurora was in its heyday in the 1860s (Mark Twain briefly lived there), but it slowly declined after 1870. It went through a rebirth in 1912…