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The Post Office in Beatty, Nevada.
Beatty Post Office
26 Tuesday Jul 2022
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Beatty
11 Monday Jul 2022
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Beatty was the center of three short-lived, so-called “gold” railroads that were spawned by early 1900s strikes in Tonopah, Goldfield and Rhyolite. The town was referred to as the “Chicago of the West”.
Between 1906 and 1907, railroad companies constructed the Las Vegas and Tonopah from Las Vegas through Beatty and Rhyolite to Goldfield, the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad from Goldfield to Beatty and Rhyolite, and the Tonopah and Tidewater from Ludlow, California to Tonopah. The last of these used the Bullfrog Goldfield tracks to Beatty and Rhyolite until 1914. The rails were torn up at Beatty beginning on July18, 1942.
This is Nevada State Historical Marker #173, see others on this page:
This is located in Beatty, Nevada.
Beatty, Nevada
11 Monday Jul 2022
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Beatty, Nevada in Nye County.
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Pahrump, Nevada
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Pahrump was originally inhabited by the Southern Paiute. It was slowly inhabited by settlers in the late 19th century. They reportedly chose the name for Pahrump after the original indigenous name Pah-Rimpi, or “Water Rock,” so named because of the abundant artesian wells in the valley. Because of the artesian wells, the new inhabitants of Pahrump Valley began a number of large ranch-style holdings, mostly over 1000 acres in size. On the ranches, alfalfa and cotton were grown, and livestock were raised.
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- Chief Tecopa Cemetery
- Chief Tecopa (Grave and historic marker)