Goldfield NV

Our first stop in Goldfield NV happened in 2013. I blogged about it here and gave a condensed history, so rather than doing that again, just check out the other blog.

We stopped again in April because it is a nice geocaching stop before reaching our destination of Tonopah, just 25 or so miles to the north on Highway 95. I enjoyed seeing the photos I had taken the first time and the changes in some of the same photos. Be sure to look at the Bottle House in the 2013 post. I have learned it is 1 of 2 built in Goldfield in 1905. A better preserved one is in Beatty NV.

I know we will stop again. The next time I am picking up a walking tour brochure to help me identify the buildings. I did learn that every standing building has an owner, sometimes it is a family member of the original owner. There are promises to refurbish some of the buildings, but as to yet, they are empty promises. (My apologies if I have misnamed any of the buildings. I did the best I could with online research.)

First Methodist Episcopal Church, built in 1912

now the Community Center

don't know if these were mine entrances?

today they hold a geocache

an obsolete fire engine

Goldfield Fire Station #1 built in 1907

used until 2002

horses pulling the fire engines exited through the

double red doors

now a museum?

fire hose reel cart

the high school built in 1907

repair brick work has begun on the south side

outside repair work

new brick supporting wall

Joshua Trees in NV

arch from the 1907 Sideboard Saloon

built by saloon keeper, Patrick Mullin

some of the leftover tile pieces of the floor of the arch

was once a one story wood building on Main Street

no obvious changes to the hotel

other than I did read about some of the ghost and spirit stories

I think this house/business has even more signs

still don't know what the business is

hard to believe this town once boasted a population of

some 30,000

population of 268 listed in 2010 

originally built in 1907 as the Registration Trust Company

George Wingfield purchased the building in 1919 and

used the first floor for his John S. Cook & Co. Bankers

all of Wingfield's banks closed in 1932

the Tonopah & Goldfield RR moved its offices to the 

second & third floors after the 1923 fire destroyed their building

the RR purchased the building in 1932 and resided there until 1947

after which it became a hotel & cafe

built in 1907 by political & economic powerhouses of the time

 Senator George Nixon & George Wingfield

they controlled the main operating mines

in Goldfield

there is a Joshua Tree growing in this old car

the car is next to Northern Saloon & Restaurant

an early home moved to this location after the 1923 fire

known for years as "Still Norms Place"

restaurant was added in 2007

and finally...

the Shady Lady Ranch operated as a brothel until 

its closure in 2014

in 2009 a state law was overturned to allow male prostitutes

"In January 2010 the brothel hired a male prostitute 

by the name of "Markus" and charged $200 for 40 minutes,

 $300 for an hour and $500 for two hours.

Markus quit several weeks later after 

drawing fewer than 10 customers."

Bobbi Davis, owner of the Shady Lady Ranch closed

her establishment because "she is turning 61 

and wants to move back to her native Texas 

to care for her ailing parents."