Editor’s Note: Nevada 150 is a yearlong series highlighting the people, places and things that make up the history of the state. The John S. Cook Bank never closes here. The saloons have vanished, and ...

As a young man, I recall watching the western series “Death Valley Days” with my grandmother. It turned out to be one of the longest-lived Western hits on television, running from 1952 to 1970, and ...

There’s something compelling about the ghost town of Rhyolite. It’s a place that seems to speak to many different people. Miners were once drawn to it by the promise of rich gold deposits, and, in ...

From the left in the above photo is “Gasoline” Billy Kleer, 84; the Rev. Herschel Heisler, 80; Frederica Heisler, in her 70s; Bessie Moffat, 88; Louise Morrison, 77, Mary Thompson, 70, the town ...

ESMERALDA COUNTY — Navigating the winding dirt path that may soon be paved for autonomous cars at Rhyolite Ridge is an easy feat for Bernard Rowe. He knows the prehistoric landscape well — and ...

One of the most fascinating is Rhyolite in the Bullfrog Hills, about 190km northwest of Las Vegas, near the eastern edge of Death Valley. This boomtown sprung to life after a couple of prospectors ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surveying Tiehm's buckwheat plants in Esmerelda County, Nevada. (Photo by Sarah Kulpa/USFWS) Federal land managers gave their ...

Release of U.S. Federal Government’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement Positions Nevada Project to Commence Operations in 2027 The draft document will include Ioneer’s efforts to redesign and ...