I've been wanting to do another post on Ghost Towns for a while now, and decided I'd go ahead and do it today. However, this one will focus more on "the" hotel, rather than "the" town... So here we go.
About
halfway between Las Vegas and Reno, lies the teeny, tiny little town of
Goldfield, Nevada or what's left of it anyway. As one might deduce from its name, gold was discovered in
the area in 1902. By 1904, a bevy of miners produced 800 tons of ore worth over
two million dollars. News traveled fast and in no time at all, Goldfield became
the largest town in the state.
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| Miner's pack animals in front of mining supply stores, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1900 |
Prominent
men arrived with bag and baggage. Among the notable, we find Wyatt and Virgil
Earp. By January of 1905, Virgil wore the badge of a deputy sheriff. Sadly,
however, he came down with pneumonia a few months later and after a six month
illness, he died. A heartbroken Wyatt left town shortly thereafter. However, neither of these men having anything to do with the hotel... just history.
