Beatty, Nevada to Rhyolite Ghost Town & Goldwell Museum
Here's the short drive from Beatty Nevada, westbound on Route 374 to the ghost town of Rhyolite, and neighboring Goldwell Open Air Museum.
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Goldwell Museum
Just outside of Beatty, Nevada near the ghost town of Rhyolite is one of the strangest museums in the desert. The Nevada Silver Trails Network presents a short video featuring some of the Goldwell Museum's fascinating Artwork!
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Driving through Beatty, Nevada
Beatty (pronounced BAY-dee) is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) along the Amargosa River in Nye County in the U.S. state of Nevada. U.S. Route 95 runs through the CDP, which lies between Tonopah, about 90 miles (140 km) to the north, and Las Vegas, about 120 miles (190 km) to the southeast. State Route 374 connects Beatty to Death Valley National Park, about 8 miles (13 km) to the west.
Before the arrival of non-indigenous people in the 19th century, the region was home to groups of Western Shoshone. Established in 1905, the community was named after Montillus (Montillion) Murray Old Man Beatty, who settled on a ranch in the Oasis Valley in 1896 and became Beatty's first postmaster. With the arrival of the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad in 1905, the CDP became a railway center for the Bullfrog Mining District, including mining towns such as nearby Rhyolite.[2] Starting in the 1940s, Nellis Air Force Base and other federal installations contributed to the town's economy as did tourism related to Death Valley National Park and the rise of Las Vegas as an entertainment center.
Beatty is home to the Beatty Museum and Historical Society and to businesses catering to tourist travel. The ghost town of Rhyolite and the Goldwell Open Air Museum (a sculpture park), are both about 4 miles (6 km) to the west, and Yucca Mountain and the Nevada Test Site are about 18 miles (29 km) to the east.
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Abandoned Gold Mining Town & Goldwell Open Air Museum - Rhyolite Nevada - Ghost Town
We travel to the ghost town Rhyolite Nevada, a once booming gold mining town now abandoned and visit the Goldwell Open Air Museum.
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Ghost Town Tours - FULL DRIVING TOUR (Beatty, Nevada)
Exploring Beatty in Nevada! They have a couple of casinos here, a Denny's and a fall/autumn street festival each year. It is also a gateway and a few minutes drive from Death Valley.
Beatty (pronounced BAY-dee) is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) along the Amargosa River in Nye County in the U.S. state of Nevada. U.S. Route 95 runs through the CDP, which lies between Tonopah, about 90 miles (140 km) to the north, and Las Vegas, about 120 miles (190 km) to the southeast. State Route 374 connects Beatty to Death Valley National Park, about 8 miles (13 km) to the west.
Before the arrival of non-indigenous people in the 19th century, the region was home to groups of Western Shoshone. Established in 1905, the community was named after Montillus (Montillion) Murray Old Man Beatty, who settled on a ranch in the Oasis Valley in 1896 and became Beatty's first postmaster. With the arrival of the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad in 1905, the CDP became a railway center for the Bullfrog Mining District, including mining towns such as nearby Rhyolite.[2] Starting in the 1940s, Nellis Air Force Base and other federal installations contributed to the town's economy as did tourism related to Death Valley National Park and the rise of Las Vegas as an entertainment center.
Beatty is home to the Beatty Museum and Historical Society and to businesses catering to tourist travel. The ghost town of Rhyolite and the Goldwell Open Air Museum (a sculpture park), are both about 4 miles (6 km) to the west, and Yucca Mountain and the Nevada Test Site are about 18 miles (29 km) to the east.
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Rhyolite, NV - Ghost Statues (open air museum)
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Rhyolite is a ghost town in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is in the Bullfrog Hills, about 120 miles (190 km) northwest of Las Vegas, near the eastern edge of Death Valley. The town began in early 1905 as one of several mining camps that sprang up after a prospecting discovery in the surrounding hills. During an ensuing gold rush, thousands of gold-seekers, developers, miners and service providers flocked to the Bullfrog Mining District. Many settled in Rhyolite, which lay in a sheltered desert basin near the region's biggest producer, the Montgomery Shoshone Mine.
Industrialist Charles M. Schwab bought the Montgomery Shoshone Mine in 1906 and invested heavily in infrastructure, including piped water, electric lines and railroad transportation, that served the town as well as the mine. By 1907, Rhyolite had electric lights, water mains, telephones, newspapers, a hospital, a school, an opera house, and a stock exchange. Published estimates of the town's peak population vary widely, but scholarly sources generally place it in a range between 3,500 and 5,000 in 1907–08.
Rhyolite declined almost as rapidly as it rose. After the richest ore was exhausted, production fell. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the financial panic of 1907 made it more difficult to raise development capital. In 1908, investors in the Montgomery Shoshone Mine, concerned that it was overvalued, ordered an independent study. When the study's findings proved unfavorable, the company's stock value crashed, further restricting funding. By the end of 1910, the mine was operating at a loss, and it closed in 1911. By this time, many out-of-work miners had moved elsewhere, and Rhyolite's population dropped well below 1,000. By 1920, it was close to zero.
After 1920, Rhyolite and its ruins became a tourist attraction and a setting for motion pictures. Most of its buildings crumbled, were salvaged for building materials, or were moved to nearby Beatty or other towns, although the railway depot and a house made chiefly of empty bottles were repaired and preserved. From 1988 to 1998, three companies operated a profitable open-pit mine at the base of Ladd Mountain, about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Rhyolite. The Goldwell Open Air Museum lies on private property just south of the ghost town, which is on property overseen by the Bureau of Land Management.
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Beatty Nevada. Very cool little town.
115 miles north of Las Vegas.
22 miles from Death Valley.
59 miles to Goldfield.
100 miles south of Tonopah.
If your going on a road trip to any of these places, Beatty has two bars a restaurant, two gas stations and a Motel 6. Really friendly people and some great mining trails too. I bought a shovel here to dig my truck out of a trail rut for three bucks from the world's biggest open everyday flea market.... Very cool!
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P.S. I'd like to have about 50 big ones to rebuild that .62 Lincoln Continental.
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Ghost Town Tours - FULL DRIVING TOUR (Beatty, Nevada)
Exploring Beatty in Nevada! They have a couple of casinos here, a Denny's and a fall/autumn street festival each year. It is also a gateway and a few minutes drive from Death Valley.
Beatty (pronounced BAY-dee) is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) along the Amargosa River in Nye County in the U.S. state of Nevada. U.S. Route 95 runs through the CDP, which lies between Tonopah, about 90 miles (140 km) to the north, and Las Vegas, about 120 miles (190 km) to the southeast. State Route 374 connects Beatty to Death Valley National Park, about 8 miles (13 km) to the west.
Before the arrival of non-indigenous people in the 19th century, the region was home to groups of Western Shoshone. Established in 1905, the community was named after Montillus (Montillion) Murray Old Man Beatty, who settled on a ranch in the Oasis Valley in 1896 and became Beatty's first postmaster. With the arrival of the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad in 1905, the CDP became a railway center for the Bullfrog Mining District, including mining towns such as nearby Rhyolite.[2] Starting in the 1940s, Nellis Air Force Base and other federal installations contributed to the town's economy as did tourism related to Death Valley National Park and the rise of Las Vegas as an entertainment center.
Beatty is home to the Beatty Museum and Historical Society and to businesses catering to tourist travel. The ghost town of Rhyolite and the Goldwell Open Air Museum (a sculpture park), are both about 4 miles (6 km) to the west, and Yucca Mountain and the Nevada Test Site are about 18 miles (29 km) to the east.
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Outdoor Nevada | Amargosa Vole
John Burke discovers how scientists are working to save the most endangered mammal in North America: the vole. Additional Footage courtesy of Amargosa Vole Conservation Campaign, Luke Petersen and Risa Pesapane. Special thanks to UCDavis School of VetMed, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Chris Conroy, and the Bureau of Land Management. See the full episode at
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Ghost Town
I explore an amazing sculpture in the ghost town of Rhyolite, NV, just a few miles from the eastern entrance to Death Valley. More Trip Clips at OtherSpokane.com
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Central Nevada Museum - Tonopah, Nevada
This is the outside of the Central Nevada Museum. This place has free admission, check it out if you pass through Tonopah.
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Rhyolite, Nevada - A Historic & Photo-Worthy Ghost Town
Sometimes even the locals need to escape Las Vegas for a day! Join us as we travel about 120 miles north of Vegas, up Interstate 95 to the boomtown-gone-bust destination of Rhyolite. There are atmospheric and beautiful remains from this century-old mining town, just waiting to be explored and photographed. Rhyolite is barely 2 hours from the excitement of the Strip, and even closer to Death Valley - it's a day trip for history buffs and amateur photographers, and a desert adventure we couldn't resist!
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Rhyolite Historic Townsite
Exploring the historic townsite of Rhyolite, Nevada. Found between Beatty, NV and the boundary of Death Valley National Park. Dilapidated buildings and a cool bottle house. I forgot to take a picture of the bottle house, so I used a photo by Wikimedia user Finetooth.
Beatty and Rhyolite, Nevada
We visit Beatty, Nevada, and the nearby ghost town of Rhyolite.
Nevada Ghost Town Video Tours - Rhyolite (near Beatty, NV)
We took a visit into Rhyolite ghost town, only 5-10min from Beatty, NV. Most of the town is in ruin, but it's a great place to check out if you're in the area!
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Rhyolite is a ghost town in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is in the Bullfrog Hills, about 120 miles (190 km) northwest of Las Vegas, near the eastern edge of Death Valley. The town began in early 1905 as one of several mining camps that sprang up after a prospecting discovery in the surrounding hills. During an ensuing gold rush, thousands of gold-seekers, developers, miners and service providers flocked to the Bullfrog Mining District. Many settled in Rhyolite, which lay in a sheltered desert basin near the region's biggest producer, the Montgomery Shoshone Mine.
Industrialist Charles M. Schwab bought the Montgomery Shoshone Mine in 1906 and invested heavily in infrastructure, including piped water, electric lines and railroad transportation, that served the town as well as the mine. By 1907, Rhyolite had electric lights, water mains, telephones, newspapers, a hospital, a school, an opera house, and a stock exchange. Published estimates of the town's peak population vary widely, but scholarly sources generally place it in a range between 3,500 and 5,000 in 1907–08.
Rhyolite declined almost as rapidly as it rose. After the richest ore was exhausted, production fell. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the financial panic of 1907 made it more difficult to raise development capital. In 1908, investors in the Montgomery Shoshone Mine, concerned that it was overvalued, ordered an independent study. When the study's findings proved unfavorable, the company's stock value crashed, further restricting funding. By the end of 1910, the mine was operating at a loss, and it closed in 1911. By this time, many out-of-work miners had moved elsewhere, and Rhyolite's population dropped well below 1,000. By 1920, it was close to zero.
After 1920, Rhyolite and its ruins became a tourist attraction and a setting for motion pictures. Most of its buildings crumbled, were salvaged for building materials, or were moved to nearby Beatty or other towns, although the railway depot and a house made chiefly of empty bottles were repaired and preserved. From 1988 to 1998, three companies operated a profitable open-pit mine at the base of Ladd Mountain, about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Rhyolite. The Goldwell Open Air Museum lies on private property just south of the ghost town, which is on property overseen by the Bureau of Land Management.
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A Visit to Beatty and Rhyolite, Nevada, USA
A musical video montage of images from a visit to historic Beatty Nevada and nearby gold mining 'ghost town' Rhyolite. Includes Tom Kelly's Bottle House. Music by Jerry Reed, Tiggerman Music, Flatt & Scruggs, Bell & Case, Alison Krauss. Video by Bill Mills. *NOTE: This is a special CUT version for YouTube which required removing 1:31 from the original per YouTube limits. Yhus it has a few rough transitions or hard cuts that diminish the overall video. I hope it is still enjoyable in this form.