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Photograph of a carriage leaving the tent camp in Bullfrog (Nev.), 1905

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Date

1905-12-01

Description

Freight team leaving Bullfrog, Nevada, December 1, 1905. There is an inscription on the back of the photo: "Headed for Goldfield, 65 miles to the north. Bullfrog was founded after the discovery of gold in the area in 1904. By 1907 Rhyolite, the tent camp at the left in the picture, had become the city of the district with a population of over 6000. The boom was over by the end of 1907." There is a date stamp: 1980.

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pho020524

Physical Identifier

0082_0007
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    pho020524. Central Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection. PH-00082. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d12z12t9f.

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    5.26 x 3.65 inches
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    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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