From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). At that time Sandy Spicer of Tonopah operated a mail stage, pictured in front of Carver’s.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley).
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Carver’s Station, Smoky Valley, Nevada, pictured in 1965 after the garage had been constructed north of the restaurant. The pay telephone, which Jean Carver Duhme had fought to have installed, is visible on the north wall of the restaurant facility.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). The station itself is visible beside the road just above the trees. In those days most small airplanes landed on the highway, but some contractors were working in the area and one had a plane that was too large to land on the highway, so a small airstrip was constructed for landing, visible to the right of Carver’s Station.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). They are with the family dog beside an airplane belonging to Ken Arnold of Boise, Idaho, who operated the Great Western Fire Protection Service.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley).
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley).
Possibly Nye County, Nevada. From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). The four grandchildren of Jean Carver Duhme, l-r: Mary Jean Carver, Marcy Carver, I.W.Carver, Gerald Carver. The 2 children on the outside belong to Jean’s son Gary, and the 2 inside to Dick Carver.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). One of the first pictures ever taken of the interior of Carver’s Station, Smoky Valley, Nevada, about 1948 or 1949. Jean Carver Duhme is pictured on the left and Gerald Carver is to her right standing behind the bar. Others are not identified. The bar top, made of Solid mahogany, was originally in the old hotel located in Round Mountain, Nevada.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley).