Located 10 miles southeast of Tonopah, the camp was settled in the late 1890s when silver and gold was discovered in the area. In May, 1900, when Jim Butler picked up his first samples at the site that would become Tonopah, he was en route to Klondyke. He offered the local assayer, Frank Higgs, an interest in the find for an assay, but Higgs declared the samples worthless and threw them out. Fortunately, Butler retrieved more samples on this return trip to Belmont. The building on the right with the large smoke-stack was the assay office. None of the structures remain today.
The photograph was taken in March 1967 at the governor's mansion in Carson City, NV. The depicted people on the image are as follows (from left to right): the 22nd Governor of Nevada Pail Laxalt, Deborah (Brookman's daughter), Nevada Assemblywoman Eileen Brookman and her husband George Brookman.
Married couple Curtis and Laura Stewart pose next to a wooden carriage at the Furnace Creek Inn, Death Valley, California. Written on the back of the photograph, "Spring of 1949. Picture taken at Furnace Creek Ranch. To Edith: Two distinguished people, Curtis and Laura Stewart, who visited Death Valley, Spending night at Furnace Creek Ranch. Visited "Scotty's Castle" and later Mrs. Edith Barcus of Goldfield, Nevada."
Portrait of Maurine Hubbard (Wilson) with her parents, paternal grandparents and aunts and uncles. Standing, L-R: Maurine's uncle Jack Hubbard, unidentified woman, Maurine's uncle Earl Hubbard, Maurine's mother Ida (Conklin) Hubbard, Ola B. Hubbard, Maurine's father F.B. Hubbard. Seated, L-R: Maurine's paternal grandmother Mary Ellen Hubbard, Maurine Hubbard, Maurine's paternal grandfather J.E. Hubbard.
Two Anglo women and three Indian women. The Indian women are seated on wicker chairs. The Indian woman at left turned away from the camera; second Indian woman in center, back row, hides her face with her arm. The photograph was possibly taken at Manse Ranch in Pahrump, Nevada. A Post-it note identifies the Indian woman in front, right, as "probably Maude Yount." This is a different woman from the Maude Yount identified on photo Image ID:0096 0020.
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Flora Dungan (front row, left); Oran Gragson (back row, 4th from left); Paul May (back row, right). Possibly a group of Nevada state legislators. Rest not identified.
From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- Inscription with postcard reads: "A collage postcard of Sierra Sid's featuring all of Nevada's famous gaming action, 24 hour coffee shop, round-up steakhouse, home of the only 18 wheeler in captivity, plenty of slots, the guns of Elvis, and the World's largest collection of colt commemoratives on display at Sierra Sids. 310 rooms, bridal suites with king size waterbeds and beautiful pool area. Casino fun, great buffets, fine dining in our steakhouse. Union 76 24-hour fuel."