Eleven individuals sit and stand together, wearing badges that read "Class of 1932." Identified standing from left to right: "1. Unknown, 2. Adelene Bartlett, 3. Unknown, 4. Rex Garrett, 5. Lee Beatty, 6. Unknown, 7. Ted Homan, 8. Unknown. Identified seated from left to right: 1. George W., 2. Eva Adams, 3. Unknown." Inscription with photo reads: "Familiar faces"
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.D. Crowell Family. The round machine near the base of the mill is a Lane Mill, which rotated and crushed the ore. All equipment and materials were moved to the building site using horses.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series I. Amargosa Valley, Nevada -- Subseries I.A. Fishel Family (T&T Ranch). The Ford tractor belongs to Gordon Bettles. Glessner was retired from the Marine Corps, lived for many years in Beatty and is buried there. In the distance are mountains of the Funeral Range.
A portion of a map of the state of Nevada published by the Clason Map Co., Denver, Colorado, copyrighted 1906. Note the routes of the railroads in the southern Nevada area, including the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad linking the small community of Las Vegas with Beatty; (More information on the map is contained on the photo board.) (Courtesy, Central Nevada Museum, Tonopah, Nevada.)
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.B. Lisle Family. A bar stood to the left of the building pictured here, and a school stood to the right, near the present site of the big, stone corral. Mrs. Wilson ran a boarding house in the largest building pictured here.
A portion of a map of southern California and southwestern Nevada prepared by The Automobile Club of Southern California during the early 1920s. The portion pictured here well illustrates the development of railroads and communities in the south central Nevada area, from Tonopah to the Pahrump Valley note the number of roads in the area between Tonopah and the Kawich Mountains. (Courtesy of Claudia Reidhead, Beatty, Nevada.)
A man sitting atop of a pair of mules in Death Valley. The hottest place on Earth, Death Valley is located between California and Nevada. The man wears an all black outfit complete with a hat whose brim provides a shadow that conceals his face. Transcribed onto the bottom border of the image: "Death Valley "Prospectors" Near Beatty, Nev. Frashers Foto - Promo."