To the weary automobile traveler from the north or south, Beatty, and the garage, were probably welcome sights. The garage handled Union gasoline, oil, tires, and auto repairs in addition to being the area's Authorized Ford Service Station. It was also the town's "Tourist Headquarters" with campgrounds and cabins (forerunner of today's motels).
Montezuma was the site of extensive mining activity from the 1860s-1880s but was dormant in the early 1900s when the Goldfield strike was made. According to the information painted on the front of the "Road House" of the "Montezuma Trading Company", the traveler or prospector could purchase "Wines & Liquors, Tobacco, Miners Supplies, Hay & Grain, and Groceries" at the store. Montezuma was located in the Montezuma Mountains seven miles west of Goldfield and was experiencing a resurgence precipitated by the discoveries at Goldfield.
A picture of Obie Oberlander (General Manager of the Silver Nugget Casino) serving pancakes to Governor Mike O'Callaghan in the Silver Nugget parking lot.
Description provided with image: "John Cahlan (left) looks on as Marion Cahlan Principal Robert Pearce hangs a painting of Mr. Cahlan's mother, Marion E. Cahlan, for whom the school was named. The artist, Florence E. Conway, is second from left."