The first is the new Middlegate Shoe Tree, replacing the old shoe tree which met its end on Dec. 30, 2010. It was a much beloved landmark on US 50 near Middlegate Station near the foot of the Clan Alpine Range.
The sad remains of the original Middlegate Shoe tree.
The second is a charming mural on the wall of the old school in Austin. You kinda gotta look for it a bit on the back wall.
The Old School in Austin.
This is the other free-standing ruin.
The fourth is one of the remaining headframes around Goldfield. I really want to say this was the Florence Mine, but can't really back that up...yet.
From UP the hill.
Fifth we have the old school in Eureka. It has quite the Chernobyl feel to it; looking in the windows you will see an awful lot of supplies n' stuff waiting for classes that never were.
The school is off the main drag...the town is really working wonders
restoring itself. And the sandwiches at the Owl Club...MUAH!
Sixth is the little windmill in Jiggs behind the old brick house/hotel across from the bar, next to the community hall.
It's a brick.......hoooouse.
Seventh is the signage for the gas station in Mina.
We had to stop and use the add-on.
And last is a small section of the Mount Rose Wilderness along the Hunter Lake Road. The fires of recent years have left their marks, but the hike is worth the effort as the trail commands sweeping views of the Truckee Meadows and an intimate look at the Northern end of the Carson Range.
I don't have access to the Hunter Lake Trail photos from my
laptop, so enjoy this picture of cows along the road from
Rochester to Unionville.
So there you have it; what I would consider to be a reasonable if unfortunately highly abridged cross-section of the Silver State. There'll be others in the future.
Like pictures of me shooting a flintlock.
All things Austin are good.
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