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Grave of Sarah Isabella Peters, a.k.a. Sakie Haskett, a.k.a. Isabella Haskins, a.k.a. Norma, a.k.a. Mona Belle  
   

Grave of Sarah Isabella Peters, a.k.a. Sakie Haskett, a.k.a. Isabella Haskins, a.k.a. Norma, a.k.a. Mona Belle

Ok here's a cool story... Sarah here came to Rhyolite when it was a booming town to sell her body with the purpose of gathering money to get her boyfriend out of the prison you see on the background. Eventually she did. And eventually he killed her because he was a maniac. Because she was a prostitute the respectable women of the town did not want her buried in the town's cemetery (you'll see a pic of it later), and it was determined that the only place Sarah could be buried would be behind the jail. Here she rests. Nobody has forgotten her. It is said that a group of women come by once each year to leave flowers and other trinkets. Isn't ironic? nobody knows where the respectable women ended up!
Postcards from the Goldwell Open Air Museum in Rhyolite, NV

December 28th 2013
Rhyolite was a booming town around 1905 full of thousands of miners that were part of the gold rush. They had homes, a saloon, a jail, lots of activity. For various reasons, however, by 1920 there was no one there. Today it is a ghost town with standing ruins. Immediately south of Rhyolite is the Goldwell Open Air Museum, a series of statues and art works were added after 1980 by a group of art ... read more
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American Flag Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more
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