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Memories of Tonopah, NV

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January 19th 2014
Tonopah is another "gold" town that used to have thousand of miners at the start of the 1900s and today has only 2,000 people. It is north of Goldfield. It has the large "Tonopah Mining Park" with lots of century old leftovers from the mining days. In 1911 there was a big fire inside of one mine during which several miners died. One of them, Big Bill, died while trying to rescue other miners. Ther ... read more

North America » United States » Nevada » Tonopah

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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