We drove through Austin as the sun went down, continuing on up the hill, looking for an NFS campground. But we resolved to drive back the next morning to have a look at this living ghost town of note. 10,000 prospectors and other frontier-types were in this valley at one time.
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Seen all over town, nearly all of whose
businesses were closed |
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Street scene, mostly original frontier, which is not actually
all that old... |
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| Detail |
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| Saloon, left, library, right |
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| Up closer |
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Episcopal church, built 1878, said to be one of
the finer specimens of frontier church in NV |
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| Masons and Odd Fellows Hall |
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| Frontier spirit |
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| Going concern |
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| Unfinished frontier structure |
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More frontier spirit; I guess he provided his own clean air and
water, safe food, transportation and communication
infrastructure, law and order, security from foreign aggression... |
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| More frontier spirit |
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Trump's favorite insult is calling someone a loser; interesting
how many of his supporters are obvious losers, misfits, and
ne'er-do-wells |
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I think we'll just drive right on through Austin next time, if
there is a next time |
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