Barrel Springs Back Country Byway, NV 2369a

Nevada - Northwest

Folder: Nevada
Roughly from Carson City north and east to Winnemucca and then the Idaho border and west to the California border, includes Reno.
Empire, NV US Gypsum (0254)

Empire, NV US Gypsum (0254)

03 Jul 2014 231
Sign for the US Gypsum plant in Empire, NV. Though the plant closed in 2011, the maintenance of the grounds leave it looking as if it had closed only recently.
Fallon, NV (0150)

Fallon, NV (0150)

02 Jul 2014 3 347
Sign from the past for Seiz shoes, in downtown Fallon.
Fallon, NV (0158)

Fallon, NV (0158)

02 Jul 2014 2 4 255
Distincitive I.H. Kent Co. sign, Fallon, NV.
Fallon, NV 2nd amendment (0151)

Fallon, NV 2nd amendment (0151)

02 Jul 2014 211
Frontdoor sign regarding carrying and potential use of concealed guns at Phat Tatz Tattoo's in Fallon.
Fallon, NV 2nd amendment (0152)

Fallon, NV 2nd amendment (0152)

02 Jul 2014 278
Phat Tatz Tattoo's in Fallon, NV. See adjacent picture re not on door concerning carrying and using concealed guns.
Fallon, NV garage (0153)

Fallon, NV garage (0153)

02 Jul 2014 227
Former Fallon garage and Chevrolet/Oldsmobile (and maybe more) dealer/service, with a 1958 Ford Thunderbird in front. The building wasn't open, but inside there was a large and fascinating array of gas pumps from across the ages, plus automobiles and trucks (see nearby pictures)
Fallon, NV garage (0154)

Fallon, NV garage (0154)

02 Jul 2014 3 252
The gas pumps in the window are called visible gas pumps and, from what I could find, came into use in the 1920's. See description of the garage in the nearby picture.
Fallon, NV garage (0157)

Fallon, NV garage (0157)

02 Jul 2014 209
As this indicates, the garage had quite a collection of antique gas pumps. See description with nearby picture.
Fallon, NV Overland Hotel (0156)

Fallon, NV Overland Hotel (0156)

02 Jul 2014 2 255
The Overland Hotel in Fallon, built in 1908 and fronting on what was the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental highway. The Lincoln highway was dedicated in 1913, though much of it in the west was initially unpaved tracks.
Fallon, NV theater (0148)

Fallon, NV theater (0148)

02 Jul 2014 2 436
Fallon theater, showing movies since the early 1900's (see description in adjacent picture).
Fallon, NV theater (0149)

Fallon, NV theater (0149)

02 Jul 2014 1 359
Plaque describing the Fallon theater and its historical role in promoting the Lincoln highway.
Gerlach, NV (0224)

Gerlach, NV (0224)

03 Jul 2014 3 1 231
Some sort of mobile housing.
Gerlach, NV (0248)

Gerlach, NV (0248)

03 Jul 2014 231
History of Gerlach. The town itself was established when the Western Pacific railroad was being built in 1905.
Gerlach, NV (0249)

Gerlach, NV (0249)

03 Jul 2014 363
Gerlach Garage, with Black Rock bar to the left. Went to the Black Rock bar the night I was there -- friendly group of about 12 people.
Gerlach, NV Bruno's (0174)

Gerlach, NV Bruno's (0174)

02 Jul 2014 3 1 338
Bruno's everything in Gerlach. It was the only motel, cafe, casino.... and gas station and community center. The motel rooms were inexpensive and simple, but okay. The cafe was basic American diner food (good) and friendly folk (both staff and customers), and the saloon was the same -- friendly and sociable.
Gerlach, NV Burning Man (0250)

Gerlach, NV Burning Man (0250)

03 Jul 2014 1 287
Burning Man office in Gerlach.
Gerlach, NV sunrise (0181)

Gerlach, NV sunrise (0181)

03 Jul 2014 1 220
Sunrise beginning to reflect off of Gerlach.
Gerlach, NV sunrise (0184)

Gerlach, NV sunrise (0184)

03 Jul 2014 4 309
Sunrise over the former Western Pacific rail route (now Union Pacific) across the Black Rock Desert. I expect that crossing the desert is very routine for current UP engineers, but it must have been a quite wondrous journey when riding the rails in a passenger train was still magical.
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