For months, a small building has sat empty across the road from the Gem Theater in Pioche. It has housed many different businesses, but ever since the Ghost Town Café closed in late 2019, the shop has sat dormant. However, a sign in the window for the past few months has promised that there would soon be a new eatery in that shop and now, Pioche has become the site of Lincoln County’s newest business – Gunslingers.
Boulder City Review: Gunslingers lived — and died — fast in Pioche
Today’s visitor to Pioche won’t see staged gunfights for tourists that some Old West towns or certain theme parks are known to exhibit. But there was a time in the days of yesteryear when the mountain mining town was a place full of gunslingers, back in its hectic, nearly lawless history of the early 1870s. And these weren’t staged for tourists; they were real.
It was reported nearly 60 percent of Nevada’s killings in 1871-73 occurred in Pioche.
Mine owners often employed hired guns to protect their mining claims from claim jumpers. Or, in other cases, gunslingers were brought in and they would do the claim jumping. That in itself is another good story.
LC Record: SNORE heads to Caliente for Skull Rush 250
By Mike Henle
The Southern Nevada Off-Road Enthusiasts (SNORE) is kicking off its 2020 off-road racing season May 29-30 with the Skull Rush 250.
With a field of about 100 entries, the Skull Rush 250 is invading a home-away-from-home for the umpteenth time with the continued beauty of an area adored by SNORE’s competitors.
This small town of about 1,000 residents is good for off-road racing and anyone with any kind of business in Caliente welcomes the event with open arms every year during the event that is about 180 miles north of Las Vegas.
Nevada State Parks Closure Information
Nevada State Parks provided information on current closures and changes due to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Details here: http://parks.nv.gov/about/public-notices
News3 Las Vegas Spotlights Rock Art in Lincoln County
There’s one place in Southern Nevada that offers explorers a look back into prehistory and the art of the natives who inhabited the desert long before the casinos, hotels, saloons and ranches.
Explorers brave enough to venture out towards Hiko or Rachel, Nevada, perhaps hunting a glimpse of aliens at the nearby Area 51 site, will be hard-pressed to miss the Mt. Irish Petroglyph Site, a 640-acre plot containing art and carvings left by the prehistoric Native Americans.
The petroglyphs, most of which are of the Great Basin Representational style dating from around 1,000 to 1,500 A.D., depict animals still living in the region like bighorn sheep and deer.
Read more at https://news3lv.com/news/local/mt-irish-site-north-of-las-vegas-features-rock-art-dating-back-thousands-of-years
OnlyInYourState Features Historic Million Dollar Courthouse
It’s amazing to think of ALL the amazing history that’s hiding underneath our noses wherever we find ourselves in the Silver State. You just never know what kind of places will turn out to have fascinating stories behind them, like the old Lincoln County Courthouse in the rough ‘n tumble town of Pioche, Nevada. First of all, it’s amazing that this historic courthouse is even still standing. However, it’s the story behind this building—often called the Million Dollar Courthouse—that makes it a must-visit destination for history enthusiasts. Stop by and check out this fascinating time capsule of Pioche history!
Read More at https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/nevada/historic-courthouse-nv/