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The Ghost Town of Rhyolite

In 1905 Rhyolite grew from a population of 2 people to more than 8,000. Within a decade, it was all but abandoned. The US national financial panic of 1907, and depletion of local mines, led to the town being shut down and people moving on.
Truck, School, and Bank
Truck, School, and Bank		 Cook Bank
Cook Bank		 Cook Bank
Cook Bank		 Rhyolite School
Rhyolite School
Tom Kelly's Bottle House
Tom Kelly's Bottle House		 Tom Kelly's Bottle House
Tom Kelly's Bottle House		 Rhyolite Mercantile Store
Rhyolite Mercantile Store		 HD & LD Porter General Store
HD & LD Porter General Store
Caboose Residence
Caboose Residence		 Inside Caboose Residence
Inside Caboose Residence		 View of the Cook Bank
View of the Cook Bank 		Las Vegas & Tonopah Depot
"Las Vegas & Tonopah Depot"
Las Vegas & Tonopah Depot
"Las Vegas & Tonopah Depot" 		Two Room Building
Two Room Building		 Rhyolite Jail House
Rhyolite Jail House		 Bullfrog-Rhyolite Cemetery
Bullfrog-Rhyolite Cemetery
Bullfrog-Rhyolite Cemetery
Bullfrog-Rhyolite Cemetery

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Walter Otto Koenig28-Nov-2015 21:54
Nice job with this gallery Frank. Really shows this Ghost Town well. "V"
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