Leadville
Leadville is about 35 miles north of Gerlach on Highway 34.
Desert Magazine references
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A Trip to Leadville (Desert Magazine, June 1968) ... , pages 10-11, (719kb pdf) by Doris Cerveri LEADVILLE, a small town now ghostly and deserted, did not make much of a splash ... significance. The stretch of highway from Reno to Leadville goes through Sparks, follows the Big Bend in the Truckee River at ...
The 40 Wilderness Miles North of Gerlach, Nevada (Desert Magazine, November 1960)
... begins and the pavement ends is the 40-mile Gerlach-to-Leadville Road. If you can shuck the trappings of ultra-civilized travel, do ... and swamps north of Gerlach. Most maps don't even show Leadville - a highly photogenic "ghost town" - nor the petrified forest of ...
On Black Rock Desert Trails (Desert Magazine, July 1951)
... in the southern part. We knew there was a ghost town - Leadville - approximately 50 miles north of Gerlach, and we'd heard rumors of a ... station operator if he thought we could make it through to Leadville. Running a critical eye over our dust-covered car and clothing, ...
Navy Land Grab in Nevada's Black Rock Country (Desert Magazine, October 1956)
... day, I continued on north toward the old mining camp of Leadville. It seemed to me that in all the years I had known this land, I ... the hill and started across the flat near the head of Leadville Canyon - a band of 14 antelopes feeding peacefully not more than 100 ...
Lost Hardin Silver, Mystery or Hoax? (Desert Magazine, April 1955)
... fulfillment of a long dream. After following the old Leadville road for about a dozen miles, we turned sharply into the desert, and ...
See Also
- Leadville (Silver State Ghost Towns)