Searchlight, NV - Laundry Day

in #travel7 years ago

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Searchlight is a very small town in Southern Nevada, made famous by the discovery of gold...of course.

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It has a school, a fire department, a park, a store, and a casino named Terribles. ..lol. It is the firsr little casino I've been in that didnt print tickets, you get paid out by the bartender!

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This mechanical cowboy greets to at the door of Terribles Casino in Searchlight, NV.

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In its boom days, Searchlight attracted the biggest stars and featured regular shows, rodeos, competitions, and even mining contests!

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Back in high school there was a student who lived out there and would commute into Las Vegas for school every day. I always thought that was wild.

It is a cool little town for sure! I wonder how bustling it was back in the 30's. It's probably hard to imagine there being many more people there than now haha. Resteemed! Showing that Nevada love <3

Awesome, @kendama-odyssey! Thats a long bus ride for sure...lol. I make it a point to stop and stay in as many mining towns and ghost towns as I can. Thanks for the reSteem.