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  Nye County Tonopah, Nevada (Counties)
The county seat of Nye County, Nevada, is Tonopah.
Tonopah is located in Nye County, of which it is the county seat, northwest of Las Vegas between...
Located in Tonopah in Nye County, Nevada, Tonopah Airport is at an elevation of 5430 feet and was...
www.ohwy.com /nv/y/y32023.htm   (494 words)

  
 Tonopah - Nevada Ghost Town
Tonopah's peak period was around 1905 when it became the county seat.
Tonopah is at the point where highway 95 intersects highway 6.Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.
Tonopah’s biggest year was 1913 when its mines yielded almost $10 million worth of gold, silver, copper, and lead.
www.ghosttowns.com /states/nv/tonopah.html   (663 words)

  
 Tonopah, Nevada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tonopah is a census-designated place located in Nye County, Nevada.
Correction: The Northern was, and still is, in Goldfield, 26 miles south of Tonopah.
Earp had little or nothing to do with the operation, although there are some indications that he may have been a pit boss for a short time.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tonopah,_Nevada   (473 words)

  
 Nevada Commission on Tourism
Legend has it that in 1900, Butler, a sometime miner, camped at the area called Tonopah by the local Paiute tribe (the word means "brush water" because of the presence of springs in the area).
Tonopah's discovery, as well as the major strikes in nearby Goldfield, proved to be a much-needed shot in the arm for Nevada's mining industry, which had bottomed following the end of the Comstock boom in Virginia City.
Tonopah's picturesque hillsides are still littered with the remains of mining operations.
www.travelnevada.com /story.asp?sid=30   (858 words)

  
 Tonopah, Nevada -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Tonopah is a (Click link for more info and facts about census-designated place) census-designated place located in (Click link for more info and facts about Nye County, Nevada) Nye County, Nevada.
Tonopah is located at 38°4'9" North, 117°13'50" West (38.069058, -117.230502).
Out of the total population, 7.3% of those under the age of 18 and 19.1% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/to/tonopah,_nevada.htm   (490 words)

  
 Tonopah Hotels - Best Western Lodging in Tonopah, Nevada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
L ocated midway between Las Vegas and Reno at the intersection of U.S. Highways 95 and 6, Tonopah is the major crossroad of central Nevada.
Tonopah was the first mining boomtown of the 20th century, a sprawling city of 3,000 by the time it was two years old with stagecoach service, competing newspapers, more than 30 saloons, and two churches.
There are many fascinating places to visit and things to see in Tonopah and the surrounding areas, the Central Nevada Museum offers extensive information about the history of central Nevada, including outdoor displays of miner's cabins and railroad artifacts.
www.bestwesternnevada.com /tonopah.htm   (187 words)

  
 Historic Tonopah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Tonopah is a small town in central Nevada that was spawned in the early 1900’s by a silver rush.
Tonopah depends on tourism as an important source of industry and has over the years developed the historical aspects of some points.
This project as has been stated is for the benefit of Tourists and Tonopah Locals alike to help bring some of the less known historic points of Tonopah Nevada into view for all to enjoy.
www.suu.edu /faculty/mulderink/ServiceLearning/howard&krejtroenen.htm   (2165 words)

  
 Nevada -> Facts and Figures on Encyclopedia.com 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Conservation on the cusp: the reformation of national forest policy in the Sierra Nevada.
Nevada defeated Gonzaga, 91-72, in the second round of the 2004 NCAA Men's tournament at Key Arena
Nevada defeated Gonzaga, 91-72, in the second round of the 2004 NCAA Men's
www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/nevada_factsandfigures.asp   (409 words)

  
 Tonopah Nevada Resource Guide, City or community of Tonopah, Nevada Facts, Information, Relocation, Real Estate, ...
The population of Tonopah is approximately 3,616 (1990).
The distance from Tonopah to Washington DC is 2282 miles.
Tonopah is positioned 38.09 degrees north of the equator and 117.24 degrees west of the prime meridian.
www.usacitiesonline.com /nvcountytonopah.htm   (276 words)

  
 Tonopah Test Range Airfield
The Tonopah Test Range (TTR) is located in the northwestern portion of the Nellis Air Force Range in south-central Nevada.
Tonopah Test Range (TTR) and its Facilities are located approximately 30 miles South East of the town of Tonopah, Nevada.
After years of operations at Tonopah, the F-117 was redeployed to Holloman AFB (New Mexico) in May/July 1992, where it is part of the 49th Fighter Wing.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/tonopah.htm   (732 words)

  
 Tonopah Nevada Real Estate and Homes For Sale
Tonopah holds the county seat for Nye County.
Tonopah offers a pleasant suburban community located in comfortable residential community just miles from the bigger cities that are well known throughout the world.
Tonopah is proud to run there own full service school district that teaches many of the neighboring cities in the county.
www.las-vegas-real-estates.com /las_vegas_tonopah.htm   (174 words)

  
 Find Churches in Tonopah Nevada - FlockFinder.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Finding good churches in Tonopah Nevada is the main goal of our site.
For a while now, churches in Nevada have been pressured to get a "church website" thinking it would be an evangelistic tool and way to promote their church.
Churches in Tonopah Nevada would be surprised at the amount of people who are looking for a church in their area.
www.flockfinder.com /churches_nevada/tonopah/churches_tonopah_nevada.html   (620 words)

  
 Tonopah, Nevada
Located midway between Las Vegas and Reno at the intersection of U.S. Highways 95 and 6, Tonopah is the major crossroad of central Nevada.
The boomtown of Tonopah was born in 1900, when Jim Butler accidentally discovered rich silver ore while chasing a wayward burro.
Today, nearly a century later, Tonopah and adjacent parts of central Nevada represent the final chapter in the settlement of the American west.
www.eatstayplay.com /html/nv/p108.html   (159 words)

  
 Nevada North-South Team Match 2003, Tonopah Nevada
The annual pilgrimage to Tonopah for the Nevada State Championship and North-South Team Match took place on Saturday, September 27, 2003.
In the State Championship Match, IM Enrico Sevillano was the Southern Nevada Representative, having won the Nevada Open back in June, while Arkia Bayati was the Northern Representative, having booked his place by winning the annual event held at the Reno Chess Club.
Northern Nevada had taken the title the last three years straight and so the Southern team was looking for a little bit of revenge.
www.nevadachess.org /xr/xr20030927.htm   (484 words)

  
 Tonopah Paintball Field (Tonopah, Nevada) - pbreview.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The feilds here were OK, and when i arrived at Tonopah from Reno at night, i thought the fields were a nightmare, because it was at night while i walked the feild.
The terrain wasn't too great, but i don't really blame them since they set it up in such a short time (there were big rocks that looked liked hell to crawl or dive on).
If anyone is actually reading this and lives in or near NV, the next Tournament at Tonopah is in August.
www.pbreview.com /fields/reviews/1276   (658 words)

  
 Nevada Historical Marker 15   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Jim Butler, a rancher from Belmont, was tracking his strayed burro when he made the discovery on May 19, 1900, that set off the stampede to Tonopah.
Tonopah soon became the most important gold-silver producer in the nation.
The mines faltered in the 20's, but Tonopah has achieved permanent fame for the many prominent Nevada leaders it produced and for the brilliant cluster of nearby mining districts it brought into being.
dcnr.nv.gov /markers/mark_15.htm   (129 words)

  
 The Atomic Frontier: Atmospheric Testing in Nevada, The Two Sides By Julie Etchegaray - Summer 2001 Newsletter
Nobody died and the only livestock affected were the cows and calves in the meadow beyond the house that received bad radiation burns on their backs.
She won the Nevada History Day competition with this essay and went to Washington D.C. in June to represent Nevada in the National History Day competition.
This was published for the employees of the U.S. Department of Energy's Nevada Operations Office, it's contractors and members of the public.
www.yuccamountain.org /julie.htm   (3566 words)

  
 Nevada
The best documented early Nevada wireless communications information came out of Tonopah and centered around Arthur G. Raycraft, an officer in the First National Bank of Tonopah and a talented wireless amateur who was an enthusiastic proponent of using wireless to keep in contact with the mining camps around the west-central Nevada area.
The earliest documented radio transmissions within the state of Nevada were associated with Raycraft's radio (spark gap) telegraph communications system between Tonopah, Nevada and a similar installation in Manhattan, Nevada, about 30 miles north of Tonopah.
KDZK was the first Nevada radio broadcast station to actually be licensed and go "on the air" with their debut broadcast on the evening of July 21, 1922.
www.radioblvd.com /nevradiohist.htm   (7134 words)

  
 Tonopah, Nevada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This discovery eventually produced more than $150 million worth of ore, changing the face of Nevada.
The town of Tonopah grew up around the mine.
The name is an Indian word meaning a type of desert plant that grows around hidden springs.
members.aol.com /Gibson0817/Tonopah.htm   (229 words)

  
 Listings Nevada: Tonopah
Nevada State Bowling Association P.O. Box 3719, Tonopah, NV 89049 Phone (775) 482-5590 nsba@citlink.net Who we are and what we do Board of Directors Committee Assignments NSBA Member Associations...
Tonopah and Goldfield: They Were the Hub of Nevada's Gold Rush
Tonopah and Goldfield They Were the Hub of Nevada's Gold Rush Story and Photos by Roger McPherson Standing on the abandoned Las Vegas and Tonopah grade, Allen Metscher points out the Florence...
listingsus.com /Nevada/Southern-Region/Nye-County/Tonopah   (287 words)

  
 Slate Roofing Tonopah Nevada Single Ply Roof NV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Slate Roofing Tonopah NV in Nevada as well as Siding, Gutters, Metal Roofing and Single Ply Roof.
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www.hire-services.com /SlateRoofing/TonopahNevada.html   (392 words)

  
 Tonopah, Nevada
In 1900, legend has it, Jim Butler was camping at Tonopah Springs when his mule wandered off.
A sixty-mile-long railway was built in 1903 to join a branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad at Sodavill in order to accommodate the large volume gold and silver of ore required to be transported for smelting.
At the end of the war, even these companiesceased to operate in Tonopah and the era came to an end in 1947 with the demise of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad.
colinday.bravepages.com /nevada/tonopahp1.html   (439 words)

  
 Lawyers in Tonopah Nevada Attorney for Divorce Auto Car Accident DWI Advertising
The Tonopah Nevada attorney / lawyer category is a special part of NitPickit that allows Nevada law firms to advertise their business to people in this target area.
Tonopah attorneys and law firms appearing in this section of NitPickIt pay to be included.
The law firms or individual lawyers listed in our Tonopah Nevada law directory offer services for auto car accident victims, couples considering divorce, DWI and much more.
www.nitpickit.com /lawyers/Nevada/9990_Tonopah.shtml   (217 words)

  
 Tonopah, Nevada, Satellite Image Map (1:250,000 scale) ($8.00)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
(Does not show the Tonopah Test Range, which is found on the Cactus Flat image.) Assembled from Landsat imagery.
This "satellite image map" covers the same area as the Tonopah 1:250,000 scale map - which is shown on the reverse side of this image (a free bonus!).
The detail is not good enough to pick out individual vehicles or small buildings, but roads, earthworks and towsns can be seen.
www.aliensonearth.com /catalog/detail/0401/0401T358202.html   (324 words)

  
 Tonopah, Nevada (Cities)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Tonopah is located in Nye County, of which it is the county seat, northwest of Las Vegas between Warm Springs and Basalt along US Highway 6.
Tonopah is part of the Las Vegas, Nevada-Arizona metro area.
One story says prospector Jim Butler made the discovery when he picked up a rock to throw at a stubborn mule.
www.ohwy.com /nv/t/tonopah.htm   (93 words)

  
 Tonopah, Nevada, Surface/Mineral Management Status, topographic map, 1:100,000 ($5.95)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Tonopah, Nevada, Surface/Mineral Management Status, topographic map, 1:100,000 ($5.95)
A specialized map published by the Bureau of Land Management, showing the management of land (public or private) and the status of mineral rights.
Covers Tonopah, Nevada, and areas north and west.
www.aliensonearth.com /catalog/detail/0408/0408W311819.html   (262 words)

  
 Tonopah, Nevada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The town of Tonopah is an old mining community located high in the Nevada desert.
The town is rich in history, starting when a prospector chipped at a ledge during a thunderstorm and discovered silver ore. The Best Western Hi-Desert Inn in Tonopah offers Best...
We offer a number of amenities and services to make your stay a memorable one!* Halfway between Las Vegas & Reno* 24 Hour Casinos* Tonopah's only shopping center is adjacent to motel* Ample Truck Parking* RV Par...
www.traveltoday.com /poi2/Tonopah/NV/USA   (90 words)

  
 Tonopah, Nevada Pictures Dec 99   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Clicking on any of the pictures will display the full-size version in another window.
Nevada is absolutely brilliant - full of bugger-all but desert, enormous military bases (Area 51), old (ooh maybe 100 years and more) mining towns with (if you're lucky) enormous hotels or theatres from the boom days,
In Tonopah you can still see huts made out of flattened tin cans - like Scotland where people just build a new house next to the old.
www.gurk.demon.co.uk /USHolPix2/tonopah.htm   (137 words)

  
 Nevada Dentists Find a Dentist in Tonopah Nevada Periodontistry Pediatric Advertising
Each Dentist and Periodontist is listed by city and state making it easier than ever to get dental work done in the Tonopah Nevada area.
The Tonopah Nevada dentist / periodontist category is a special part of NitPickit that allows Nevada dentists to advertise their business to people in this target area.
Tonopah dentists and periodontists appearing in this section of NitPickIt pay to be included.
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 tonopah nevada and more.
Tonopah Nevada hotels, restaurants, events, attractions and travel information from the Nevada Travel Network
Tonopah, Nevada: A Visitor's Guide to amenities, attractions and history from The Complete Nevada Traveler
The town is rich in history, having its beginning when a prospector chippedThe town of Tonopah is an old mining community located high in the Nevada desert.
haxwax-vacations.com /nevada/tonopah-nevada.html   (340 words)

  
 Tonopah, Nevada Hotel Info
The town is rich in history, starting when a prospector chipped at a ledge during a thunderstorm and discovered silver ore. The Best Western Hi-Desert Inn in Tonopah offers Best Western hospitality with beautifully appointed, comfortable rooms, modern conveniences and a friendly, courteous staff that is anxious to assist you.
Enjoy the continental breakfast in the morning and fresh baked cookies in the evening; relax in our spa in the evening after viewing one of Tonopah's glorious sunsets.
We are only two blocks from the casino, two blocks from Tonopah Mining Park, three blocks from the convention center and one mile from the Central Nevada Museum with American Indian, boomtown, railroad and mining displays.
www.hotellocaters.net /hotelinfo/Tonopah/NV/USA/3998   (506 words)

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