Some Modern Tonopah Scenes

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The Tex Rickard Suite, Mizpah Hotel, Tonopah, NV

Tex Rickard was the promoter of the Dempsey-Willard fight that took place in Goldfield, NV, in the early 1900's. The Mizpah Hotel's Jack Dempsey Room, is the finest eating place south of Reno.

(Bob$$$ is sitting in the living room, at the south west corner, on Main Street's east side.)

Tonopah Water Co. is the oldest, continuously-operating, Water Dept., in Nevada.

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The Tonopah 300 Off-Road Race March 28-30, 1998, call (702) 457.5775.
The Jim Butler Days Celebration, May 23-26, (702) 482.3859.

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Main Street with the Mizpah on the left and the State Bank Building on the right. Five floors tall, built in 1906, financed by Bernard Baruch.

The Desert Queen Mine's headworks in the foreground, with the Silver Top Mine headworks in the midground. Mount Brougher is in the background.

The Mizpah Hotel built in 1907 by George Winfield and Senator George Nixon.

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