Nevada Historic Newspapers

Articles published by Destination 4x4 which are tagged as ghost towns which are known to operate a Nevada Historic Newspapers

Aurora Borealis Newspaper

The Aurora Borealis newspaper was published in Aurora, Nevada, during the early 20th century. . As a product of a once-thriving mining town, the Aurora…

Aurora Daily Times Newspaper

The Aurora Daily Times newspaper was a short-lived but significant newspaper published in Aurora, Nevada, during the early 1860s, a period marked by the region's…
Aurora, NV Photograph by James L Rathbun

Aurora Nevada – Mineral County Ghost Town

Aurora, Nevada, was a prominent mining boomtown in Mineral County, founded in 1860 during the early silver and gold rushes of the American West. Known…

Belmont Courier Newspaper

The Belmont Courier newspaper was a weekly newspaper published in Belmont, Nye County, Nevada, from February 14, 1874, to March 2, 1901. Operating during the…
Belmont in 1871

Belmont Nevada – Nye County Ghost Town

Following a silver strike and quartz vein by a Native American in the area, Belmont Nevada was founded in Nye County, Nevada. The silver boom…
The Bullfrog Miner newspapers published in 1907

Bullfrog Miner

The Bullfrog Miner newspapers published in 1907 The Bullfrog Miner was a weekly newspaper that served the burgeoning mining communities of the Bullfrog Mining District…
One of the few remaining structures in Bullfrog, Nevada - Photo by James L Rathbun

Bullfrog Nevada – Nye County Ghost Town

One of the few remaining structures in Bullfrog, Nevada - Photo by James L Rathbun Located at the northern end of Amargosa Desert, Bullfrog is…
Candelaria, Nevada 1876

Candelaria Nevada – Mineral County Ghost Town

Candelaria was a ghost town in Mineral County, Nevada located about 120 miles south of Falen. The location may be closed due to another local…

Carrara Miner Newspaper

The Carrara Miner was a brief newspaper published in Carrara, Nevada, a small ghost town in Nye County located approximately nine miles south of Beatty.…

Carrara Nevada – Nye County Ghost Town

Carrara Ghost town is a small ghost town and marble mine located about ten miles south of Beatty in Nye County, Nevada on the east…

Carrara Obelisk

The Carrara Obelisk was a short-lived but significant weekly newspaper published in the early 20th century in Carrara, Nevada, a small marble quarrying town located…

Chloride Belt Newspaper

The Chloride Belt was a weekly newspaper published in Chloride, Nevada, a small mining town in Lincoln County, from December 10, 1890, to December 24,…
Columbia, Nevada - Paher

Columbia Nevada – Esmeralda County Ghost Town

The Columbia Nevada ghost town and mine site is location just one mile north of Goldfield in Esmeralda County Nevada. Originally named Stimler, the town…
Columbus Nevada Late 1870s

Columbus Nevada – Esmeralda County Ghost Town

Downtown Columbus, Nevada, late 1870's. Spanish miners discovered silver in the area in 1863. A small mining camp was established in the area which became…

Death Valley Prospector

The Death Valley Prospector was a short-lived newspaper published in Rhyolite, Nevada, during the height of the Bullfrog Mining District’s gold rush in the early…
Delamar Nevada in the 1890's. Many of the buildings were transported from nearby Pioche on wagons. After the devastating fire in 1909, most of the remaining wooden buildings were transported back to Pioche.

Delamar Nevada – Lincoln County Ghost Town

Delamar, Nevada, known as "The Widowmaker," is a ghost town in Lincoln County, located in the Delamar Valley approximately 30 miles southwest of Caliente. Its…

Esmeralda Daily Union Newspaper

The Esmeralda Daily Union newspaper was a short-lived but significant publication in Aurora, Nevada, during the mid-19th century. Operating in a bustling mining town during…
Esmeralda Star Newspaper

Esmeralda Star Newspaper

Esmeralda Star Newspaper The Esmeralda Star was a pivotal publication in the early history of Aurora, a bustling mining town in Esmeralda County, Nevada, during…
The Gold Hill News newspaper

Gold Hill News

The Gold Hill News newspaper The Gold Hill News was a pivotal publication in Nevada's early history, serving as a primary source of information for…
Hornsilver / Gold Point Nevada in 1908

Gold Point Nevada – Esmeralda County Ghost Town

Founded in 1860s, Gold Point, is a ghost time and silver mining camp located in Esmerelda County, Nevada. The townsite was known by three different…
Grantsville Nevada 1886

Grantsville Nevada – Nye County Ghost Town

Grantsville Nevada 1886 Named for Ulysses S. Grant, Grantsville Nevada is a ghost town and gold mining camp located in Nye County Nevada. Initial prospecting…
Placer mining, 1880s, in Gold Canyon. The original site of Johntown mining settlement , south of Silver, City Nevada - Stanley W. Paher, Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, Howell North, 1970, p 70. courtesy of Nevada Historical Society

Johntown Nevada – Lyon County Ghost Town

Johntown, Nevada, holds the distinction of being the state’s first mining town and its first ghost town. Situated in Gold Canyon, between Dayton and Silver…
Lida Tent City in 1905

Lida Nevada – Esmeralda County Ghost Town

Now on private property, Lida Nevada is a ghost town and mining camp located in Esmeralda County, Nevada just off State Route 266. The area…

Mountain Champion Newspaper

The Mountain Champion Newspaper was a short-lived but significant newspaper published in Belmont, Nevada, during the late 1860s. Operating in a bustling mining region, it…

Palmetto Nevada – Esmeralda County Ghost Town

Tent business in Palmetto, 1906 Palmetto Nevada is a ghost town located just off of highway 168 about 30 miles west of Lida, in Esmeralda…
Pine Grove, Nevada - 1880s

Pine Grove Nevada – Lyon County Ghost Town

One of the lesser known yet longest running gold mining camps is Pine Grove, Nevada.  Located in Lyon County, Nevada just East of the 338…
Rawhide, Nevada - 1915

Rawhide Nevada – Mineral County Ghost Town

Rawhide, Nevada. 1908. Rawhide Nevada was a mining town in Mineral County. The town site is located approximately 55 miles south of Fallon, and 22…

Rhyolite Daily Bulletin

The Rhyolite Daily Bulletin was a newspaper published in Rhyolite, Nevada, during the peak of the Bullfrog Mining District’s gold rush in the early 20th…
Rhyolite, Nevada photo by James L Rathbun

Rhyolite Nevada – Nye County Ghost Town

Rhyolite is a ghost town location just outside of the Eastern edge of Death Valley National monument in Nye country, Nevada.  Founded in 1904 by…

Silver Bend Reporter Newspaper

The Silver Bend Reporter newspaper emerged in Belmont, Nevada, a mining town in Nye County that became a hub of activity following the discovery of…
Nevada Newspapers - Territorial Enterprise of Virginia City, Nevada

Territorial Enterprise Newspaper

The Territorial Enterprise newspaper, founded in 1858, stands as one of the most iconic newspapers in American Western history. Originating in Genoa, Nevada (then Utah…

The Rhyolite Herald Newspaper

The Rhyolite Herald newspaper was a weekly publication that served as a vital chronicle of life in Rhyolite, Nevada, a booming gold rush town in…

True Fissure Newspaper

The True Fissure newspaper was a weekly newspaper published in Candelaria, Nevada, a mining town in Esmeralda County that thrived during the silver boom of…
Tybo, Nevada - 1881

Tybo Nevada – Nye County Ghost Town

Tybo Nevada - 1875 Tybo Nevada is a ghost town in Nye County located some 8 miles north west of U.S Route 6 and some…