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Tonopah (/ ˈ t oʊ n ə ˌ p ɑː / TOHN-ə-pah, Shoshoni language: Tonampaa) [4] is an unincorporated town [5] in and the county seat of Nye County, Nevada, United States. [6] Nicknamed the Queen of the Silver Camps for its mining-rich history, [1] it is now primarily a tourism-based resort city, notable for attractions like the Mizpah Hotel and the Clown Motel.
The Campbell and Kelly Building, at Corona and Main Sts. in Tonopah, Nevada, is a historic building built c. 1912.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The Clown Motel is a clown-themed motel along north Main Street in Tonopah, Nevada, which has been referred to as "America's scariest motel". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The building is located adjacent to the historic Tonopah Cemetery, where the father of the original owners is buried.
The hotel was pre-dated by the Mizpah Saloon, which opened in 1907, and was the first permanent structure in Tonopah. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The hotel was financed by George Wingfield , George S. Nixon , Cal Brougher and Bob Govan and designed by George E. Holesworth of Reno, Nevada [ 5 ] (other sources state that the architect was Morrill J. Curtis).
The 1954 edition of the Nevada highway map was the first to show the new routing. [52] Previously, the road to Delta consisted of unpaved state routes. The paved route did not follow the exact route of the old dirt roads. The improved route bypassed the ghost town of Osceola and entered Utah approximately 14 miles (23 km) to the south of the ...
West King Street in Carson City: North Carson Street in Carson City 1983: c. 2009: SR 518: 1.014: 1.632 US 50 / US 395 in Carson City: Jacobsen Way in Carson City 1976: 2018 SR 520: 1.227: 1.975 South Carson Street in Carson City: East William Street in Carson City 1976: 2010 SR 525: 1.323: 2.129
U.S. Route 6 (US 6) is a United States Numbered Highway, stretching from Bishop, California in the west to Provincetown, Massachusetts on the East Coast.The Nevada portion crosses the center of the state, serving the cities of Tonopah and Ely, en route to Utah and points further east.
The Nye County Courthouse in Tonopah, Nevada is a two-story rusticated stone building. Its Romanesque Revival entrance and pointed dome are unique in Nevada . The courthouse was built following the move of the Nye County seat from Belmont to Tonopah in 1905.