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| | | | | NIPTON THE TOWN OF NIPTON WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 9, 1905 WITH THE COMING OF THE FIRST TRAIN ON THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES AND SALT LAKE RAILROAD. ORIGINALLY CALLED NIPPENO CAMP AFTER A NEARBY GOLD DISCOVERY, THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO NIPTON WHEN THE SP, LA & SL MERGED WITH THE UNION PACIFIC CIRCA 1910. FOR MANY YEARS, THE DEPOT WAS A CATTLE-LOADING STATION FOR SEVERAL LOCAL RANCHES INCLUDING YATES RANCH, THE WALKING BOX, AND ROCK SPRINGS LAND AND CATTLE CO. THE TOWN AND DEPOT ALSO SUPPLIED NUMEROUS MINES IN THE AREA, BECOMING A SOCIAL CENTER FOR THE SPARSE POPULATION OF THE REGION. COMMUNITY FACILITIES INCLUDED A SCHOOL, POST OFFICE, VOTER PRECINCT, AND SEVERAL SMALL BUSINESSES. BEGUN AS A 20TH CENTURY RAILROAD DEPOT, NIPTON IS RE-FORMING INTO ... | |
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| | | | | For Thanksgiving weekend, as mentioned in a couple of recent posts, we decided to take advantage of the first long holiday to start exploring California beyond ... | |
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| | | Washington's Mountain Loop Scenic Byway traverses Barlow Pass in the North Cascade Mountains to connect the towns of Granite Falls and Darrington. Despite its name, the 55-mile (88km) roadway is not actually a loop at all, but a U-shaped route that wraps around several major Cascade Mountain peaks. Ranging in elevation from 5,723ft (1,744m) to... | ||
