Mark, It is so amazing. This was taken in Virgina City, NV on my recent trip to Lake Tahoe. Here is a special photo to enhance your experience. You could get a bath for 10 cents and a shot of Whiskey was only 50 cents and you would be paid $16.00 an ounce for your gold. I did hear that finding a whole ounce of gold was rare , except for all the tall  tales that encouraged everyone to try to find their own gold.

Gawd, We look good, huh! Out houses. The bathrooms were outhouses. They called them outhouses  for good reason. Making them OUT as opposed to IN , lol. When I saw this recreated in the back of a store in Virgina City, I thought it was so cool that the store owner was doing his bit to save some of the past. I enjoyed it and glad you did! BTW, Everything was outhouses and saloons. Here is one numerous amazing homes built back them. And there are quite a few homes that are simply spectacular. it seems everyone wasn't as poor out in the old west  as people thought.

Hi William, It did indeed. We have come a long in some areas, haven't we. We even buy our homes by the number of holes we have, :-)

It was very interesting. Went to the mines, and the homes were amazing. I even liked the high school. But it does quite a bit of ketch as well. I heard about the camel races and oh, btw, their fire engine will be featured in the Rosebowl parade this January 2010. I got a picture of it.

Hi Russell, I do recall that in some of the older towns I visited. Ft Worth in pariticular has a great deal of the Old West feeling still today. But I know there are many there.

Hi Susie, You are so welcome. A bit rough it does convey what the cowboys in the era looked like. I wuld have been confused back then, be a cattle rancher, or seek out the gold? Either way, from what I saw, there didn't seem to be a shortage of money. Check out the School.

Hi John, No, I think you are quite right. One of my past clients was an avid collector. He worked for CC for many ears and started collecting when he worked for them as young man.  Plus CC has their own collection. I suspect that the owner of this place , who recreated it, wasn't exactly 100% but it was still a good effort to recreate and preserve remembrances of that era.

Hi Jeff, Thanks, it was fun taking them there. There is so much there. They even had an Opera House. As I recall, the Pipers Opera House had quite a history.

Hi Debbie, Thansk you very much. I loved this place. They call this  a living Ghost town but I sure din't see the gjost part. Lots of people having a good time.

Hi Karen, I would have loved to but I ran out of time. Next time for sure. It was  very cool. I did lots and lots of pictures. Some of the homes ( mansions) were rather remarkable and not at all what one would expect to find as part of a living ghost town. Here is  smart looking property with a view. The porch ( or deck since is it hanging out over the canyon) goes all the way around the home. My kind of porch. You can imagine when kids lived in the home it was their personal running track.

Hi Judi, I got the idea that if people started to know that I would add more and more photos through the comments , they might come back to see them. Thanks, I think this is getting interesting to see how it all this shakes out. Not sure how if it is a good idea putting picures throughout comments? Maybe someone on the front office of AR knows.

Hi Liz, How wonderful.  Glad you liked this. I fully intend to go back more often. I am love it there.

Hi Susie, Thanks. I tried to change my photo back and it was scanned in too small. Which means in order to change it, I will need to have the (professiona)l original rescanned. But I knew you would appreciate the Big Long Lenses. If I get into this photo thing any more than just a hobby, guess I will need to look into  getting an even better camera. Which would mean even bigger lenses. Woo Hoo!