This is the Las Vegas Tonopah Railroad Depot. It was completed in June of 1909. It was built of concrete blocks and full gauge train rails
at a whopping cost of $130,000.
The first train in Rhyolite was in December of 1906. The rails for the Las Vegas Tonopah Railroad had already been laid and were in use way before the Station was built.
Oh there was going to be a grand party, but the town of Beatty beat Rhyolite to it, so everyone went to Beatty and enjoyed the party there.
There were three railroad lines in Rhyolite, the next one was the Bullfrog Goldfield line that came in June of 1907. And the last one used the same tracks as the B & G and was called
the Tonopah Tidewater. In fact, there were enough side tracks to have 100 cars just sitting there.
Well, now you know more about Rhyolite than you ever wanted to know. If you ever get to the Nevada Desert, or you are going to visit Las Vegas, put us
on your schedule. You won't be sorry, the Beatty, Rhyolite area has a lot to offer. Not to mention that we are the EASTERN GATEWAY TO DEATH VALLEY.
THUMB NAILS OF THE RHYOLITE DEPOT
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