Towns from Nevada's Past

Lincoln County also has a long and active train history. Many pictures included here are of trains and train history. In fact, the library in Caliente is in an old train station. The Meadow Valley Wash is one of the best places to watch trains. On our visit, we counted 18 trains. Elgin, an old train siding has recently refurbished their school. Look for pictures of that in the near future. Barclay was a Mormon settlement in the late 1860's, but became a train siding for the Salt Lake Railroad in 1904.

Mining was important in Lincoln County too. Bristol Wells has three charcoal kilns still standing. The kilns turned pine into charcoal which fueled the ore smelter. Pioche still had ore cars suspended above the highway when we visited. Unfortunately, our pictures of Pioche got destroyed by water.

Lincoln County's most recent claim to fame is that it is the Gateway to UFOlogy. Because of its proximity to a secret government area, Rachel is a local hotspot for seeing UFO's. The State renamed Highway 375 "The Extraterrestial Highway". If you use your imagination in the picture below, you might just be able to see a UFO.

Below is a list of the pictures for Lincoln County. Lincoln County is far too interesting to pick our favorite cities. Because it is close to Clark County where we live, we travel there often and have many pictures. Hopefully, these will show the highlights and encourage you to take a vist to this interesting piece of Nevada. All services can be found in Caliente and most can be found in Pioche.

Unfortunately, we had some really cool pictures of the train station in Caliente, including the library, but they are MIA. We'll have to vist beautiful Lincoln County again and fill in the missing pictures. We revisited Lincoln County and added pictures of the Train Station, Elgin School, and Kershaw-Ryan State Park.

Picture 1	Picture 2	Picture 3	Picture 4	List of Pictures starting upper left Train Coming out of tunnel-Acoma Union Pacific Engines near Acoma Great Old Church Barclay Townsite Great Old Church in Silloutte Bridge at Beaver Dam State Park Bailey Springs Bailey Springs Bristol Wells-three charcoal ovens Looking toward Bristol Closeup of charcoal oven Windmill for water Old Carp Carp townsite and train Crestline Siding Union Pacific Engines near Eccles Union Pacific Engines near Elgin Sign Marker for ET Highway Boat Dock-Eagle Valley Resorvoir Eagle Valley Resorvoir Little Ale Inn, Rachel Union Pacific train in curve near Galt Nevada Fence near Lien Little Springs Caliente Train Station Elgin School Another View of Elgin School Kershaw-Ryan State Park
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Alphabetic list of Pictures and What Area is Famous For

• Acoma-train history
• Barclay-train history
• Beaver Dam State Park-State Park
• Bailey Springs-just interesting
• Bristol Wells-mining
• Caliente Train Station (Former Union Pacific Station)
• Carp-train history
• Crestline-train history
• Eccles-train history
• Elgin-train history and restored school
• ET Highway-UFO's
• Eagle Valley Resorvoir-State Park
• Galt-train history
• Kershaw-Ryan State Park (rebuilt after a flash flood)
• Lien-train history
• Little Springs-train history
• Rachel-hotspot for UFO's