For sale: One Nevada town 

I think this lady really don't want to sell, but realizing she is getting closer to the other end of life,she has the opportunity at this point to try to select the right buyer to benefit the town for it's future.

This woman is the definition of “If you want it done right, do it yourself.”

No paved roads and no schools = no taxes. Sign me up.

There are a lot of stories like this if you get out and seek them. In the 70's I was on the way home from the Army in El Paso to Chicago. We were in the middle of nowhere in Kansas and stopped in for gas at a place that had a diner. It was early AM and there was no one in there except a lady in her 60's. She was preparing the diner for breakfast and also ran the gas station by herself. After settling the gas situation, I asked her who changes tires, etc. She said she does everything except transmissions. I believed her. As we talked, I grew more in awe of this lady. Her name was Mrs. Miller and she had run the gas station by herself for over 15 years. She was also the mayor of the little town, sorry I don't remember the name. She was a licensed electrician, the first female in the counties history and she was going for the certification in Plumbing. After we ate she said she had to leave to deliver the mail. I am not making this up. She was also an artist who bought old metal milk cans and painted them with American Indian scenes. She seemed perfectly comfortable leaving Dennis and me alone there to finish our meal. She never did mention a bill and when we asked her how much, she said you guys just got out of the Army and the food was on her. We left at the same time and we noticed she didn't lock anything up. She said she goes 6 days a week, 12 hours a day. After she left, we went back in and left her $20 under a plate. I am 70 now and have been all over the US. Met lots of memorable people, she is at the top.

Seems like a very hardworking women. Proud of what she’s done. Talk about community driven.

Reporter: how do you like living here? Kid on atv: wouldn't you like to know weather boy!

I don't think they make Americans like her any more.

Let’s all pitch in and buy it

hope who ever buys it don't over develop the area and leave it as it is. old western towns like this are rare and hard to come by now a days

now thats momma folks.GOD BLESS HER SOUL THEY DONT MAKE THEM LIKE HER ANYMORE...

You know a rich developer will come in and destroy the small town and I feel for the people living there.

Her husband's name is Slim and he's from near Primm...you can't make this up

I am 49 and because of STUPID life choices, I can only wish for her energy & outlook on life. God Bless Her.

I drive thru this town about 4 times a year going to Las Vegas.

I don't know this lady... but I love her. She has the same pioneer spirit that made America great. WHAT A WOMAN!!!

Been there! Stopped once to get something to eat and played the slot machines, after seven years of just driving through, going to Vegas and back to Lake Havasu City.

May she live longer and that town grow

I love this lady. Wish they’d make a doc on her and her life. The small parts she talked about seemed really interesting. I’d watch it.

What a great American story we love our country and we love being a neighbor of this area. Thank you CBS for bringing us this story. Lance & Patrick.

My Father camped here for a few months when he was working at the California-Edison Power plant in Laughlin Nevada back in the late 1970's, we ventured around the desert area of that place since I am born not too far from there.

I stayed there once in 1989 at Thanksgiving with a lady I was dating. She had friends that had a home along the airplane runway and she was house sitting while they traveled for the holiday. Lots of people had their own planes.

"A marijuana resor-" "A MARIJUANA RESORT?!?"

It looks freakin' awesome. How cool would it be to own a town? Secluded desert runway...Small loan please.

She's so cute, I hope she's doing well and lives a long life!

She is chilling in her town. 🥰 I love her. I want a town someday

I think that's the coolest story I've heard in a long time what a sweet old lady 😀

If it’s not about the money she should let the existing towns people own it. Pass it along. Keep it as is so the money hungry business men don’t ruin it.

A lady with great heart. Also kind of sad that she gradually realizes time has the upper hand. No kids. No husband. Not an easy live

It reminds me of Schitt's Creek! I hope the new owner keeps the citizens in mind when she sells so they can maintain their quality of life, at least to some degree. Look up Schitt's Creek and you'll see what I mean!

She's my kind of woman, but I'm only 73 so probably too young for her. I ride a Harley though, wonder if she'd like to take a ride with me....?

We have people looking to turn it to a Hydroponic farm, agriculture, and one wants to turn it into a marijuana resort! .....Soooo basically all the buyers want to make it a marijuana resort? lmao

What a delightful story. Thank you for all of your hard work in producing this.

If I had money I'd buy it and move the same day

She's amazing!

a lady with true grit as the say how could you not love her, wish her all the best from Scotland.

"When you leave here are you going to take your money and run" Let's see her change her answer when it becomes a marijuana Resort

ha ha, i saw her at rick harrison's pawn shop try to pawn it to him.

As a Pot Haven, it might become a mini - Las Vegas. LoL. America was Once created by people like this.

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Well I can only speak for my self, but it looks like a very peaceful and beautiful little Town. Please keep it that way!

I hope whoever buys this town treats the town n the people right.

Coolest lady ever quiet possibly!!!

It's a bargain at $8mill, as it was up for sale in 2010 for $17mill..

For having done this almost entirely by herself, it’s impressive

A alien themed theme park sounds like a good idea down there. Good way to bring people, just food for thought.

Both husbands took her last name.🤣🤣🤣

I would buy it and turn it into an old west style town.

I guess RU-vid recommendations have brought us all back together again

That’s one wise woman there. Lived a long interesting life. Always on the move

Time for the citizens to just buy it.

Okay, I’m gonna ask, and I have nothing against with the way people choose to live, I just wanna know. Why does it seem like Nevada doesn’t ever want to modernize itself? I’ve lived in Nevada (Reno) for about 20 years now and still living, and I’ve seen small, yet dramatic growth and improvement throughout my years being here. And while I believe this small growth will do great for the future of my city and more so for the future of this state as a whole, there are others who downright hate the idea of Nevada becoming a more modernized state. They throw around rhetorics such as “Don’t California my Nevada”, giving the idea that ??modernizing a city or a state will somehow make that certain area less of the place it once was before it was improved?? Which I don’t get at all. A state won’t change into an entirely new state just because it was given a complete makeover. Nevada will always be Nevada, just a bit better! I want people to think that there’re other great places in Nevada besides Vegas. Las Vegas shouldn’t be the only place people think about when coming here. I want every corner of this state to have skylines, big cities, huge skyscrapers, gorgeous vacation spots, amusement parks, bigger shopping malls the whole nine yards! Why is it wrong to want this??

That is absolutely awesome. It sucks that her husband is gone.

The government just gave her millions of dollars worth of land and an airstrip. Definitely no quid pro quo going down in Calnevari. Lol

Will Cal Nev Ari be the smallest incorporated city (town) in Nevada?

What an awesome lady and Pilot. May God Bless her

Inspiring! A class act in every sense of the word ❤️.

A development company will buy it and start development soon. They will move all the people out and start new.

Mary Todd Lincoln was known for eating 15 pears in one sitting, then she would go out in the backyard of the White house and throw up. The staff hated her because they had to continually clean up pear vomit on a daily basis

I would buy it and expand the RV park and casino and promote the town as a great UFO sighting spot . And a cheap place for the snow birds to spend the winter .

Missing from the story is the fact that Nancy married her first husband and after he passed away, she married her dead husband's son. Now, this doesn't make her a bad person, for sure, but I thought it was interesting that the reporter didn't mention this fact. Even when they panned across her very cool cemetery plot, the omitted showing the grave of her first husband's son. I think knowing this makes the story more interesting and doesn't detract from her pioneer spirit.

Kind of unexpected but, I feel a desire to live there for some reason

I love that town. I wouldn’t mind moving there.

Incredible lady! They don't make them like that anymore!

America is so lucky to have all these wide open places.

I LOVE HER. what an awesome lady!!!!!!

Wow, what an amazing story!! What happened who bought it, hope it's still around! I'd love to retire to a place like that!!

That whole headstone bit got me! A hard working, driven woman. Knows what she wants and willing to do it herself to make it happen. Its definitely why she is as active as she is for her age.

Damn, this woman is a BADASS. She's a boss round these parts

Is this town sold yet? How much today?

My grandpa did something similar back in the 50s in Pahrump, NV, not too far away. Btw, it's pronounced Cal Nev Ari (areeeeee)

Tough independent LADY! I miss the Desert Southwest. Florida, storms, humidity and trash.

This Lady is Awesome!!!

Pot Resort, could make tons of bank

Bob Van Hook knew Slim...l met mrs Kidwell many times over the last forty years....ktg

I need to find a guy who wants to live in a cabin, even off grid, but just can't stay 24/7. Maybe he needs to work in the nearest town, whatever, but wants his place cared for. That's me.

Oh my gosh, I believe that I just met my heroine (let no one mistake what I mean). She's amazing! Unfortunately, I don't have 8 mil. but what I lack in finances I have surplus in the love of the desert and living without masses of BS and masses of people! I hope that whoever buys (or bought?) this town understands exactly WHY those who live there, live there. ❤ Best wishes.

hold up, this is Blaine County from GTA V the airstrip @5:59 is an exact match

Isn’t the state up for sale? I give 20 bucks

I really hope this town sticks around for a long time after she's gone, what an amazing woman.

That woman is an American treasure!

If he were to do the rent to buy for 200 a week it would take him 700+ years

I got about 6 dollars, take it or leave it.

God bless this woman !

She loves to live in the past with great reluctance to change and her hairstyle proves it.

8 million for a whole town like that isn't too bad

This is Animal Crossing: Desert edition.

I hope if when the town is sold she has stipulations to keep much if the town intact. I would hate to see it change. What an incredible woman. Part of Americana thats is disappearing.

Sounds like a great place. Outstanding!

Sounds like a good unique opportunity... 8 Million. I'll do 7.3 Million cash!

Finally, I have a legitimate reason for saying, “I own this town!!” 😂

What a beautiful place and lady

I should have started saving money when this video was first aired.....Might have saved 8 Million by now !

just imagine, 10 years from now when it's all one big casino. heart warming ;'(

if had that kind off money i would buy that place

Very Charming human being.. why does she want to sell it ...if she has nobody to give the money to?

Seems like it would be so peaceful

Since she has no living spouse or kids why don't she give the town to the residents, the people that live there and care about the town instead of selling it to a developer.

This looks so boring. People say they would love moving there but trust me, after you leave civilization or where you live, within a week you’ll be bored out of your mind.

Love her..shes lovely

Where is the nearest doctor, hospital, police department, court house, jail, and so much more.