Goldfield Townsite - early 20th century:
Goldfield’s boom years were 1904 to 1908, and it became, like Tonopah, a substantial town with electricity, telephone and telegraph service and
piped water by 1904; rail service reached Goldfield the next year. The town of typical false-fronted wood frame buildings soon included handsome
brick and stone commercial buildings and business blocks, a four story hotel, and a two story high school, most of which were constructed in 1907. By 1908, Goldfield had five banks, two daily and three weekly newspapers, two stock exchanges dealing principally in mining stocks, four fine schools, four railroads, and of course saloons, gambling halls and a sizeable red light district. The central business district encompassed approximately twelve blocks; and in 1909 Goldfield and the outlying communities of Columbia and South Goldfield stretched across one and one quarter square miles.16
A series of natural and manmade disasters, including a flash flood in 1913 and fire in 1923 destroyed a great portion of the town. The fire destroyed about half of the town, principally in the downtown and northern residential districts. Many homes and businesses that were destroyed by these
events were not rebuilt.
Check out the Goldfield Historical Society website. If you wish to donate to several of the worthy restoration projects.
www.goldfieldhistoricalsociety.com
Sources of information:
Goldfield''s Fabulous Boom - by Alan H. Patera
Central Nevada Museum
Goldfield Historical Society
Special Collections and Archives UNLV and UNR
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27 авг 2024
