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Element Weathered Cabin In Hawthorne Nevada

Element Weathered Cabin In Hawthorne Nevada

Although not a "ghost town" in the classic sense, Hawthorne is chock full of interesting history. The town site of Hawthorne was selected in 1880 by H.M. Yering...
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Although not a "ghost town" in the classic sense, Hawthorne is chock full of interesting history. The town site of Hawthorne was selected in 1880 by H.M. Yerington, the president of the Carson and Colorado Railroad Company. On April 14, 1881, the first train arrived, loaded with prospective buyers for the new town lots. In 1883, Hawthorne took the Esmeralda county seat from declining Aurora but later lost it to booming Goldfield. In 1911, it again became a county seat, this time for the new Mineral County. In 1926, a destructive munition explosion in the east caused the military to select Hawthorne for a new munitions storage site. It was Governor Balzar, a former citizen of Hawthorne, who in 1928 turned the first shovel of dirt and dedicated the new munition depot, which was officially opened in 1930. Today the munition depot includes 4,500 bunkers and still supplies munitions around the world. At the beginning of the Gulf War in 1991, Hawthorne saw the huge 16-inch gun barrels stored at its ammunition depot resurrected for service on the World War II-era battleships patrolling the Persian Gulf.
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