Lonelist Road in America

We decided to travel a road we had not been fully on before. It is Highway 50 which is called the Lonelist Road in America! Basically between Delta, Utah and across to Carson City, NV. Since it had that name, I decided to count how many vehicles traveled toward us and how many passed us to see how lonely it really was! It was interesting. Going West we only had 9 vehicles pass us or that we saw in the rear view mirror! There were only 25 vehicles traveling East which consisted of a couple of motorhomes, cars, two bicyclists, and a motorcycle. If anyone got stranded on this road...it could be days before you got help!!! The following are a few shots along the way. We would travel around mountains and then on flats. The little towns were basically small old mining towns that looked almost Ghostly! Was a totally enjoyable trip.

Sign posted as you entered Eureka, NV. It got its name because someone discovered (I think) lead and silver and when they saw the precious ore shouted "Eureka"!!!

Here is the Opera House on main street of Eureka.

This was an old building in Austin, NV.

When we lived in Tucson we knew about the Butterfield Stage and even named an Elementary School "Butterfield" because of the location of the stage. Well, wouldn't you know, there was another Butterfield Stage on Highway 50. Apparently Mr. Butterfield became quite wealthy setting up all kinds of Stage Stops between Kansas and California. Once the railroad was in, didn't too well.

Ruins of the Butterfield Stage.

At Cold Springs Station was where the Pony Express Stop was. The horses were corraled and watered at Cold Springs so they could have fresh horses. Three days after the railroad was in, the pony express quit operating.