Located up in the Colorado mountains in the historic mining town of Georgetown lies the Hotel de Paris. Opened in 1875 by Louis Dupuy, the Hotel de Paris quickly became known for it's luxury amenities and gourmet French cuisine during the Colorado gold rush. The hotel is very well preserved and holds over 5,000 items from the late 1800s, many of which are original to when Dupuy owned the…

On the evening of April 15, 1856, an American named Jack Oliver took a slice of watermelon from a Panama City vendor, José Manuel Luna, and refused to pay the dime he owed. Oliver, being American, drew a pistol to settle the matter. — Read the rest

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Goldfield Historic High School is an abandoned schoolhouse located in what was once the largest town in Nevada that illustrates the boom-and-bust cycle seen in mining towns across the American West. It was constructed in mere months in 1907 as one of four local schools built in less than two years—but by 1918 it was the only one still in operation.

Goldfield, Nevada’s history started in 1902…