Traveling America's Loneliest Road: A Geologic and Natural History Tour through Nevada along U.S. Highway 50

Traveling America's Loneliest Road: A Geologic and Natural History Tour through Nevada along U.S. Highway 50 by Tingley, Joseph V.. spiral_bound edition. ISBN: 9781888035056.

Highway 50 crosses the heart of Nevada. It follows sections of trail first marked by John C. Frmont in 1845-1846 and early government surveyors in 1859. Pony Express riders raced over parts of the route in 1860, and the Lincoln Highway, the nations first transcontinental highway, came this way in 1913. Todays traveler on what some call "Americas loneliest road" will sample almost every aspect of Nevadas complex and exciting geology, will pass through historical mining towns that are evidence of Nevadas legacy as "The Silver State," and will cross the new Nevada gold belt where producing mines help make Nevada the number three gold producing region in the world. Several side trips explore ghost towns, petroglyph sites, rock collecting localities, and wildlife viewing areas along the way.