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Photo Courtesy of Teresa Madsen |
I was traveling from the San Francisco area to Las Vegas heading south on US 95. I came upon a small town called Tonopah. At first as I drove around the town I noticed that the place looked a lot like a ghost town with live residence. There are clearly a population at Tonopah but there is also buildings and structures that you would find in a ghost town. I became interested and decided to learn more about Tonopah
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Photo Courtesy of Teresa Madsen |
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Photo Courtesy of Teresa Madsen |
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Photo Courtesy of Michael Duhaime |
In addition to its rich mining history, Tonopah offers its visitors many opportunities for hiking, mountain biking, wildlife viewing, bird watching, off-wheeling, hunting and stargazing.
Tonopah Test Range and its surrounding remote facilities are located approximately 30 miles south-east of the town. The Test Range, also known as Area 52, is a restricted military installation. The Range is also where the Red Eagles were based. The Red Eagles were a squadron of US Air Force pilots who flew Russian MiG fighter aircraft from 1979 to 1988, learning what the aircraft were capable of and how to fly against them. The Range has been administered for most of its life by Sandia National Laboratory and is the largest employer in Tonopah.
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Photo Courtesy of Teresa Madsen |
Also nearby is Tonopah Army Air Field, where you can visit and hear the history of the former military base before, during and after World War II. The field was originally a fighter training base but during world war II it was converted to a Bomber training Base. The lasting impression of Tonopah are the visual images that are around every turn. It is a great place to visit. The
photographs are courtesy of Teresa Madsen and Micheal Duhaime.
If you would like to see more of Teresa Madsen's
Photography you can find it at Tonopah Photo Gallery
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