Located just outside of Death Valley National Park in Nevada are the remains of the once boomtown of Rhyolite. When gold was discovered in the area, in just two years the town became the fourth largest in Nevada with millions of dollars being invested in Rhyolite. A little more than a decade later, the population was just 14.

When Rhyolite was booming, it probably seemed like the sky was the limit for the town. It had a number of newspapers, three story banks, a large schoolhouse, service from three different railroads, electricity, and even an ice cream parlor. As quickly as the town was built up though, it began to fall. The mines weren't as prosperous as advertised, and a month after the brand new $130,000 train depot opened, more people were leaving town than coming in. The town that was founded in 1905, was pretty much dead by 1910.

In this video we explore the town, visiting sites such as the school, Tom Kelly's bottle house, the Cook Bank building, the train depot, and the red light district, where we visit the false grave of Mona Bell.

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