tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post8799833543014995250..comments2024-03-25T07:27:23.874-07:00Comments on Places That Were: Searchlight, Nevada: A Living Ghost TownPlacesThatWerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08906573012383225740noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-90190941614954156532021-07-04T20:47:53.183-07:002021-07-04T20:47:53.183-07:00I stayed at the El Rey in searchlight. Thanks for ...I stayed at the El Rey in searchlight. Thanks for telling me it was a whorehouse back then. Nothing has changed!Glenn Willis https://www.blogger.com/profile/12108901013921678091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-89392283385266661952021-05-06T20:51:52.729-07:002021-05-06T20:51:52.729-07:00Great site you have and lucky you found the town. ...Great site you have and lucky you found the town. We also love it when we find an unexpected jewel. They probably don't mention it but the troubled actress Barbara Payton that I just read about lived in the town for a short time. Jfryzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12913150802134330192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-10042066683157966692019-05-18T16:30:22.817-07:002019-05-18T16:30:22.817-07:00I remember as a young guy back in the early 70'...I remember as a young guy back in the early 70's, hitchhiking from Las Vegas to Needles, Ca...<br />and going by Searchlight. I thought I was on US 78, but I guess it 95. Searchlight was a tiny <br />speck out in the Nevada desert back then. Seeing this brought back some old memories. Quovauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872946596609958671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-76376350249611367532017-03-15T19:09:11.262-07:002017-03-15T19:09:11.262-07:00I didn't realize there was a museum. I'll ...I didn't realize there was a museum. I'll have to check it out. Thanks!PlacesThatWerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906573012383225740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-29687534562117914432017-03-14T09:20:13.688-07:002017-03-14T09:20:13.688-07:00Went there a few years ago. Great visit. I urge an...Went there a few years ago. Great visit. I urge anyone to visit their museum, in the municipal building. VERY INTERESTING!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485224692250825230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-29014551635544077392017-02-20T20:38:56.834-08:002017-02-20T20:38:56.834-08:00and when was it active and built and when was it active and built Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-61606586592808817622017-02-20T20:37:02.912-08:002017-02-20T20:37:02.912-08:00was there a jail house in searchlight in 1900s w...was there a jail house in searchlight in 1900s when people got out of hand because of the gold mineing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-31810905413438361622016-03-30T08:35:17.171-07:002016-03-30T08:35:17.171-07:00Thanks for sharing, Kim! I love that you still hav...Thanks for sharing, Kim! I love that you still have your family's old mining books! Did you family manage to hang on to a lot of other artifacts from that era? If you have pictures of them online, please share a link. I'd love to see them, and I bet a lot of other people would love to see them too.PlacesThatWerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906573012383225740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-76386783256183220812016-03-29T22:05:28.195-07:002016-03-29T22:05:28.195-07:00Hi Jim. Thank you for sharing Searchlight's hi...Hi Jim. Thank you for sharing Searchlight's history. The town was named after a box of Searchlight matches. It is documented in one of our family mining books dated 1926. My great grandfather, George R. Colton, states that his dad went back to his house and questioned what he would name his claim and he happened to see a box of Searchlight matches and he decided to call it searchlight and the town bares the same name. Just thought I would share the truth as we know it documented in 1926. Thank you again for the nice article. Searchlight is a wonderful place of history with amazing people. <br />- Kim Colton Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325139953384934662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-4821174510132535562016-03-28T09:46:25.945-07:002016-03-28T09:46:25.945-07:00I'm constantly amazed that there are so many a...I'm constantly amazed that there are so many awesome abandoned places in the West. There are are a lot of great little towns, especially in the Mojave, with old rusty buildings from the early 1900s right next door to modern homes. I love it. Where in the West did you live?PlacesThatWerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906573012383225740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-72605479697609666502016-03-26T16:11:20.244-07:002016-03-26T16:11:20.244-07:00Thanks for sharing. I do miss the west, where the ...Thanks for sharing. I do miss the west, where the old is still mixed with the new and not demolished.mynewbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10248589953214497397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-12213293180925763102016-03-26T10:00:40.666-07:002016-03-26T10:00:40.666-07:00Thank you! I love unexpected finds like this.Thank you! I love unexpected finds like this.PlacesThatWerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906573012383225740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398633296962611892.post-9387613172085797712016-03-25T20:27:03.872-07:002016-03-25T20:27:03.872-07:00Fascinating history and so awesome that you stoppe...Fascinating history and so awesome that you stopped there by chance. It has a real ramshackle feel to it I think!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18026153866107364590noreply@blogger.com