Turns out Esmeralda County, NV is interesting.
TourPods has 13 narrated audio stories about Esmeralda County — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of its streets, told like a podcast about wherever you're standing.
Esmeralda County
A County Chasing the Boom
Mining made Esmeralda County, and shifting lines kept remaking it.
Goldfield High School
When Goldfield Built for Keeps
A schoolhouse built like a promise in a boomtown flush with certainty.
Esmeralda County
When Wyatt Earp Worked Goldfield
In Goldfield, Wyatt Earp became less a legend than a working man of a boomtown.
White Mountains
From Fish Lake Valley to the Alpine Edge
A climb through the White Mountains becomes a lesson in altitude, dryness, and survival.
Esmeralda County Courthouse
A Stone Promise in Goldfield
How a boomtown built permanence into county government.
Esmeralda County
Goldfield’s Brief Reign in the Nevada Dust
How rich ore made Goldfield a giant, then let it fade.
Fish Lake Valley
A Valley Still Being Made
How faulting, sediment, and scarce water shaped Fish Lake Valley.
Esmeralda County
Virgil Earp’s Last Badge
From Tombstone gunfire to a quieter end in Goldfield.
Goldfield Historic District
When Goldfield Became Nevada’s Biggest Boomtown
A gold strike built a city almost overnight, and its core still tells the tale.
Esmeralda County
When Goldfield Called in the Army
A boomtown labor fight that pulled Washington into Nevada.
Goldfield Hotel
Built for a Boom That Wouldn’t Last
A grand hotel rose with Goldfield’s confidence—and outlasted the boom that built it.
Aurora
When Aurora Straddled a State Line
A mining boomtown that couldn’t quite say which state it belonged to.
Boundary Peak
Nevada’s Highest Point, With an Asterisk
A state high point defined by a border, not the tallest summit nearby.
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