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View of Rhyolite, Nevada showing the Overbury Building, 1920s. Rhyolite, Nevada was founded in 1904 after Shorty Harris and Ed Cross discovered Rhyolite Quartz at the Bullfrog mine. By 1906 the town had two railroad lines and a population of 10,000.…

View of Rhyolite, Nevada, 1920s. Rhyolite, Nevada was founded in 1904 after Shorty Harris and Ed Cross discovered Rhyolite Quartz at the Bullfrog mine. By 1906 the town had two railroad lines and a population of 10,000. The mines, however, did not…

View of the lower level stacks, from the second floor, facing North

View through the second floor atrium windows, facing Southeast

Walter Kirschman, one of the first cable TV salesmen hired, 1971

Welding during construction of the Merrill-Cazier Library