Ely, NV to Hagerman, ID 10-1-09

Wells, NV- downtown, Front Street. Wells, was the Humboldt (river) Wells- tha last stop with water on the California Trail. From here the emigrants walked across the 40 mile desert ending at the Sierra Nevada mountains. Wells was a "sea of cattle" right after the Transcontinental Railroad went in-Cowboys would drive their cattle to Nevada to hook up with rail cars. The el Rancho Casino and Hotel oprned in 1949 opened in 1949, sporting new neon lights and wired for electricity!!