Goldfield (Nevada)

Goldfield is in Southern Nevada.

Understand
A population today of around 300 belies the fact that Goldfield was once the most populated town in Nevada, at the beginning of the 20th century. This was because of gold, and the value of the extracted ore was in the millions. In its time it had a number of poignant events happen, for instance, a lightweight boxing championship match between Oscar Nelson and Joe Gans took place here as did a messy labor strike/military confrontation. It's also where the Earps came to town, Wyatt and Virgil, and where Virgil succumbed to pneumonia after becoming a deputized sheriff.

Today, in the shadow of its former self, it's almost hard to imagine this is the seat of Esmeralda County, with as small as it is.

Get in
Goldfield is situated along Hwy 95, just under 30 miles south of Tonopah.

Get around
It's pretty walkable (but most likely you will have gotten here by car).