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Metropolis outside Wells, Nevada Place: Metropolis, United States Tags: ghost down, old west |
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Metropolis was a showcase community of farms and a city built in 1911 just outside Wells, Nevada. The city boasted of graded streets, cement sidewalks, fire hydrants and street lights around a 4 square block area. It included a luxury 3 story hootel, and the ornate Lincoln School which opened in 1914. It all came to an end when water rights were disputed and Metropolis lost. The city dried up with parts of it burning down.
Today you can see the Hotel foundation and the grand arch of the Lincoln School. You can even make out the Lincoln School name etched above the remaining arch.
It's a rather cool ghost town to check out as it's a windy drive through the pastures and when you come over a hill, you can see the arch off in the distance.
Lincoln School arch off in the distance
Hotel foundation with arch in the background
Remains of the Lincoln School with the original steps leading up
Close up of Lincoln School arch. It's hard to see in the photo but if you look above the arch and right below the first set of bricks, you can see where Lincoln School is still etched onto the concrete.
View of the school where you can see the remains of the ground level windows in the back.
Dingo in the Wild!!! Nah, just our aussie cattle dog Joey and the view the residents of Metropolis would have had.
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