Place: USS Turner Joy Location: Bremerton, WA Date of Investigation: 10/1/11 History: Built by The Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company, located in Seattle, The USS Turner Joy DDD51 was launched as a Naval destroyer on May 12,1958, and was commissioned in 1959. It was named for war hero Admiral Charles Turner Joy, who died […]
Place: Hotel Charlotte Location: Groveland, CA Date of Investigation: History: 8/28/09 The Hotel Charlotte in Groveland, California, also known as Hotel Charlotte & Cafe or Hotel Charlotte & Restaurant, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. Opened in 1921, the Hotel Charlotte is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. […]
Place: Groveland Hotel Location: Groveland, CA Date of Investigation: 8/27/09 History: Reported Activity: The Investigation: Conclusion:
Place: Old Washoe Club Location: Virginia City, NV Date of Investigation: 8/25/09 History: With money to spend, the residents of Old Virginny Town needed someplace to blow off steam. The Washoe Club, appropriately nicknamed “The Millionaire’s Club,” was where the newly rich lived out their wildest fantasies. Men bellied up to the bar for heavy […]
Place: Belmont Ghost Town Location: Belmont, NV Date: 8/24/09 History: Belmont was established following a silver strike in 1865. Other minerals, such as copper lead and antimony, were also mined in addition to the silver. The boom brought settlers in and the town of Belmont grew. In 1867, Belmont became the county seat of Nye […]
Place: Gold Field Hotel Location: Goldfield, NV Date of Investigation: 8/23/09 History: In 1908, The Goldfield Hotel was erected over a mine shaft that had gone dry. The hotel was a welcome site to local merchants and town folk alike. The Hotel was owned by George Wingfield, primary owner of the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company. […]
Place: Donner Pass Location: Truckee, CA Date of Investigation: 8/22/09 History: Donner Pass is a mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, located above Donner Lake about nine miles west of Truckee, California. It has a steep approach from the east and a gradual approach from the west. In the spring of 1846, a group […]
