At Last - Discovering Jarbidge

At Last - Discovering Jarbidge

After a long, uneventful, but interesting trip on a circuitous route through high desert, open range, aspen stands and evergreen forest, up and over a mountain pass and down a steep... very, very steep... hairpin-turned, no-guard railed, mountain-clinging, narrow gravel road, we arrived at the Pine Creek Campground in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest about four miles from our intended destination of Jarbidge town. A relaxing evening and a peaceful night’s sleep alongside the Jarbidge River had us up and ready to find Jarbidge the next morning.

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Blue View - The Last Stage Robbery

Blue View - The Last Stage Robbery

Jarbidge got its start when gold was discovered nearby, and it is still a gold mining town. Gold miners are a rough lot, and the old gold rush towns could be pretty rowdy. When we were there, we learned that the town was the site of the last stage robbery in the United States. This is the story…

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What the Hell’s a Jarbidge?

What the Hell’s a Jarbidge?

Our son, Brennan, is our own personal Atlas Obscura and major purveyor of arcane geographical information and out of the way places to visit. He’s traveled to Borneo and Berlin, Gabon, Lesotho and Boise and he offers some of the most interesting options for travel destinations... like Jarbidge, Nevada, for instance. It’s the most remote mining town in Nevada... some say in the lower 48 states. It’s not a casual ride or an accidental destination, but it’s worth the effort to get there.

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