Las Vegas may be a popular place to be these days, but back in the early 1900´s, this area was also bustling with activity. Thousands of people flooded to the Nevada Desert to seek their fortune. The gold mines were booming and hopeful prospectors were eager to find their big strike. Shanty towns sprang up and in some cases, the towns were a little more established.
You can find Las Vegas ghost towns in nearly every canyon or valley in the area . . . basically anywhere there could have been gold or silver. Places like Goldfield, one of the most luxurious of the gold mining boom towns, still stand in testament to the hard work put in by the miners in this harsh terrain.
Life wasn´t easy back then. The wooden buildings were prone to fires in the hot, dry climate of Las Vegas area and they were also liable to be washed away in flash floods. The truth is that there are several ghost towns at the bottom of Lake Mead, flooded out when the Hoover Dam was built. You can still see one or two of them when the water level is low.
Anyone interested in ghost towns should definitely check this out when they are in Las Vegas. This is a great area to be able to see some lovely sights and some of the older towns in the area. Las Vegas ghost towns are definitely worth a look.
