Moores Station, established in 1875 as a stagecoach stop on the Belmont-Tybo-Eureka line, sits near a spring that provides enough water to form a beautiful oasis in the Great Basin desert, including one of the first orchards in Nevada, which still bears fruit.
When the stagecoach line was abandoned, the two-story stone building was used as a ranch house. In 1968, when the Atomic Energy Commission began nearby underground nuclear tests, the station had already been abandoned for many years. To protect the historic building from the expected shockwaves, the building was reinforced with wooden beams placed along the outside, with steel rods running between them, to hold the fragile structure together. The reinforcements are still visible today, partly because the nuclear tests were cancelled after the first blast.
In the late 1990s Moores Station was restored and converted into a private residence. Besides the beautiful station house there are several other stone buildings nearby. If you visit, please respect the private property. |
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Map coordinates (NAD83): 38 41.444N; 116 11.066W
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