Have You Visited Battle Mountain? | Wild Nevada

Join Chris Orr and Dave Santina as they visit the Nevada town of Battle Mountain.
This is from Season 4 of Wild Nevada which premiered in 2017.
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:15 - Welcome to Battle Mountain
01:22 - Inside the Cookhouse
03:11 - Cultural Artifacts in the Museum
04:30 - Mysterious Rifles
05:18 - Church
05:30 - State Senator’s House
05:43 - A Walk Through Downtown Battle Mountain
06:22 - Ending
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[@LaVaqueraMarin]

LOVE THIS!!!

[@kamikazitsunami]

My great-grandfather came from Japan and had a laundry service in battle mountain back then. His wife has been a physician back in Tokyo. She died shortly after her third child was born there.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

I lived in Winnemucca in the 50s when the Todd's Number 8 turquoise mine was still in operation. I have a beautiful spider web ring my mother bought there in '54.
Battle Mountain is a great town, one of my favorites.
As a kid we would jump the train in Winnemucca, jump off in B.M. and go back later in the day by
hopping another west bound freighter.
You've inspired me to make a visit, perhaps later this year.

[@pbsreno]

Thank you for sharing your story! Glad we could inspire you to visit again sometime soon :)

[@HondaCivic20019]

It's also the home of the cultural landmark named "Tomboy Mine"

[@kamikazitsunami]

Why is it that the windows are so low on the first level of the school house? I wonder why no one ever asks about buildings that seem to be sunken into the ground on the first level. Or is it even the first level at all?

[@Big_Bag_of_Pus]

"Many Chinese people came in and helped build the railroad."
Yeah, that's one way to put it, I guess.