Tonopah was booming and calls for a railroad were heard from the beginning. The area was exploding with all sorts of people. Miners, engineers, shopkeepers and just regular people.
Twenty mule team wagons from Sodaville and Candelaria carried the supplies to and the silver ore from Tonopah. &nbsp;Only the highest grade of ore was transported out. Several stage lines were in operation and could not handle the people headed in or out of Tonopah.
Several attempts were made to construct a railroad from Sodaville on the Carson and Colorado, standard gauge the Nevada Central from Battle Mountain to Tonopah, Eureka to Tonopah and from San Joaquin, California to Tonopah.&nbsp;
The railroad was &nbsp;finally built by 1904 and the Tonopah Railroad was the first in and its descendent, the Tonopah &amp; Goldfield Railroad was the last out in 1947.
Join me in learning a little bit of history of the Tonopah Railroad.&nbsp;

Episode 9. The Peavine Pickers

Season 2 is in the oven. Before the discovery of Tonopah, the area was known as Sawtooth Mountain (MT Brock) and Sawtooth Pass. That is where “The Sawtooth Chronicles” comes from. 

This Podcast is about the history and stories about people, places and events in Central Nevada. 

Season 2 will start with an episode about the major mines in Tonopah. Other episodes will cover Sheriff Logan, Tasker Oddie and Jack Longstreet.