"As an avid ghost town shooter, Fairview would be quite the visit, simply because of the grim remains of the great town. As a photographer, not only do I go for the "artsy" side of the craft, but it also doubles as a need to document places like Fairview. Unfortunately, I can't do much more than look at this lone historic marker ... the only viable way to "visit" Fairview." -- August 2007

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Along US 50, 37 miles east of Fallon Churchill   39.283504, -118.214945

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Original Date Visited: 8/19/07
Signed: Both lanes of US 50

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Street View

Here's what you'll see!

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Did You Know ... ... Hardly anything remains of Fairview? The concrete bank vault is all that's left to mark Fairview's presence - a town site completely engrossed by the Fallon Naval Air Base. Its location within the NAS has led to the town's demise starting in the late 1980s with its marvelous ruins felled by an airmen's "practice run" on a "training" exercise. Even the bank vault is tattered with bullet holes left from airmen using the structure as target practice. Fairview's bank vault can still be accessed providing you have the determination to do so. The bank vault is accessed by walking thirty minutes on a faint trail that leads from the marker to the base of Fairview Peak. That's the easy part. Knowing that the site of Fairview resides on government property though means that permission is required to visit the old town. Unless you get direct approval from an airbase official permission might be granted after a call to the Fallon NAS and going through a thorough background check. Still, nothing is guaranteed. Although this might sound redundant, I need to advise that even crossing the barbed wire behind the marker can lead to trespassing penalties including and up to imprisonment. To obtain permission to access this wild area of Nevada please check with the main airbase in Fallon. Good luck! See all 274 Nevada Fun Facts here

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Early fall snow on Fairview Peak   Fairview, circa 1906 Lonely Marker 202 east of Fallon The Fourth of July Parade in downtown Fairview, 1906.

Exact Description:
Fairview was part of the renewed interest of mining, triggered by the strikes in Tonopah and Goldfield. Discoveries in 1905 of a rich silver float led to a boom that lasted through 1906 and 1907. A substantial town that boasted 27 saloons, hotels, banks, assay offices, a newspaper, post office and a miner's union hall soon came into being. By 1908, the boom had passed and production leveled out. During 1911, the Nevada Hills Mining Company began an era of profitable milling that lasted until 1917. Production amounted to 3.8 million dollars in silver values.

George Wingfield and George Nixon, prominent Nevada mining promoters at the time, bought some of the first claims in Fairview to give impetus to a boom.

Here is Marker 202 in 2017. This marker has since been upgraded for Nevada's 150th Sesquicentennial.

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 COVERED IN MY US 50 ROAD TRIP

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 - 14 - Goldfield   - 15 - Tonopah   Nevada Towns: Fairview   Fairview (NV Tami) 

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