"(#101) I spoke to a couple a few minutes ago regarding my license plate ... PX395. They were from Arizona. "What's it stand for?" My response, with camera in hand ... "I'm a photographer." Now I think it should read PX NV." -- July 2008

At Millers Rest Area, 13.4 miles west of Tonopah

Esmeralda
38.140478, -117.454366

Original Date Visited: 7/13/08
Signed: No

Notes: Millers is the only unsigned marker in Essy County. Worse yet, if you don't need a pit stop it's very likely that you'll miss it completely. As often as I've tried, there is no way to spot this one from the highway! Fortunately, Miller's Rest Area is the only thing out here for miles so it's incredibly hard to miss. However, it's a good thing this marker exists because there's little to anything on Google referencing this old town. I've included to few references and links below. For photography purposes, Marker 101 is a bit vanilla, but easily missable as you're whizzing to and from Tonopah at 75MPH.

Street View

Here's what you'll see!

Exact Description:
TAs a result of the mining excitement at Tonopah in 1901 and subsequent construction of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad, Miller's was founded in 1904 as a station and watering stop on that line. The name honors Charles R. Miller, a director of the railroad and former Governor of Delaware. He was also vice president of the Tonopah Mining Company and was instrumental in having their 100- stamp cyanide mill build here in 1906. In 1907 the town boomed with the construction of the T & G Railroad's repair shops and another large mill. Boasting a business district and post office, the population grew to 274 in 1910. By 1911, the railroad shops and a mill had been moved away, and Miller's began to decline. It was abandoned in 1947 when the railroad went out of business.

COVERED IN US 95 ROAD TRIP

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