Bob Tregilus (@elaterite@fosstodon.org)

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Yup, Hazen, Nevada, is a happening place! About the only thing that has happened there was the last lynching in Nevada of ruffian, Red Wood, in 1905. A mob hung him from a telegraph pole. The opening sequence of the Clint Eastwood film, Pink Cadillac, was filmed in Hazen in 1988. And in 2022 a conflagration when thousands of old salvaged creosote treated railroad ties burst into flames. Wow, that was a nasty smokey fire!

#Desert #GhostTown #Nevada #Photography #Darktable

A color landscape photo of a lone store front / gas station on an empty highway. The highway is on the left and enters center frame and turns left out of the frame. A green highway sign in the distance points to two crossroads. On the right is a fairly large green with red trim two story building. A red with white lettered sign above the covered gas pump island (with two white pumps) says, across the top "Hazen." Then vertically down, "Market." And then horizontal across the bottom, "Grocery." No cars are in sight and the old building has been closed for many years.

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A color landscape photo that shows several single story dilapidated buildings on the left. They are painted red and have grey roofs. A couple of telephone or old telegraph poles. And a couple of old broken down vehicles to the right of the buildings. A short dirt road curves from bottom center toward the right and then at center frame to the left ending where the old cars are parked. On the left in the foreground is a fairly large sign, perhaps painted on a 4x8 foot piece of plywood, that says, "It's Happening In Hazen." A small mountain is seen in the distance on the right with a sagebrush covered plain in the middle ground. The sky is cloudy and rainy looking.

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