Everyone has a different life on this old mudball called Earth and so it stands to reason that everyone meets different people.Folks that travel a lot in their life, get to meet many different and interesting individuals. Those folks that stay in one spot most of their life only get to meet strangers that are passing through the area.I had the pleasure of one such meeting in … [Read more...] about People You Meet In Your Lifetime
Keith’s corner
Smelterville, Nevada Keith’s corner
The world famous town of McGill, Nevada at its birth in 1906, was called Smelter. It is not to be confused with Smelterville, which was a distant suburb located west of McGill between the McGill railroad junction and what later became the Club 50. There were houses at the junction, but that was not Smelterville. I can remember people living at the junction but not at … [Read more...] about Smelterville, Nevada Keith’s corner
Keith’s Corner: Dating McGill Photos
I get a lot of questions about old McGill photos, when there is no date on the photo. So many old photos of McGill and our own family photos are never dated and people/places are not named. It is frustrating at best. I try to be as accurate as possible in my writings, but sometimes it is hard to properly date some photos. Here are some examples of how I do it. When the EXACT … [Read more...] about Keith’s Corner: Dating McGill Photos
Keith’s Corner: McGill Telephone Book (page)
This is an old Nevada Consolidated Copper Company telephone directory. As near as I can tell it is somewhere between 1935 and 1941. The reason is that Cliff Dreitzler is listed. He became a Deputy Sheriff in McGill on January 1, 1935 and was murdered on November 7, 1941 I remember a lot of the names, such as Huffer, Inwood, Jones, Preston etc etc. J. C. Kinnear is … [Read more...] about Keith’s Corner: McGill Telephone Book (page)