Then and Now

Courtesy of Matt Liverani Welcome to another installment of White Pine: Then & Now!In this week’s edition we are back downtown taking another look at the White Pine County Courthouse. The original photo, taken around 1931, shows the then 20+ year old building with some very young pine trees planted along Clark Street along with the somewhat mature poplar trees (a news … [Read more...] about White Pine County: Then & Now

Courtesy of Matt Liverani Welcome to another installment of White Pine: Then & Now!In this week’s edition we take a look at the Willow Club sometime in the early 1920’s.According to county records, the building was built in 1885, but I’m not sure if the building in the photo replaced the 1885 structure or was added onto the original building. If the 1885 date is in … [Read more...] about Then and Now

Courtesy of Matt LiveraniWelcome to another installment of White Pine: Then & Now! In this week’s edition, we once again revisit the East Ely depot, around 1907 or 1908. When the depot was completed in 1907, it bore the name Ely, but the residents of Ely (still some two miles west of the depot at the time) objected to the name and sued the railroad. The name was … [Read more...] about White Pine County: Then and Now

Courtesy of Matt Liverani Welcome to another installment of White Pine: Then & Now!In this week’s edition we are at East Ely in the Nevada Northern Railway yard where the mainline comes into the ore yard, circa mid-1940’s. The train, led by Kennecott Copper Corporation #93, is crossing over to bypass the ore yard likely heading straight to McGill with the loaded ore … [Read more...] about White Pine County: Then & Now

Courtesy of Matt LiveraniWelcome to another installment of White Pine: Then & Now!In this week’s edition, we are still in McGill, though a few years earlier than our last look. There isn’t much to go by when trying to date this photo, but a few clues pin it down to a short span of years, 1908-1919. When it was first established, the community was known as McGill Ranch, … [Read more...] about White Pine County: Then & Now