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4 unusual facts about Nye County


Ash Meadows killifish

The Ash Meadows killifish (Empetrichthys merriami) was first documented by C. H. Gilbert (1893) and historically occupied numerous springs near Ash Meadows, Nye County, Nevada.

Big Log

The video for the song was filmed on location in various areas around California and Nevada, including the Amargosa Opera House and Hotel in Death Valley Junction, California, the Calico Ghost Town in California, the Glass Pool Inn in Las Vegas, which was demolished in 2004, and in Crystal, Nye County, Nevada.

Ignatius Piazza

Piazza was previously granted a special deputyship by the Nye County, Nevada sheriff, a fairly common practice in rural counties.

Male prostitution

In November 2005, Heidi Fleiss said that she would partner with brothel owner Joe Richards to turn Richards' legal Cherry Patch Ranch brothel in Crystal, Nevada into an establishment that would employ male prostitutes and cater exclusively to female customers, a first in Nevada .


Diana's Punchbowl

It is located in central-western Nevada, in the Monitor Valley, about 30 miles southeast of Austin, Nevada in Nye County.

Independent American Party of Nevada

The Nevada IAP finally achieved electoral success in the 1990s with the election of a County Commissioner in Nye County, and the election of Chuck Horne as the Mayor of Mesquite.

Whiterock Stage

The Whtetrock Stage was introduced by Cooper and Cooper (in Cooper, 1956, p. 6-7) "as a post-Canadian - pre-Chazyan chrono-stratographic unit" based on strata "in the Monitor and Antelope Ranges, flanking Antelope Valley, and in the Toquima Range of central Nevada", referred to as the Antelope Valley Limestone.


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