The Town Map

photos

The TownTuscarora is an old mining camp in the Nevada foothills of Mount Blitzen, miles from anything else. The discovery of silver in the early 1870s superseded the placer mining that was dominated for several years by the majority Chinese population. The town’s size and wealth peaked in the late 1870s before wildfires, waning ore and the discovery of silver deposits elsewhere began to drain the population.¹ In spite of occasional efforts, the town never regained its original glory, eventually dwindling to the current population of just a handful of residents. Its reputation as an artist’s haven seems to have begun around 1966 when Dennis and Julie Parks moved there to establish what would become an internationally famous pottery shop and school.² Now it is also home to painters, writers and artists of other types. ___ ¹ Ghost Towns, “Tuscarora”: http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/tuscarora.html; and Online Nevada Encyclopedia, “Tuscarora”: http://www.onlinenevada.org/articles/tuscarora ² Tuscarora Summer Pottery School: http://www.tuscarorapottery.com/ View in Google Earth View in Gaia GPSDraw routes and download to the mobile app

Select a marker to see its photos
Highway
Automobile
Jeep
ATV
Motorcycle
Non-motorized
Informal path
Seasonal

Trail data from Idaho Parks & Recreation and mine data from Idaho Geological Survey