Town of Humboldt, Nevada

It's that time of the year, when the landscape is washed over by the late winter sun.

I had occasion to drive over to the Biggest Little City after work yesterday and stopped off at Humboldt to watch as the sun went down.

















The town of Humboldt lies just off the north tip of the Humboldt Mountain Range in Pershing County.

Humboldt used to be in Humboldt County until someone accidentally burned down the courthouse in Winnemucca.

When the folks over in Lovelock got a glimpse of the plans for the new courthouse, with its columns and marble staircases, they didn't believe they wanted to help pay for such an expensive building over in the county seat, so they seceded, and formed their own county. Then they built their own special courthouse. Folks around here don't seem to have got over that little spat yet.

When the boundary was set to cleave Humboldt County into two parts, the town of Humboldt, a service stop on the transcontinental railroad, found itself in the new Pershing County. Named for WWI hero General of the Armies "John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing.
















This the the entire town. I saw two satellite dishes, so they are probably inside watching FOX News.
















Molten sun on a chilly afternoon.