Ghost town in the desert

At noon on a hot Nevada day, we found ourselves walking in the desert to explore a ghost town.  We have seen a few ghost towns in our day, but never one whose occupants were forced to leave because their homes were to be flooded in the name of progress.  St. Thomas, Nevada, originally grew up on the shores of the Muddy River, which flows into the Colorado.

In the 1930's, the Hoover dam was built, and as the waters rose to form Lake Mead the last citizens of the 500 person town reluctantly left.  By 1938, the whole town was 60 feet under water.  Only with the recent droughts and the receding waters are people able to explore what is left of St. Thomas.

                                                                      

                                                                  

Foundations of the old post office

Artifacts cabled together to prevent theft

Trees? or a fence?  or a boardwalk?       

                 

                                                                                                 

Interesting foundation

Mud transformed to hard baked clay         

   

Thanks, Terry,for the fabulous pictures!