Goldfield
GOLDFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY
GOLDFIELD, NEVADA
P.O.Box. 393
Goldfield, Nevada 89013
Goldfield was born in a hurry due to the discovery of Gold in 1902. Goldfield grew from 2 miners to over 20,000 people in just 6 years. Goldfield lost a significant portion of its population by 1910, not because the gold was gone, but because the cost of mining was to great. As the years have gone by the fabric of Goldfield's history continues to be wrent and torn, a little more each year.
The Goldfield Historical Society is making a concerted effort to try and stop the devastation of time and make our town a "Place to Remember"
We hope you enjoy this Web Site. It is our hope that it will show you through pictures and articles the excitment that was and is Goldfield.
Click on information you would like to see:

"The "GOLDFIELD NEWS"   "1950"
"Old Newspaper History"
"The Coming of the Railroad 1906 - 2006"
"Goldfield History Minute"

DO YOU HAVE A STORY ABOUT YOU OR FAMILY MEMBER YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT THEIR LIFE IN GOLDFIELD, NEVADA?

The Goldfield Hotel is Privately owned and not open to the public at this time.
Information on Esmeralda County
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Do you have a Goldfield Hotel ,Spitoon, Cuspidor, Oil Lamp or Bed Warmer?

Some years ago (1970's?) the late Gary Wakefield made a number of fake/

fantasy items for sale in his shop in Reno, NV. The brass or copper items all had a brass plate that read
GOLDFIELD HOTEL, GOLDFIELD NEVADA. All of these items were made to order in Mexico,
there are no originals, they are all  modern fantasy pieces.

The brass oil  lamps were about 17 inches high and burners marked Kosmos Brenner. Shorter double lamps were also made.  There were many of these fantasy pieces made.



1909 Photo
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This website will no longer be available after October 26, 2009
The new website will be www.goldfieldhistoricalsociety.com