Schellbourne, NV - supposed to be a 'ghost town'

cageordie, on September 12, 2007, said:

This building is right next to US 93 on Nevada 18, the main road is just out of shot to the right and I am standing next to Schellbourne road. There was a suggestion that I should move this to somewhere on some back road, but that's not where it is. The coordinates are 39.79717 N, 114.742681 W and you can punch that in to google maps.

randybriggs, on July 17, said:

Schellbourn is a Pony Express station used to change horse & riders during 1860-1861.Inside there is a whole map painted on the wall of the pony express route. It was never a (ghost town)

cageordie, on July 17, said:

I'm afraid you have some misconceptions about what a ghost town is. Basically it's a town that died, and since Schellbourne was once a mining boom town and is now gone that would generally qualify it as a ghost town. I was following a book of ghost towns and, if this works, you can read the description of Schellbourne here. The fact that, for a couple of years, the Pony Express also used this town is neither here nor there. It was a town, it died, it is a ghost town.

http://books.google.com/books?id=6n9-98XTxGgC&pg=PA185&lpg=PA185&dq=Schellbourne+ghost+town&source=web&ots=1Kl5EBGGEH&sig=DcYsAuaXF46_vKqG9YRNL3TqPS4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result

randybriggs, on July 29, said:

Called Schell Creek in the early days, this was a busy relay station after Senator Gwin of California prevailed on Russell, Majors and Waddell to extend the Overland Stage Line on to the West Coast. The stage line was already running from St. Joseph, Missouri to Salt Lake City, Utah. George Chorpenning and Howard Egan established a station at this site in late 1859. It served the Pony Express during its existence and the Overland Mail Company lines until 1869. Troops were sent out in the 1860s to protect the mail and travelers. After the Pony Express ended, the Overland Mail Company established its Utah-to-central Nevada district headquarters at Schell Creek in 1862-63. By the late 1870’s, the station compound had grown to a town of 500 persons. Stone and log buildings housed the men who kept the coaches and other equipment in repair. December 27, 1871 a post-office was designated Schellbourne to serve the area.