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| Subject: Our Expeditions Of La Plata/Dixie Valley NV & Middlegate Station - 2/28/16 Date: 3/3/2016 4:37:39 PM Pacific Standard Time From: paranormalghostsociety@googlegroups.com To: ParanormalBuffalo@yahoogroups.com, ParanormalGhostSociety@googlegroups.com, paranormalghostsociety@yahoogroups.com, ParanormalGhostSocietyConnections@yahoogroups.com, TheParanormalGhostSociety@yahoogroups.com, SupernaturalFlorida@yahoogroups.com, ParanormalCalifornia@yahoogroups.com, ParanormalNevada@yahoogroups.com, Paranormalflorida@yahoogroups.com, sierraparanormal@yahoogroups.com, PGSPhantoms@yahoogroups.com Sometimes as a paranormal investigator we can be as thorough on an investigation as we can possibly be and still never get to see it all. The paranormal is all around us however I do also believe in the right time and place effect. You might go to a haunted house it may be quiet as ever a follow up might reveal a change in opinion if for example that house was only haunted certain days or times of the week. Although we would visit some new locations in the La Plata/Dixie Valley area we would also wanted to make return trips to both areas to follow up on our investigations. I was excited you never know what you might see. With Spring around the corner the mountains in Nevada are starting to flourish with nature. Everyone thinks that life lacks in the desert here and that is just not the case. The frontier in Nevadan is like a world in itself full of gems if one is willing to seek them out. When I was heading out to Fallon I did seen a craft in the skies the sunrise was gleaming off it some kind of government covert craft not a UFO but rather a covert craft traveling at a high rate of speed it was gone in a few seconds. It would not surprise me the military has a large base in Fallon we know someone who worked on base and they have other areas surrounding it they been buying up. I have even heard of giant winged creatures being sighted in the region I think that if you truly explore enough or pay attention your going to see some things in the heart of Nevada. I was a little discouraged and had to revisit the area perhaps because I wanted to know more I want to believe. Others have asked me if I am scared to return to Dixie Valley where I found these dinosaur like tracks and came across a real scarecrow that literally had left its post begin to walk around no lie! I supposed inanimate objects can be haunted can take on a life of its own. Their is no room in my field of the paranormal for those who are fearful to do the research its takes to get to the truth. If its paranormal I will walk up to it not run this is because I cant properly study anything if I cant face it head on so we have to be fearless in our work. Dixie Valley for me was full of excitement and even some danger. I did not find the cemetery my first visit so my second one would focus on that and some of the ranches nearby. While the ghost town of La Plata and Mountain Well were also up for a return agenda considering I had gotten a flat tire two weeks ago falling short of it. We would even throw in a few other locations in the area such as an old Overland and Pony Express Station known as Middlegate which today is more of a rest stop in the area. I happen to adore this area its one of my favorite places to offroad and chase the paranormal. Not only is it scenic and very vast but its a very strange area of Nevada. At one time a giant sea covered submerged these canyons and valleys. Around the same the sea was receding there was a race of giants that lived not to far from here. Besides the giants there are others tales of giant flying creatures and definitely UFOs in the area. So you never know what you might find or see much is explorable including all these little ghost towns which remain long forgotten and perhaps even haunted! There is nothing like it then loading up the jeep with firewood, food, beer, guns, paranormal gear and just taking the road less traveled. The problem is most folks should not be going into the wilderness unless you A. Know what your doing and B. Are prepared as these locations are so remote that you can easily be 90 miles from any time let alone gas station. So once you start traversing valleys, expanses and go up into these mountain ranges your at the point of no return. I read a story about a family who went out near here rolled the vehicle and was stranded a couple of days. So we do not take it lightly if I take my team or even myself out to these locations its with great preparation and years of experience that have gotten me to this point. I never thought years ago I would be journeying over mountains near where the oldest North American Mummy was discovered. These are ancient lands and will test every single bone in your body. If you do not believe me come on out with us even for a day and you'll understand the work we do here. Its more then just thrills but its about preservation, history, bonding with the ones we love, sharing memories and sometimes even the paranormal. I never know what I might see going out but I know I will not see anything if I do not put in the time and effort. When I head off into the mountains I realize that we are in a vast land where we might find anything. Their are places that no man has ever stood on or discovered so for me its extremely excited to get out exploring these places. I have to say over the past couple years its been exciting visiting this region of Nevada. I have been to ghost towns like Stillwater, White Cloud City, Rochester, Hercules, Wonder, Berlin and Grantsville. All of them very well worth journeying to and checking out. Some even have really awesome mines to explore if your not afraid to go underground. The one thing I learned about these remote ghost towns is that most of them have a resident ghost or at least some energy remaining from its past. To get to Mountain Well Canyon you have to drive through the historic semi ghost town of Stillwater out to the range then turn off at Mountain Well Canyon and from there take this horseshoe route over the mountains to La Plata which means Our morning would take us to the mining and ranch camps of Mountain Well and La Plata. Its hard to believe two weeks ago my jeep had a flat just outside of them both as the sun was going down. I was so frustrated because as an explorer each time I go out I set goals for our group so its important to achieve them. We never want to miss something relevant or not to get to see a location after working so hard to get there! We would head back out into wild horse and cattle country this time hoping to put out another epic journey.When the pavement ends the adventure begins. Mountain Well & La Plata Nevada Expedition 2 La Plata Canyon is one of Nevada's best kept secrets although its one of the very many canyons that go up into the Stillwater Mountains this one is full of Springs. It also has some nice views to go with it and gives you access via jeep to getting over the range to journey into Dixie Valley which is this old ranching ghost town.All the routes through the area are old wagon and mining roads there are no amenities here let alone services. Actually you have to enter Mountain Well Canyon to get up into La Plata but most folks including me consider it all in the same since the boom towns border one another just as both canyons. Along the way we seen allot of cattle roaming the ridge lines and hill sides. I did not see any wild horses or antelope though I thought this was a bit odd. The last time I was up near here I seen a herd of 25 plus antelope and over 100 wild mustangs. This time around more cattle then I could count just watching us as we drove through the canyon. Our journey would take us deep into La Plata Canyon where we would make our first pit stop at Mountain Well. Id like to think Mountain Well as a suburb of La Plata but more or less it was the ranching district. Most of the people who lived here lived here because there are natural springs. Therefore when we pulled up onto the site we found a corral, springs and a windmill. Actually there are three springs found here and I located them all. Today the springs are fed with pipes that drain into troughs for the local cattle to drink from. When I pulled up onto the site I seen a mine on the hill side there was also a broken windmill by the corral. There was also two bulls, many calves and many female cows just grazing in the canyon. I had gotten out of my jeep Tammy stayed inside but stood up through the jeeps moon roof. It was kind of hard to hear one another because there is a pump house with a motor running. The reason is that there were bulls nearby with some very large horns. I left the vehicle slowly approached both of the bulls. I wanted to see if they were aggressive there are ways to tell and no I did not wave a red cape. The two bulls let me get about 30' from them and they were very skittish. But they let me hike around with them which was pretty cool. To be honest with you in the past few years of journeying around Nevada I never seen bulls on the open range anywhere this was a first. I really did not have a choice because I had to do EVP, take photos and do some filming. You really cant escape the cattle here because the canyon in these parts gets narrow. Therefore you share it with the bulls because this is one of the only areas water can be found for miles. Therefore cattle come down off the hillsides just to drink from the various springs found nearby. A black cow crept up behind me to get a drink while filming and it caught me off guard. The bulls were younger so they were not aggressive yet so I was okay with walking around. However at anytime I was ready to hop the old wood fence if things had gotten hairy. Some calves and mommas crossed the old road to have a drink I stayed behind them filming quietly.Then some dude in some beat up pick up truck pulls along side to me and said do not stop them from drinking. I kind of took a bit of offense to that because it was obvious that my jeep was on the other side of the trough and I was just standing around waiting for them to finish drinking. These ranchers sometimes think they own the land and they don't. They pay taxes to use it but also have to understand that they have to share this land with campers, offroaders, hikers and ghost town enthusiast. I was letting the cattle finish drinking as my jeep was on the other side of the trough with the cattle between us. I was not going anywhere for awhile then this guy drives by and has to open up his mouth. I generally never run into a single human and I try to avoid people considering last year a group of guys almost killed me. I may look like I do not belong in the wilderness because of my wicked T-shirts or black nails or long hair and tats but nobody knows the frontier more then I do that is the truth. I have more experience adventuring in Nevada then probably the general population. But its easy for others to judge or assume things out of fear. I have nothing but respect for wildlife, history and these mountains. As a matter in fact most of you who know me also know how greatly I love Nevada hell not just the silver state but the entire west as a whole! My time spent at Mountain Well was short its not a very big place but at one time ranchers did provide the miners in the area with livestock and food. These springs were so important to the Pony Express, Overland Station and other ghost towns. For years in the 1800's many pioneers used this as a watering hole for there horses. Those passing through the area after journeying across the forty mile desert or traversing the Overland route which is today the loneliest road in America needed a place they could bunk down for the night. The Springs were like an oasis for those who traverse La Plata Canyon so it was an important site. As a matter in fact the residents of La Plata harnessed some of the water from the springs but keep in mind they had to travel quite far to get the water. This is one of the reasons the town may have been short lived not sure totally though just a theory. Further past the springs and corral we found a massive open pit mine. At the bottom of the pit was a spring with a fence around it and a motor running. The motor appeared to push the water out of the pit through these hoses which led to troughs for the cattle. I read that Mountain Well had three individual springs. If you search the area enough you can find old rusty tin cans, pieces of metal, glass, bricks, stones etc. Although very few remnants remain of Mountain Well these remnants of the past signify what life probably was like here. Certain tracts of land appear to have once been the site of perhaps a homestead most corrals are just falling apart as the elements have done a number on the cottonwood fence post. Not to far from this area is another location we found which was this canyons third perhaps forth spring This is actually another natural spring with a windmill as well most of the time I found out that the windmills stood above the springs therefore maybe they used wind energy at one time to get the water moving through the hoses to troughs found nearby. There is also a corral here which today is still used believe it or not. You can bring your horses here while you camp or ready them for horseback riding in the canyon. I seen all sorts of tracks up here that were fresh in the mud ranging from cattle to horses. There was some green grass growing here as well perhaps the canyon was a little more lush here. More then likely springs like this were used by the natives for thousands of years. If you listen carefully you can hear the springs trickling up from the ground. If you pass the springs there appears to be possibly a rusty safe and this mangled pick up truck cab which looks like it fell from the cliffs. I really enjoy to explore when I am off in the frontier there are just so many roads that go to nowhere. You can go up into a canyon then find another dirt road that takes you to other hidden smaller canyons or even to historic remnants. There is no way to see it all in one day let alone a lifetime if you ever been to Nevada there is nowhere you will not go without the ability to see mountains for miles. These mountains are a mix of desert and forest while some even have streams or natural springs found within them. Canyons can be lush with meadows, grass, trees etc. The Stillwater Mountains are one of Nevada's best kept secrets not allot of folks dare take them on the ones that do are far from disappointed. Tammy and I ended up taking quite a few roads back in La Plata Canyon there are quite a few. Honestly I thought La Plata was on the main wagon road through the canyon sadly its not. I passed this road earlier which veered off to the left of the canyon to the east. You could tell the road went over the range and trust me driving over any mountains in Nevada is a daunting task. You have cliffs, narrow roads, big boulders to deal with, dry sharp brush and once you take such a road there is no turning back. I kind of figured this road would take me to the town as La Plata was designed or platted to loop around starting off in Mountain Well then climbing up to the town then back around into Mountain Well Canyon. Many of the roads connect most you have to have a jeep for if you do not you will get stuck and help may never arrive just to let others know! This area was well platted its easy to see where streets once were or even homesteads.But not allot remains if you continue to journey through mountain well canyon without veering off to La Plata Canyon you will end up at a place I call the crossroads which meets up with a better road to NE with La Plata without having to climb the mountains. I sure did not know this at the time so I told Tammy lets go back up the road for eight miles and take the road over the Stillwater Range. I had no idea where the town site was I did not want to miss any important sites so it was important to take the entire loop over the mountains and to the town site. There was a herd of cattle when I came out the mouth of Mountain Well with some calves and a pretty pissed off bull. The bulls I was walking around with earlier had a much more timid temperament but this bull he was agitated and you could see he was getting ready to charge me. I pulled along side of him to take some pictures when he tail began to flop around tall tail signs he was pissed at my presence here. His hooves were stomping on the ground and he had his eyes locked on me. He also had a nice set of horns that I am sure would piercing my jeep door and I could be gored to death. So I did not stick around as a matter in fact I went up the road then turned around speeding pass him to go back up into Mountain Well Canyon. I found this massive mining district there was entire mountain sides gone, dump piles, debris files of bean cans and rusty remnants of the past. Although the district offered a great view nothing really remains of its extensive mines or the operation that once transpired here. Today there is just heaps of ore, rocks and piles of wood beams on hillsides. If you go up to Mountain Well there is a road behind the main corral where it takes you to the top of the foothills of the Stillwater Range. Is so wide open up there and you can see the Carson sink of the forty mile desert. You can also see many of the wetlands of the Stillwater Wildlife Refuge. I believe what I seen is Foxtail Lake but cant say for sure since Pyramid Lake is also off to the west. Whatever body of water I seen it was large but if you study maps there is at least six other lakes that connected to Foxtail and the Stillwater Reservoir thus from above it all might look like one giant body of water. The views of the snowcapped peaks of the Stillwater Range are also breath taking such as seeing Table, Slaughter, Job and Lincoln Peaks. I had to be very careful these old wagon roads are rough allot of rocks, holes in the road, drop offs and narrowness. I found some hot springs back here as I was heading up to the top of the mountains its not uncommon in Nevada especially in this region since its still very hot under some of these ranges and valleys. I turned around after thinking the views could not get any better then went about two miles past Mountain Wells this time though I decided for sure I would take the road up and over the range to the ghost town of La Plata. The first time I took this road I went about two miles. There is national forest up here its not very dense but trees to grow here and they kind of consume the road at times. This is not a good road believe me large rocks in the road, cliffs everywhere, trees nearly growing so close to the road you can barely squeeze between them and parts of the road are just gone. I have maps to various ghost towns some of them tell me where mines, mills or what kind of roads there are. The road on my book says two wheel drive only and shows a dotted line. What that line fails to show you is that it switchbacks and ascends right to the top of the mountain range then back down into La Plata Canyon. If you take La Plata from Dixie Valley to the town site its a very nice dirt road no bumps but since I took the back country road from Mountain Well it decided to take me over the range to get there from the top of the canyon then descend down to it. So take my advice if you do not want to risk your life ascend to the town from the south portion of the road without having to climb the Stillwater Mountains. I did a great job producing footage on my trek over the mountains. I have always wanted in the past few years to stand on top of this mountain range. As I was climbing the cliffs with my jeep a few times I pulled over to take some scenic photography. How could I not? From on top of the range you can see Dixie Valley, Fairview Peak, Forty Mile Desert, Alpine Clad Mountains, Sand Mountain, Numerous Peaks, Valleys and lakes. To be honest with all of you its probably one of the best views I have ever seen since my time living in Nevada. I could see for almost 200 miles 360 degrees of nothing but mountains, deserts, snow capped peaks and scenery. It was well worth climbing with my jeep to the top of the range believe me when I say this but not an easy feat. I also was blasting Rammstein and some classic rock while offroading in the end I had a blast pipe in mouth just enjoying the back country .Nothing like opening up the moon roof and just enjoying your freedom! The road to the top of the range hugs the canyons cliffs and multiple peaks above it. Its so narrow that my tires were only inches from the cliffs and well there are big rocks in the road which can cause you to tilt towards those cliffs which were to our right. Sometimes I had to hug the side of the hills to prevent me from getting to close to the cliffs. In turn my jeep was tilted at an angle along the cliffs till I was able to get to the top of the mountains. It was a good trek a few miles to the top and into the canyon where the ghost town resides. I thought to myself it must had been a huge pain in the ass for the residents of La Plata to journey to Mountain Well just to get some water here. Literally this road is a death trap and extremely rugged due to rock slides. There are parts of the road that were washed out other parts that had gashes in it so trying to navigate through it over the range was a bit tedious and I filmed most of it. I had Tammy do some out the window filming as well looking down the side of the Stillwater Mountains. There was kind of a feeling of relief once we reached the top we had no idea how the road would be up ahead but we could not turn around it was either do or die for us. As most of you know I am an avid toker so to burn one at the top of the range was well deserved. Its not an easy task to offroad in Nevada these roads provide a challenge. You have to work hard to get to the good stuff I conquered this range so when I descended down into La Plata their was a sigh of relief. You have to be thankful for not getting a flat, flipping the jeep or going off a cliff. You never realize how small you are till stand somewhere where you can see for hundreds of miles. Even when you stand on the range you can see dirt roads for miles going basically nowhere. When I arrived at the La Plata site it was good to just shut down the jeep and go hiking change it up a little. I had been jeeping for a few hours and it was a rough go because we were up on cliffs on rocky hairpin turns. I knew I was arriving in town I seen what looked like remnants of an old safe and a mangled pickup truck bed like someone had gotten into a major wreck. Also their was fence post, springs and a few dump piles so when I seen my first set of ruins I felt some relief. I could tell I was at the town site there was a few dump piles, couple corrals and stone foundations. The town site was not very extensive very little remains but still its a must see and a very beautiful location. The canyon is a bit narrow here nothing like where we just traversed where it was this massive canyon. Such canyons get very deep and narrow the further you decide to travel in them in these ranges. Trust me I know just a couple weeks ago I was cliff climbing above White Cloud City in the canyon and it was steep. Many of these canyons are very lush, overgrown, full of foliage and sometimes even have creeks in them. This part of La Plata Canyon seemed to hide its secrets very well it was overgrown with sage brush and the canyons walls were very steep. I did some research finding other canyons which run perpendicular to this one including Sheep, Wild Horse and Eleven Mile Canyon. I found a broken cross with flowers up in Eleven Mile Canyon a reminder of how short life is especially when you take on the wild west not everyone was so lucky. Downtown La Plata has nearly been wiped off the map I found two foundations one of them had a fireplace the other one was divided into two rooms. I thought the two room stone foundation was the courthouse I mean I did not really know at the time! You hear that all that remains of the town is the courthouse well this statement is false. Their are three stone foundations at the town site two smaller stone ones then a few hundred feet up the road the courthouse ruins. Of course the courthouse ruins are many times larger then any foundation that remains at the town site. As a matter in fact the old courthouse ruins reside at this old junction its pretty cool because the canyon splits off right there where it heads off into the forest or Wildhorse Canyon. It does not get anymore wild west then this and therefore you have allot of diversity when exploring the La Plata townsite area. I felt very cozy back at the junction found a couple fire pits its obvious people come here and camp. That is all great if you come in from Dixie Valley but if you decide you want a jeep adventure go ahead climb right over the Stillwater Range its fun. The ruins at La Plata are in peril though they are crumbling you can tell people are hauling the stones off for their own use which is sad. The courthouse and one of the foundations up the road are truly masterpieces as each rock was fitted into place. As a matter in fact some of those stones are huge that they used in constructing these buildings. The one thing that was missing from the townsite is remnants of the past. Most ghost towns you see piles of wood, metal, broken glass, few bricks, rusty cans etc etc not here though. The stone work of the structures were beautifully done every rock was fitted to lock into place. This is not a big ghost town but it has relevant history which we will be talking about more on our website in the future like we do with all locations we take on. The courthouse was a two story stone building it sat on the hill between the two canyons that being Wildhorse and La Plata. I did go inside to take some EVP and readings was doing an experiment with my phone on this trek. I hate phone apps so ill be picking up more gear off our site and you should too. I just put up some new EMF detectors one of them also takes temperature read outs. Anyhow back to the courthouse one of the walls was built right into the hill or up against it. I heard that this may in fact not have been the courthouse but a mill however based on the fact the courthouse was two stories and these ruins were also more then likely it was the towns place of justice which would have made sense considering these ruins were located at a set of crossroads downtown La Plata. I am not sure if they held any prisoners here but it is the wild west therefore they made due with whatever they had. When I was in Belmont I found out they put prisoners in the basement of the bank due to a lack of a jail. There was a plaque in front of the courthouse on a rocky memorial which someone removed. I cant stand vandals the whole reason I do these ghost towns is to teach others to preserve these locations. Also in front of the courthouse was a massive pile of stool when I say massive it was about 6' x 2' in size which whatever made it must had been bigger then an elephant or either that some cow had some massive diarrhea lol. I worked hard to get here as a matter in fact I did the entire full loop which starts at Mountain Well goes up into La Plata Canyon then back around some of the mountains meeting up again further SE in Mountain Well Canyon. I did this because I did not want to miss anything for example further down the road from La Plata there is this area that was strip mined. I seen manmade cliffs because entire hillsides were sheered off or rather mined not to far from the town. There was pieces of aluminum also you could tell at one time back when the town existed this area was probably being mined on the hour all day long. SE of the town site is also another spring with a corral and windmill. By now most of you are getting the idea that were in cattle country but some of these corrals and springs are very old. They are the sites of some of the first ranches in Nevada and the springs itself been used by the natives for thousands of years. Out of curiosity I did end up journeying a few miles down Wildhorse canyon to do some filming of the back country beyond the town of La Plata. Well the other reasoning behind it was to find the mill remnants as the town did have one. I never found the mill I figured it might be further down the road behind the courthouse at the junction leading into Wildhorse Canyon. I have a guide with maps it states it being near the courthouse so either I did not find it or vandals hauled it off like most of the towns remnants. I did see some pictures of it but they were not taken recently so its hard to know for sure. I was trying to find it some do some don't others such as ranchers in the area claim it does not exist while other historians say it does. I find out with most ghost towns that I never find everything I am looking for or find things I am not looking for lol. I will say that Wildhorse Canyon is an adventure all in itself as soon as I begin leaving the town site or rather junction where the courthouse was I had entered a woodsy area as it begins to ascend deeper into the Stillwater Range. I found this massive corral biggest one out of all of them all in the area however it was falling apart but you could tell was built out of native trees found in the canyon. It was scenic back here rolling hills with a mix of trees and desert fauna at times the dirt road became very narrow. Behind the corrals were some dump piles so you could tell mining went on just a 20 minute walk from town. The canyon is a bit overgrown so if there are any remnants of the past you may not see them from the canyons road so I tried to get out and look around. Trying to turn around in Wildhorse canyon was very difficult I wish I had more time to explore it. Within the canyon we found another split in the road the entire area appears to branch out. If you offroad down a canyon you come across a split. Take a road down a split like this and come across more splits. These old wagon roads were streets where ranchers and miners had homesteads at.The pioneers back here built there corrals and structures out of native materials found here particularly this canyon. They were able to harvest the rocks to build the structures along the canyons walls while lumbering some of the wood found back here from tree growth. The wood was used to build the ranches and corrals today though all of it is long gone. This is such a remote area that I never ran into a human and as a matter in fact there was no recent vehicle tracks. Its just you and the mountains for 80 miles till you get to the nearest town. We
would get ready to shut down the jeep it was getting hot we had been
four wheeling for hours on rocks, steep grades, along cliffs and
through rocky canyons. I could not wait to smoke a bowl of some of my
girl scout cookies bud, eat a sub and drink a couple brews. Our
adventure was completed with La Plata after our second attempt was a
success but our journey was far from over we had plans to descend
from the overlooks at the mouth of La Plata Canyon into Dixie Valley
where we would take on this Nevada gem for a second expedition! The
view from on top of the foothills of the Stillwater Range were breath
taking we had Eleven Mile Canyon below us to our left, views before us
of Dixie Valley and the Alpine Clad Range to the east. It was time to
just sit on the hood of the jeep park it above the expanse and just
feel blessed for the beautiful 60 degree weather we were having. Isn't
life about the memories we make even the simple ones? You have not
experienced freedom till you really experience something like this.
Sure we did not find much of the paranormal in La Plata but we found
history, adventure and before our eyes seen timeless scenic views! |
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| I found what appears to be a series of sandstone caves since this entire mountain in volcanic in nature more then likely at one time they could have connected to a series of lava tubes that may run under the entire area or they are just shallow little caverns or small dens that were formed due to intense wind erosion. More then likely they were used by the Paiute Natives who hunted in La Plata Canyon then again maybe a miner or hermit could have utilized them as well nobody knows for sure but they can be seen if your traveling to La Plata which is full of wonders found through the most remote regions of the Stillwater Mountain Range. |
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