Beatty History

This historical community was founded at the turn of the century as the central supply hub of the "Bullfrog Mining District" and sets near the border of modern day Death Valley National Monument. Once served by three railroads that whistled through to the booming metropolis of Rhyolite, today the Beatty area is served by Hwy 95, Rhyolite is a ghost town and the railroads run 115 miles to the south through Las Vegas.

Still, some of old Beatty can still be seen. Though currently closed, the Exchange Club that George Greenwood built in 1906 still stands, old railroad beds can be seen on the edge of town, and old mines and mining Ghost Towns dot the area. Today there are only remains of the once booming town of Rhyolite, with ruins of a large operational gold mill, just four (4) miles West of Beatty.