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A 200' aerial view overlooking the unincorporated community of Austin, Nevada. With a population of 192, the town was mapped out in 1862 by David Buell & named after his partner Alvah Austin. A silver rush here began after a Pony Express horse kicked over a rock that contained silver. Today the town is a pitstop along the Loneliest Highway in America (Highway 50) & sits roughly in the center of the state. Much of the town's layout hasn't changed since it was first founded.
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