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Historic Gabbs, Nevada Gabbs is approximately 80 miles away from Fallon. The population there is 318 people and is known as the smallest town in Nevada. It was unincorporated in 2001 and has many basics of a small town: cafe, grocery store, gas station, post office, library, sheriff’s office, volunteer fire dept., medical clinic, swimming pool, and two parks with picnic areas and playground. Gabbs was first rising with the construction of a magnesium plant. Magnesium was discovered in 1920 and in high demand due to WWII and its use in weapons. Later, gold was being found in the area and is still the economic base to this day. Even though most mining has slowed down much more than that of the past, the community has a workforce in many industrial areas. Gabbs is believed to be named after William More Gabb, a paleontologist who was part of a survey team in the 1860′s. Although he may have never seen the valley he described many of the fossils found there. Gabbs has many areas of interest to visit including the famous Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park which is located 23 miles east of town on Route 884. Berlin-Ichthyosaur Park is located 23 miles from Gabbs and in 1957 had North America’s most abundant concentration of Ichthyosaur fossils in one place. The Ichthyosaur is the state fossil; the fossils range from two to over seventy feet long, and are prehistoric marine reptiles. Berlin is a Turn-of-the Century Mining Town with many old buildings still standing. In its heyday it had 200/250 people with a stamp mill, assay office, union hall, store and post office, infirmary, stage station and homes. You can also visit the Amargosa Opera house, on route 127, the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, and the Belmont Inn in the county. |
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Austin ~ Dayton ~ Eureka ~ Fernley ~ Gabbs ~ Hawthorne Lovelock ~ Round Mountain ~ Silver Springs ~ Yerington
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