Visitors can enjoy the old, wild charm of the Atomic Inn and the Sourdough Saloon, and there are also a number of RV parks if you’re in it for the long haul. But that’s not all this sleepy town has to offer. Beatty sits in the heart of a confluence of natural wonders and ghost towns from the time of the mining boom.īailey’s Hot Springs, for instance, is one of the popular attractions and is located at the former railway depot site. Roughly seven miles from Death Valley National Park-the largest national park in the US, outside of Alaska-this rural town was founded in 1904 as a part of the Bullfrog Mining District in the Mojave Desert. The idea is to take you back to a time “when the West was wild, and the Cowboys wilder!”Ī small town along the Nevada-California border with just over 1,000 residents, Beatty is often known as the ‘Gateway to Death Valley’. The Beatty Cowboys are a group of-mostly senior-men and women, who spend time recreating the Old West, armed with floozies, petticoats, gunfights and all. As the crowd burst out laughing, the cowboy and Sheriff Davis took a bow.
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