Lost City Museum
The Lost City Museum focuses on artifacts detailing
the history of the Moapa Valley including its native
Pueblo builders and later Mormon settlers.  It is located
about 13 miles south from I-15 on Hwy 169 in southeast
Nevada, at the southern edge of the town of Overton.


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The entrance is on the west side of the museum building
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early telegraph instrument displayed as part of an exhibit of communications devices over the centuries, recorded thru glass display case without a tripod
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museum photography is always a challenge:  but sometimes it works well despite the camera being hand held
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cactus flowers seen en route to the rebuilt pueblo buildings outside the museum
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a railroad track runs between Hwy 169 and the museum grounds.  This Union Pacific freight engine was seen while I was touring
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no caboose at the end of the train
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Travellers Advisory:  Overton is within Clark County and may be subject to the felony identity thieves who prey on visitors to Las Vegas and surroundings in hotels/motels and even in the Lake Mead NRA nine miles south of Overton

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The photos in this album were recorded on April 27, 2006 by Bob Grumbine using a 5.1 megapixel Kodak P-850 EasyShare digital camera with 12x optical zoom and 3.3x available digital enhancement for total zoom capability of 39.6x