Mr. Strozzi worked at one of the warehouses further up in town, I never knew which one, why by 1907 we had railroad yards, lumber yards, a bottle works, tin shops and warehouses of every description.

I remember one of the little girls that lived here, she always looked a little tired and worn out. One day I asked her if she was ill and she replied that she just didn't get enough sleep. When the train came by at night it almost shook the house right off the foundation and woke her up. The Tonopah Tidewater railroad grade is just 30 feet behind this house. One of her favorite toys was a tea set her father had made her out of pennies. He would put the pennies on the railroad track and wait for the train to run over them. Then he would finish pounding them out himself to make cups, saucers, just everything needed to have a tea party.

Well, I remember one time the girls of the town wanted to have a tea party, but they couldn't find enough girls that wanted to come, so they dressed up some of the boys in dresses and had their party anyway. (You know boys, offer them free food and they'll do anything!)

The old house sure doesn't look the same. When the people left they took wood flooring, roofs, support beams, just anything they could use to rebuild elsewhere! (Oh I don't want to think about that, the death of a town is always sad.)

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THUMB NAILS OF OTHER BUILDINGS IN RHYOLITE
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