MIneral County Museum

11/05/2025

Doug Berry and friend Kellie Zuniga of the Eastern Sierra Region of California and Nevada visit Mammoth Lakes, CA. They put a canoe on Horseshoe Lake, a lake...

11/04/2025

Check out our new article on the Nevada gas chamber at https://www.mineralcountymuseum.com. Must be in desktop mode on your phone

10/29/2025

Doug Berry and Kellie Zuniga of the Eastern Sierra Region of California and Nevada visit the Lovelock Cave. Pershing and Churchill Counties Nevada.

10/28/2025

Live boxing was at the old Desert Theater (Behind Glamour on Main). Not just movies

10/21/2025

Dueling with Guns in the West in the 19th century was so common among Newspaper Editors that in was sometimes in their job description! J Homan Buck Editor of the Western Nevada Minor Newspaper in Mina was one who participated in a duel. Read our blog for the whole story at

The Mineral County Museum in Hawthorne, Nevada has over 15,000 square feet of display space. The collection includes antique clothing, mining equipment, minerals, documents, photographs, horse-drawn carriages, and fire equipment from the 17th to early 18th century. A must-stop in Northern Nevada!

10/11/2025

Doug Berry and friend Richard Dillon of the Eastern Sierra Region of California and Nevada go trout fishing and catch a lot of fish.

10/06/2025

Check out a new article on our Blog at https://www.mineralcountymuseum.com. You will need to be in desktop mode on your phone in order to view it

The Mineral County Museum in Hawthorne, Nevada has over 15,000 square feet of display space. The collection includes antique clothing, mining equipment, minerals, documents, photographs, horse-drawn carriages, and fire equipment from the 17th to early 18th century. A must-stop in Northern Nevada!

10/06/2025

At this time of the year I 1933 the old hospital had an orchard,vegetable garden, eggs and an Alfafa field to feed their residents

09/25/2025

Doug Berry and guest Kellie Zuniga of the Eastern Sierra Region of California and Nevada take a dirt road to the mining areas near Wonder, Nevada. They climb...

09/22/2025

Doug Berry and friend Kellie Zuniga of the Eastern Sierra Region of California and Nevada travel to the remote reaches of Eastern California to find the home...