Scotty's Junction
Scotty's Junction is a settlement in Nye County in the state of Nevada .
location
Scotty's Junction - just like Scotty's Castle in Death Valley National Park named after Walter E. Scott - is located at the confluence of State Route 267 with US Highway 95 36 miles (58 kilometers) north of Beatty and 16 miles (26 kilometers) south by Lida Junction . The settlement is located in the Sarcobatus Flat at 1239 meters (4.065 ft) not far west of the Nellis Range .
population
The settlement, which stretches for around 1.5 kilometers along Highway 95, is currently home to 11 residents. Most of the residents were employed in prostitution , which is permitted in Nye County, with the Shady Lady Ranch brothel making up about half of the population. In addition, there is a currently closed rest stop and a campsite in Scotty's Junction, the gas station located here burned down. The brothel was closed in December 2014.
history
The place was created as a stop on the short-lived Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad in the Sarcobatus Flat for the Bonnie Claire mines and the city of Bonnie Claire about 7 miles (11 kilometers) south . The Tonopah-and-Tidewater-Railroad acquired this company, the building materials for the construction of Scotty's Castle were transported from the train station, then called Bonnie Claire Depot, to Grapevine Canyon . When the railway line was dismantled, the sleepers were also brought to Scotty's Castle and used there as firewood.
On August 1, 1999, the epicenter of a magnitude 5.6 earthquake was 11 kilometers north .
The Timbisha Shoshone Homeland Act of 2000 guarantees the transfer of an area of 11 km² (2800 acres) near Scotty's Junction and water rights to around 460,000 m³ to the Timbisha .
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Coordinates: 37 ° 17 ′ 50 ″ N , 117 ° 3 ′ 15 ″ W.