Welcome to Beatty, Nevada

A once-prosperous town and the people who still proudly call it home

by Nikkitha Bakshani

December 12, 2016

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Beatty, Nevada

(Christina Stetson)It was while she was an artist-in-residence at Nevada's Goldwell Open Air Museum that Stetson found Beatty, Nevada — a Gold Rush town that struggled after the mining jobs d

Christina Stetson.

(Christina Stetson)

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(Christina Stetson)

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(Christina Stetson)

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(Christina Stetson)

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(Christina Stetson)

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(Christina Stetson)

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(Christina Stetson)

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(Christina Stetson)

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(Christina Stetson)

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(Christina Stetson)**To see more from this project and others, check out Christina Stetson's website and Instagram.**

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play it again sam?

Welcome to Beatty, Nevada

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