Main Street - Ely, Nevada Editorial Photo

Route 50, the main street in western town of Ely, Nevada is seen against backdrop of mountain range. Ely was founded as a stagecoach station along the Pony Express and Central Overland Route. Ely`s mining boom came later than the other towns along US 50, with the discovery of copper in 1906. Though the railroads connecting the First Transcontinental Railroad to the mines in Austin and Eureka have