TONOPAH, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — The Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada opened in the 1980s by a brother and sister. Their father, Clarence David, is buried in the "Tonopah Cemetery 1901-1911" next door.

TONOPAH — Each time she walks into the exquisitely preserved lobby of the Mizpah Hotel in this old mining town, Nancy Cline feels a tremendous sense of peace. Not to mention accomplishment, pride and ...

RENO, Nev. — A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck near Tonopah early Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, in what was the state's strongest quake in over 65 years. Two more aftershocks near ...

In May 1900, a central Nevada rancher named Jim Butler discovered a ledge of silver that sparked one of the largest mining booms in Nevada history. Within two years, more than 3,000 people were living ...

There is no better place to learn the story of central Nevada’s early 20 th century mining boom than the Tonopah Historic Mining Park. Created in the mid-1990s, the 130-acre park in the heart of the ...

TONOPAH, Nev. (KSAZ) - It has been called one of the scariest motels in the West, a hotel dedicated to clowns. And if you have coulrophobia, the fear of clowns, this is not the place for you. The ...

A&W’s newest restaurant is located in the historic Wild West town of Tonopah, Nevada, inside the Mizpah Club casino. It is adjacent to the landmark “Jewel of the Desert” Mizpah Hotel. The restaurant, ...

Whenever I find myself driving on the solitary stretch of U.S. 95 outside Tonopah, I often wonder what the boom years were like. Not the original years after silver was discovered there just after the ...