Photo reference still courtesy of @mozarts_ride on Instagram. Here's what he says:
1940s Dodge Power Wagon...I spotted "Miss Marion" while traveling the back roads of Tonopah, Nevada. She's the only Power Wagon I have ever photographed with a box built onto the back. This truck was once owned by the Nye County Search and Rescue Organization. 😎
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,Tonopah is an old mining town, located in Nevada, that was founded in the early 1900s. "As the story goes, Jim Butler was camping around Tonopah Springs, the spring of 1900 when his burro wandered off. 😎
.While chasing it, Jim picked up a rock to throw at it and discovered some promising looking ore. He continued his journey and showed the samples to others, who showed little interest. After returning to his home in Belmont, Butler told a young attorney named Tasker Oddie about his discovery. Tasker had a friend who taught chemistry in Austin, and he enlisted the teacher’s help in assaying the sample." (Tonopah Historic Mining Park) In the end, Jim Butler became very wealthy...
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,Tonopah is an old mining town, located in Nevada, that was founded in the early 1900s. "As the story goes, Jim Butler was camping around Tonopah Springs, the spring of 1900 when his burro wandered off. 😎
.While chasing it, Jim picked up a rock to throw at it and discovered some promising looking ore. He continued his journey and showed the samples to others, who showed little interest. After returning to his home in Belmont, Butler told a young attorney named Tasker Oddie about his discovery. Tasker had a friend who taught chemistry in Austin, and he enlisted the teacher’s help in assaying the sample." (Tonopah Historic Mining Park) In the end, Jim Butler became very wealthy...
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