Austin (Nevada)

Austin is a town in the U.S. state of Nevada with approximately 330 inhabitants. It is located at about 2,000 meters above sea level in a deep valley of the Toiyabe Range on U.S. Highway 50 ( "the loneliest road in America" ​​), 12 miles from the exact geographic center of the state. Administratively, Austin is part of the Lander County.

The town was founded in 1862 when the first gold and silver boom raged through the American West. Since those years, Austin has been able to preserve its original character largely as original " Western Town ". Boasting the " International Café" in Austin also the oldest hotel buildings Nevadas; The café itself is but now only a diner without a hotel.

Place and in particular the "International" are the scene of the cover story of the narrative tape " Nothing But Ghosts " by Judith Hermann as its film adaptation by Martin Gypkens.

As featured attraction in the immediate vicinity shall " Stokes Castle", a square, stone raw together brick and three stories high observation tower, which was built in 1897 and inhabited by only a few months in the selfsame year. The tower, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, offers a view over the wide, secluded valley of the Reese River.

Each month find in Austin Methodist Church, the periodical meetings of the " Western Shoshone National Council" on the tribal government of the Western Shoshone Indians.

Swell

• Deke Castleman: Nevada Handbook, ISBN 0-918373-63-8 1989
• Judith Hermann: Nothing but Ghosts. Narratives, 2003 S. Fischer, ISBN 3-596-15798-6.