{"content":[{"text":"Dear honored guests and adventuress souls!","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.235152,"width":0.375214,"height":0.01793900000000001}},{"text":"Whatever route you took to get to Tonopah, outside of your private jet, was a familiar route \n to the residents and visitors of Tonopah in 1900…. except what took you up to seven \n hours would take them 4-10 days. They traveled to Tonopah in open air wagons and stage \n coaches, and slept while moving, stopping to eat and freshen up at various stage stops \n along the way. Many of those stops are still evident…the corrals, the falling barns and cold \n storage stone buildings, the wells, the wooden tables and furnishings which were all \n welcome sights to the weary, but motivated, travelers of the early 1900's. Please accept \n our appreciation of your pioneer spirit as we welcome all of our weary but motivated \n travelers! Not everyone musters up the fortitude to get to Tonopah, and we hope you have \n a rewarding and fun experience during your stay.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.270909,"width":0.7770589999999999,"height":0.17945399999999995}},{"text":"The Klondike Gold Rush was a phenomenon of the depression of 1897, and set the stage \n for the silver rush of 1900 In Tonopah. Massive unemployment, low wages, and national \n disillusionment enticed men to pack up all their belongings and head north to Alaska and \n The Yukon for gold…the answer to a life that was otherwise out of their control. They \n traveled thousands of miles, only to be a day late and a dollar short when the goldfields of \n Dawson City and surrounds ran out. Over 100,000 people embarked on this dangerous \n journey, only to be thwarted by mother nature and those who reached the fields first. \n 30,000 travelers actually made it to their destination and soon realized that the gold they \n fought so physically and psychologically hard for was unattainable. Many went onto Nome, \n and many started back south, only to hear of the large silver strike in Nevada by Jim \n Butler. As remote as Tonopah was, it was a cinch compared to the treacherous Klondike \n gold rush.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.468182,"width":0.7733049999999999,"height":0.215515}},{"text":"The camp of Butler had 250 people in 1900. Jim Butler discovered a rich vein of silver, \n which would eventually become the second largest silver producer in the nation. The \n quality and longevity of the strikes, both gold and silver, got the attention of large investors \n in New York and around the world, as well as doctors, lawyers, and other professionals. \n The town grew up from camp status and was named Tonopah in 1905. My Great Uncle \n came to Tonopah in 1900, owned a bar in Tonopah, spent time in Goldfield, and made his \n fortune by grubstaking miners. He brought his sister to town, my Grandmother Emma, who \n served as postmistress in Goldfield, and once he made his fortune, he took her to the bay \n area where she eventually met and married my grandfather. Tonopah had a significant \n effect on my life; if it hadn’t been so good to my great uncle, I am sure that my \n grandmother would never have met up with my grandfather, and thus it could be said,","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.701515,"width":0.778106,"height":0.1973330000000001}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.316993,"top":0.090909,"width":0.380542,"height":0.126073}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.316993,"top":0.090909,"width":0.380542,"height":0.126073}]}